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Journal of Futures Studies

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A leading academic journal in Futures and Foresight, established in 1996.

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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
shaping gender partnership in the workplace. A thoughtful invitation to rethink not only who is in the room but also what kind of room we are creating. #futuresstudies @sohailfutures.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026/10/07/f... What happens when we say we want #gender partnership, but only women are in the room? In this new Perspectives article, Ivana Milojević, Marcia Chen and Sissi Wu use CLA to move beyond representation and explore the systems, assumptions and deeper narratives
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From "Women Need Support" to "Everyone Needs Support" * Journal of Futures Studies
Ivana Milojević, Marcia Chen & Sissi Wu On May 28, 2026, the Women Alliance Group (WAG) convened a workshop in Shanghai on gender partnership and futures thinking, held at Sanofi’s venue with support ...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
centering #marginalized voices, and prioritizes #hyperlocal, #communitybased #designsolutions can be addressed through transdisciplinary collaboration and #designjustice principles for creating #sustainablefutures. #futuresstudies @sohailfutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Indigenous Filipino concepts including #kapwa (relationality) and non-linear temporalities with established #foresight #methods such as the #Futurestriangle. See how Bea beautifully brings together how traditional practices can be envisioned as an interweaving of past-present-future #narratives,
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026-2/vol-3... How can #traditional #Sawali weaving from The #Philippines be utilized as both a #metaphor and #methodology for #feministfutures practice, grounded in principles used for #decolonizing through #Designfutures? Explore this along with @Bea Rodriguez-Fransen! See how
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Sawali Weaving as Decolonial Design Futures Practice * Journal of Futures Studies
Article Download PDF Bea Rodriguez-Fransen Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University, USA Abstract This article explores sawali—traditional Filipino bamboo weaving—as both ...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
around #ecologicallimits rather than infinite #growth. A provocative invitation to rethink not only how #money works, but the stories and #worldviews behind it. 🔗 @sohailfutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026/09/17/t... 💸 What if money was not a token of #power, but a certificate of sunlight? In our latest Perspectives piece, Sten Rodenborg explores the futures of money through CLA and Dator’s Four #Futures, asking what #monetarysystems might look like if they were designed
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The Futures of Money * Journal of Futures Studies
by Sten Rodenborg Positionality and Purpose This essay emerges from deep concern and professional curiosity. Observing the escalating ecological crises, from climate change to biodiversity loss, it be...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#value of these traditions as a source of #female lineage and #intergenerationalhope, thereby #empoweringwomen to embroider more #equitable and #inclusivefutures. @sohailfutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
tradition of #corredo embroidery to challenge the imposition of #patriarchal narratives as well as pushing back against the tradwife movement, and questions and examines how #futures can be “stitched forward” through these practices are best countered by celebrating the profound, often hidden,
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026-2/vol-3... Can #traditional #embroidery practices separate and distinguish itself and create a different #narrative from the modern #tradwife phenomenon? In this noteworthy article by Chiara Bottarelli, Victoria Rodriguez Schon, and Manuela Celi, see how they contrast the Italian
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Intergenerational Hope: Detaching Embroidery from the "Tradwife" Phenomenon * Journal of Futures Studies
Article Download PDF Chiara Bottarelli1, Victoria Rodriguez Schon1, Manuela Celi1 * 1Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Abstract This research seeks to propose a framework for recl...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
narrating displacement and #resilience. Together, these cases reveal craft as both #archive and #speculation: a material practice through which communities transform #trauma into testimony, #belonging, and ethical #imagination @sohailfutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
rather than decorative nostalgia? Find out in this fantastic new article by Adina Deacu 邱天美! Drawing on #feminism, #decolonial, and #futuresstudies frameworks, it examines three cases: Chilean arpilleras created under dictatorship, #AfricanAmerican quilting traditions, and #Hmong story cloths
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026-2/vol-3... How can textile #crafts function as #feminist technologies to create more #inclusivefutures? Can #peacebuilding, #inclusion, and #futuresmaking be used to reframe #embroidery, #quilting, #weaving, and related #traditional practices as #embodied forms of #worldbuilding
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Stitching Peace: Craft as a Feminist Technology for Inclusive Futures * Journal of Futures Studies
Article Download PDF Adina-Iuliana Deacu1,2* 1Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ (RIFS), Potsdam, Germany 2Tianmei World Academy, Shanghai, China Abstract In an era of polarization and cultu...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#embroidery, #weaving, #sewing, #mending, and other #ancestral craft practices can serve as methods of #memory, #care, #healing, #resistance, and #futuremaking. #futuresstudies #futuresliteracy #teachthefuture @itsanisah.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Symposium'. Drawing on contributions across diverse #cultural and #geographical contexts, the Introduction positions #textile and #craft practices as embodied forms of knowledge that challenge the #marginalisation of #womenswork, #domesticlabour, and #intergenerationalwisdom, and explores how
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026-2/vol-3... Have a look at the latest issue of Journal of Futures Studies, as we bring to you the second part of the #Feminist #Futures series. This Editor's introduction by Nur Anisah PhD outlines the key themes of the 'Threads of Hope: Ancestral #Knowledge and Feminist Futures
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Weaving Threads of Hope as Feminizing Futures * Journal of Futures Studies
Introduction Download PDF Nur Anisah Abdullah Associate Professor, College of Education, Tamkang University Abstract This editorial introduction frames the Threads of Hope: Ancestral Knowledge and Fem...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
creating and sustaining #futures and #foresight, can help identify ideal foresight attributes and functions, and provides observations on the growth and spread of #parliamentary foresight, and the use of #futuresmethods in #government. @itsanisah.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026-2/vol-3... How have Pariliaments embraced #foresight and #horizonscanning as tools for improving #anticipatorygovernance? Check out this excellent report by Clement (Clem) Bezold to find out! Explore how anticipatory governance in parliaments considers the impediments to
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Parliaments and Foresight: Scanning and Reflections on Parliamentary Futures Work * Journal of Futures Studies
There has been significant growth of foresight in parliaments in recent years, highlighted by the World Summits of the Parliamentary Committees of the Future in 2022 and 2023. This paper is a scanning...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
underpinning contemporary #futuresstudies. @itsanisah.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
of #fiction to articulate #social, #political, and #ethical concerns that were relevant during his time, but also resonates with #emergingissues and possibilities in succeeding generations. By imagining a national #community #emancipated from colonial rule, Rizal #anticipates fundamental principles
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Emmanuel De Guia. See how they show that in his short life, Rizal's work had a strong, focused #futures vision during Philippines #colonial era. Benedict Anderson has said of Rizal’s work, specifically “El Filibusterismo,” is a story that foreshadows #futurepossibilities. Rizal utilized the domain
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026-2/vol-3... Who was a leading figure in early in their writing and work in #futuresthinking in the #Philippines 125 years ago? None other than Jose Rizal! Come and explore his ahead-of-its-time work in this fantastic essay by Joseph Reylan Bustos Viray, PhD Kriztine Viray, and
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Jose Rizal: Precursor of Futures Thinking in the Philippines * Journal of Futures Studies
Futures thinking was in the minds of historical figures in the Philippines prior to all the current initiatives, conversations, and desk work on it, but without the rigid systematic, methodical, and t...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#futuresliteracy @itsanisah.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
and labour displacements are amongst those growing; however, this is far from the full picture - what else needs to be considered going forward? Can and should #sustainability/eco-awareness be considered a #megatrend? If this is only part of growing consumption, how truly #sustainable are we?
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
grand challenges and connecting #futuresstudies with #sociotechnical transitions and addressing #emerging issues. What are the grand #challenges of this century? The authors of this paper claim that #generationalinequality, #climatecrisis, #urbansystems under pressure, detachment from reality,
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
consequences using #crossimpactanalysis and #emergingissuesanalyses methodologies to map out interlinkages and long-term implications for #Europe’s #future, underscoring the importance of involving broader perspectives in #policymaking to uncover wider issues. This study contributes to defining
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026-2/vol-3... Are grand challenges #scientific feats of accomplishment or more of a wicked nature? Ask these and other central questions in the excellent article by Simon Önnered, Ksenija Komazec, and Malin Elvin. As they investigate the interlinkages of 14 megatrends and their
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Emerging Grand Challenges and Megatrends for the Future of Europe * Journal of Futures Studies
Megatrends are cross-sectional and lasting developments creating grand challenges. This study investigates the interlinkages of 14 megatrends and their consequences using cross-impact and emerging iss...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
temporal awareness and support students’ identity formation and #futureplanning. #futuresstudies #futuresliteracy @rem59.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
#futures declined during critical adolescent years. These results suggest that students may struggle to perceive the #interconnectedness between broader societal issues and their individual lives, highlighting the importance of integrating future-oriented curriculum practices to foster spatial and
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
structured questionnaires. Findings revealed that while most students expressed optimism about their #personalfutures, they were largely pessimistic about national and #globalchallenges, including economic #inequality, #environmental degradation, and political instability. Optimism about personal
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026-2/vol-3... How can students #imagine and #create images of the #future using #futuresthinking in the classroom in #Ethiopia? Take a look at this new article by Takele Zerihun and Mekonnen Dawit. Using a survey research #design, data were collected from 443 students through
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Students’ Images of the Future and Their Implications for Curriculum Practices * Journal of Futures Studies
This study examines Ethiopian secondary school students’ images of the future, focusing on their personal, national, and global perspectives. Using a survey research design, data were collected from 4...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
scenarios. #futuresstudies #futuresliteracy @itsanisah.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
challenges and key #uncertainties. Findings emphasize foresight’s #strategic value in complex fields such as genomic sequencing, contributes to anticipating rapid genomic advances that could present both challenges and opportunities and it enhances strategic pathways for navigating future diverse
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This research fills the gaps by focusing on the local #ethical and regulatory challenges in Mexico. #Foresight methods like the #Futurestriangle, #2×2Matrix, #causallayeredanalysis, coupled with #HorizonScanning and expert interviews, led to four #scenarios centered on #technology costs and ethical
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026-2/vol-3... What are the potential #futures of #genomicsequencing in #Mexico towards 2035? and what is the impact of this #technology for #healthcare, #agriculture, and #biodiversity conservation? Let's explore together with Maximiliano Santana and Frida Ruh.
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Codes of Tomorrow: Genomic Sequencing Futures in Mexico of 2035 * Journal of Futures Studies
This article explores the future of genomics in Mexico by 2030. It addresses the research questions: what are the potential futures of genomic sequencing in Mexico towards 2035? and what is the impact...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#futuresliteracy #scenarioanalysis @itsanisah.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
explore how developing country facing challenges in leveraging #technologicalinnovation for #sustainablegrowth. As #globalization reshapes economic activities, developing nations must integrate #knowledge and #technology strategically to remain #competitive. #futuresstudies #futures
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
@Juvenal Uzi Galindo Ccallocunto, and Jorge Alexis Ramos Muñoz! Explore how this study examines #trends, #backcasting, and developing #scenarios using the real-time #Delphimethod to identify key #drivers in #sustainability, the #digitaleconomy, #education, and scientific-technological capacity, and
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026-2/vol-3... How can #foresight studies on #technological progress looking at #2050? Let's examine this fantastic #casestudy from #Peru by Billy Francisco Gonzales Garcia, Julio César Acosta-Prado, Carlos Guillermo Hernández Cenzano, Amparito Gianina Acevedo Flores,
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A Foresight Study into Peru’s Technological Progress Towards 2050 * Journal of Futures Studies
Article Download PDF Billy Francisco Gonzales1,*, Julio César Acosta-Prado2, Carlos Guillermo Hernández-Cenzano1,2, Amparito Gianina Acevedo Flores3, Juvenal Uzi Galindo Ccallocunto3, Jorge Alexis Ram...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
and #speculative context? #futuresstudies #futuresliteracy #panafricanism @itsanisah.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
#materialism and the Igbo philosophy of complementary duality. How does #Blackpanther contribute to discourses of #africanfuturism? How does the film hashtag#reframe #conflict using #speculative and #sciencefiction as generative forces to re-imagine #Blackidentity and #sovereignty in a #postcolonial
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
jfsdigital.org/2026-2/vol-3... How can #dialectical contradictions in contrasting #visions of #africanfutures seen in the movie Black Panther? Join Ikechukwu Asika and Abba Abba as they explore questions of #Afrofuturist #discourses and #African #cultural #futures by engaging with dialectical
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Dialectical Contradictions and African Futures in Coogler’s Black Panther: An Afrofuturist Analysis * Journal of Futures Studies
This paper examines how Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther contributes to Afrofuturist discourse and African cultural futures by engaging with dialectical materialism and the Igbo philosophy of complementar...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
capable of re-framing knowledge across Design, and Creativity in Higher Education. #futuresstudies #futuresthinking #futuresliteracy @itsanisah.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
sustaining, organisational transformation in #HigherEducation, as #Design, by design. The paper seeks to detail the interconnected elements of this Framework. In bringing #DesignThinking to #Futures we can position with the intent of proposing the needed compound pedagogical hashtag#infrastructure
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
introduce an #organisationalarchitecture that facilitates #Futurespractices to meet #Designpractice where it is needed most. Explore the rationale, context and elements of #pedagogicaldesign, piloted within a Government funded, multi-institutional, national project, as a mechanism for shaping a
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-3... How can we utilize #CreativeFutures #Pedagogical Frameworks as an instrument of #transformation? Find out in this fantastic article by Suzanne E Martin! As we plot the #futurestory of our inherited #knowledge infrastructures, the Creative Futures Pedagogical Framework
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An Instrument of Transformation – Introducing a Creative Futures Pedagogical Framework * Journal of Futures Studies
As a plotline for the future story of our inherited knowledge infrastructures, the Creative Futures Pedagogical Framework is introduced as an organisational architecture that might facilitate Futures ...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
activities are dynamically based on creating a #participatory environment for society, technology, economy, and culture for #sustainability. @itsanisah.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
#futuresdesign find meaningful applications in people's personal and professional lives? Find out in this report by Yanru Lyu, Lin Zhu, and Zhiyong Fu. See how the The International Conference on Design Futures (ICDF) fosters dialogue between #futuresthinking and #designthinking, and how conference
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-3... How can #designfutures and #futuresstudies help us focus on how to use #futuresconcepts to #redesign the present? Aiming to realize more #desirablefutures for the community with #sharedfutures through co-design, speculative method and #reflective time, how can
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Distributed Knowledge Building and Flows at the International Conference on Design Futures * Journal of Futures Studies
Facing the drastic changes in the current international society, thinking and looking into the future picture is becoming a new starting point and foothold for design innovation. Considering that, in ...
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Journal of Futures Studies @jfsfutures.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"How does our relationship with the future change when we acknowledge that life is finite, yet our stories and impact can go 'more than death'?" @sohailfutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social
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