Exploring alternative futures in the Anthropocene

S Cork, C Alexandra, JG Alvarez-Romero… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Many challenges posed by the current Anthropocene epoch require fundamental
transformations to humanity's relationships with the rest of the planet. Achieving such …

The strengths and weaknesses of future visioning approaches for climate change adaptation: A review

J Nalau, G Cobb - Global Environmental Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Adaptation to climate change is about planning for the future while responding to current
pressures and challenges. Adaptation scientists are increasingly using future visioning …

Social work and the future in a post-Covid 19 world: A foresight lens and a call to action for the profession

L Nissen - Journal of Technology in Human Services, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
What is the future of the social work profession? This paper explores what being more future
facing might look like for social workers/educators and introduces foresight as a useful and …

Mustering the power of ecosystems for adaptation to climate change

S Lavorel, MJ Colloff, B Locatelli, R Gorddard… - … Science & Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Mountain social-ecological systems (SES) supply important ecosystem services that are
threatened by climate change. In mountain SES there is a paradox between high community …

[HTML][HTML] Moral circle expansion: A promising strategy to impact the far future

JR Anthis, E Paez - Futures, 2021 - Elsevier
Many sentient beings suffer serious harms due to a lack of moral consideration. Importantly,
such harms could also occur to a potentially astronomical number of morally considerable …

Futures literacy–to belong, participate and act!: an educational perspective

M Häggström, C Schmidt - Futures, 2021 - Elsevier
This article examines 'futures literacy'as a pedagogical framework and thus contributes to
the conversation about the epistemology of futures literacy, the possibility of envisioning …

Individual futures consciousness: Psychology behind the five-dimensional Futures Consciousness scale

S Ahvenharju, F Lalot, M Minkkinen, A Quiamzade - Futures, 2021 - Elsevier
Future consciousness refers to the human capacity to understand, anticipate, prepare for,
and embrace the future. The Futures Consciousness Scale has recently been developed to …

[HTML][HTML] Citizens' sustainable, future-oriented energy behaviours in energy transition

A Vainio, A Pulkka, R Paloniemi, V Varho… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study explored individuals' engagement in the sustainable energy transition in Finland.
Using the attitude-behaviour-context model (Guagnano et al., 1995) and Stern's (2000) …

Time to look forward: Advocating future orientation in business network research

A Halinen, S Nordberg-Davies, K Möller - Journal of Business & …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Future is rarely explicitly addressed or problematized in business network
research. This study aims to examine the possibilities of developing a business actor's future …

Futurising science education: students' experiences from a course on futures thinking and quantum computing

T Rasa, E Palmgren, A Laherto - Instructional Science, 2022 - Springer
To promote students' value-based agency, responsible science and sustainability, science
education must address how students think about their personal and collective futures …