Edited by Roberto Poli, Professor of Philosophy of Science, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Italy

• Contents:Preface xi1 Introduction: the subtle interplay between Futures Studies andAnticipation Theory 1Roberto PoliPART I UNDERSTANDING FUTURES STUDIES2 About the history of Futures Studies 10Roberto Paura3 History and future 25David J. Staley4 Futures in a dance with systems theory: fields in an overlapping paradigm 39Marius Oosthuizen5 As through a glass darkly: a complex systems approach to futures 48Dave Snowden6 Studying the future in the present moment 66Anthony Hodgson7 A pluriversal definition of Futures Studies: critical futures studies frommargin to centre 80Kwamou Eva Feukeu8 Futures Studies: from perceived injustice to the transformational present 98Sohail Inayatullah9 Liberating the human imagination: futures literacy and thediversification of anticipation 117Riel Miller10 Creativity and Futures Studies 131Giovanni Emanuele Corazza11 Museum futures and other heritage futures 145Anders Högberg and Cornelius Holtorf12 Education’s futures and futures in education 157Keri Facer and Terra Sprague13 The future as an educational instrument: FutLabs in the classroom 170Elena Petrucci and Francesco Brunori14 From normal to postnormal futures 184Jordi Serra del Pino15 Queer futuring: transformational transcendence 192M. Jayne Fleener16 Science fiction futures: historical foundations 209Thomas Lombardo17 Science fiction futures: contemporary developments 223Thomas Lombardo18 Conflict transformation futures 240Ivana MilojevićPART II USING FUTURES STUDIES19 Responsible futures 259Ted Fuller, Fabrice Roubelat, April Ward, Narcis Heraclide and AnneMarchais-Roubelat20 Anticipatory risk management: steps forward 280Antonio Furlanetto21 Between: a fieldnote on moving from futures and foresight to effectiveaction (and back again) 295Victoria Ward22 Measuring foresight’s maturity: Future Orienteering Evaluation Model 317Giulia Fasoli and Roberto Poli23 Futures studies methods: a typology and guide to research design 328Tanja Hichert and Wendy SchultzPART III POLICY FORESIGHT24 Helping people think about the future: insights from cognitive science 360Peter Padbury25 Overcoming the Cassandra syndrome: limits to and conditions ofanticipatory governance 369Marie-Hélène Caillol26 The interplay between international relations and futures studies in thecomplexity context 386Adrian Pop27 Foresight and anticipation in multilateral organisations 404Aarathi Krishnan28 Regional Foresight 416Rocco Scolozzi29 The benefits of negative thinking: strategic foresight in military planning 428Olaf TheilerPART IV CORPORATE FORESIGHT30 An inquiry into my entanglement with corporate foresight – and beyond 439Roumiana Gotseva31 The use of foresight in corporate innovation 459Christian CrewsPART V SELECTED SOCIAL FORESIGHTS32 Demography and the variety of generations 466Isabella Pierantoni33 Water and the climate crisis 478Luke Tay34 Exploring pathways of smart city futures: insights from engaged foresight 493Shermon Cruz and Nicole Parreno-MouraPART VI CONCLUSION35 The future of Futures Studies: a utopian tale 505Roberto Poli

‘This Handbook is a rich orientation to the fundamental questions of Futures Studies. These questions are not easy by their nature and answering them often takes us into deep waters. I am convinced that the book will provide fascinating ideas and perspectives for anyone with a serious academic interest in Futures Studies.’