This paper explores how foresight researchers involved in environmental, nature and
planning issues attempt to balance salience, credibility and legitimacy while generating …

Assessing the future is vital in informing public policy decisions. One of the most widespread
approaches is the development of scenarios, which are alternative hypothetical futures …

In present times, in which we face several complex societal challenges and see a renewed
interest in and importance of foresight, it makes sense to look back on looking forward in …

We cannot predict the future with certainty, but we know that it is influenced by our current
actions, and that these in turn are influenced by our expectations. This is why future …

Parents of newborns and small children have recently been confronted with labels indicating
that their purchases of a baby bottle, teethers or sippy cups are now 'Bisphenol A-free'(BPA) …

The trade aspects of risk and the risk aspects of trade deserve more systematic and genuine
interdisciplinary attention if we are to really understand the global, international and …

Policy analysis has long been recognised as a core function of modern bureaucracies
(Lasswell, 1971; Meltsner, 1976; Brans et al, 2012). It consists of providing analytical support …

The planning practices of tomorrow are all about creating widely endorsed spatial visions.
These visions develop out of interaction between citizens, experts, and policymakers, and …

Evidence has become an important means for governments to support and provide input for
their policies (Nutley et al., 2002; Boswell, 2009). It is generated through different ways and …

Parents of infants have recently been confronted with labels indicating that their purchases
of baby bottles, teethers or sippy cups are now 'Bisphenol A-free'. What does this imply …