This article responds to the call for prospective methodologies in the social sciences by
developing a narrative approach to study the imagination of personal futures. The approach …

Futures consciousness (FC), considered to be the basis for human anticipation, is important
for its role in facing uncertainties and delineating alternative courses of action. This is …

The corona pandemic has been a disruptive event that calls for individual and collective
efforts to make sense of the future. This paper aims to delineate the ways in which people …

Covid-19 forced changes in everyday life upon large sections of the world's population, with
lockdowns and social distancing measures effecting conditions of work and leisure for …

This research investigates the evolution of research topics in the field of management in
Greece, analyzing the period 2014–2023 and comparing the periods 2014–2018 and 2019 …

Processes of globalization have accelerated over the last decades with profound
consequences at the individual and societal level. This article discusses the repercussions …

Unemployment and precarious employment have been treated as liminal states where
people's everyday lives are rendered into an “in-between” position, a place where the …

A few studies have examined endorsement of conspiracy beliefs in cohorts of future
teachers. We aimed to compare endorsement of conspiracy beliefs in future teachers, as …

COVID-19 pandemic had a profound negative impact on people's personal and social life. In
this chapter, after some conceptual clarifications, we provide insights into the effects of …

This chapter takes the shape of alternating viewpoints on using stories of and from the future
as vehicle for resistance and personal and social change. Clinical psychologist and fiction …