As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
Call for papers: Enabling foresight in organisations: enhancing individual competences and encouraging organisational change
Future is important to our professions, our organizations, and our personal lives. Many of us are fascinated by emerging social trends, technology and research breakthroughs, or industry news. The context in which that business operates must be accurately diagnosed in order to thrive. To help resolve this, a new perspective is needed, one that embraces uncertainty and appreciates change
Call for papers: Participatory agenda setting for research and innovation
Current governance of science, technology and innovation (STI) is heavily challenged to meet demands arising from complex issues such as the societal challenges or the Sustainable Development Goals. Thus a stronger orientation of research and innovation towards societal needs, demands and preferences has recently become a main argument under the header of RRI (responsible research and innovation) in the European Union and beyond. However, including laypeople into futures studies and foresight in general as well as into forward looking science, technology and innovation governance in particular is underexplored. This special issue will collect theoretical contributions as well as empirical papers regarding cases and methods of participatory agenda setting activities to map international progress in this upcoming field of research and practice.
COVID-19 and impact on peer review
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Whose knowledge, whose values? An empirical analysis of power in transdisciplinary sustainability research
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Co-creating transdisciplinary global change research agendas in Finland
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University students’ representations of Europe and self-identification as Europeans: a synthesis of qualitative evidence for future policy formulation
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Scenarios in the strategy process: a framework of affordances and constraints
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Is the post-human a post-woman? Cyborgs, robots, artificial intelligence and the futures of gender: a case study
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The changing nature of city tourism and its possible implications for the future of cities
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The autonomous car—a blessing or a curse for the future of low carbon mobility? An exploration of likely vs. desirable outcomes
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For an inclusive innovation. Healing the fracture between the human and the technological in the hypercomplex society
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Social network analysis in innovation research: using a mixed methods approach to analyze social innovations
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Featured Collection: Energizing Futures – Sustainable Development and Energy in Transition
What are the main challenges of sustainable energy futures in an era of increasing uncertainty? How to create sustainable energy policies in Europe, and elsewhere in the world? What is the role of futures studies in identifying opportunities for a fair, efficient and resilient energy system? To understand both challenges and opportunities, this new collection offers a multidisciplinary, multi-level and time-variant analysis of these issues. More articles to be released, stay tuned!
Aims and Scope
The journal focuses on the most substantial challenges European countries are facing today in terms of society, politics, economy, education, science and technology, and on the contributions that the European region can make to solving global challenges. The journal seeks to foster thorough analysis of key European policies, such as those for research and education, and addresses topics concerning the future of the European Union in its wider transnational and global contexts.
Topics addressed in the journal are not limited to the development of the EU: European regions “share” common experiences, divisions and conflicts – which altogether build a rich resource for critical examination as well as forward-looking renewal. Articles that raise questions about European futures more generally are welcome, as well as subject-based and interdisciplinary studies, ranging from the social sciences and humanities to the natural sciences and engineering.
Besides its empirical focus the journal promotes discussions about European traditions and perspectives in futures research. In addition, the journal seeks to advance the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of futures studies.
Article Collection: Futures of a complex world
Our world is increasingly riddled with complexity, more so than at any other time in history. For instance, the continuous growth of cities requires more infrastructure, more transport, more mobility. Or take a look at the EU, which has become an ever more complicated arrangement between European countries, balancing between centralised policies and national sovereignty. Our world's complexity is constantly growing. This collection focuses on central challenges in a world of uncertain developments and the need for sustainable futures, as well as critical examination of futures research and its contributions.
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European Journal of Futures Research is affiliated with Institut Futur, Freie Universität Berlin and the World Futures Studies Federation.
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