...Katherine Prince Purpose This paper reflects on the author’s experience of an education foundation’s developing a robust and nationally recognized futures studies practice over a period of 14 years. In so doing, this paper aims to inform other futures studies practitioners about the kinds...

...Dr Roberto Poli; Cristiano Vezzoni Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the importance of secondary analysis to social sciences and to futures studies, both for research and teaching purposes. Design/methodology/approach – An illustration of the main characteristics of secondary...

...Roberto Poli; Roberto Poli Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain why finding a theory for futures studies is such a demanding task. In particular, the paper paves the way towards a theoretical framework that goes beyond both positivism and anti‐positivism. Design/methodology...

... Futures studies In the University in Transformation (Inayatullah and Gidley, 2000), an anthology of articles on the futures of the university published ten years ago, we – Jennifer Gidley and I – identified four critical drivers creating the futures of the university. In this essay, the drivers...