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Creating alternative future trajectories for carbon farming through a relational lens: pathways towards transformative social-ecological change in the European Union

Ecosystems and People
This paper investigates how futures thinking and relational thinking may expand practices and strategies in agriculture that aim for sustainability.
Susanna Barrineau, Thao Do, Neil Powell
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Connecting Community and Citizen Science to Stewardship Action Planning Through Scenarios Storytelling

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Community and citizen science on climate change-influenced topics offers a way for participants to actively engage in understanding the changes and documenting the impacts. As in broader climate change education, a focus on the negative impacts can often
Katie V. Spellman, Douglas Cost, Douglas Cost, Christine P. Villano   +3 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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The Long-Waves and the Evolution of Futures Practice and Theory [PDF]

, 2022
Futures studies explore potential consequences of present day actions, and help in formulating desirable visions of the future, to guide action in the present.
Sofi Kurki
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Embracing systematic futures thinking at the intersection of Strategic Planning, Foresight and Design

Journal of Innovation Management, 2018
In this conceptual paper, we review the literature spanning the Strategic Planning, Foresight and Design disciplines with the emphasis placed on how innovation stakeholders may engage with the future in order to explore the challenges to decision-making ...
Joern Henning Buehring, Jeanne Liedtka
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Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin, Sheila K. Pierson, Kelley C. Dacus, Mateo Sarmiento Bustamante, Saishravan Shyamsundar, Larissa Borys, Kayla McHugh, Abiola Irvine, Yoojin Jo, Adam Bagg, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Daisy Alapat, Amy Chadburn, Megan S. Lim, Gordan Srkalovic, Frits van Rhee, David C. Fajgenbaum, Joshua D. Brandstadter   +17 more
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Introducing and expanding a futures focus in science classroom [PDF]

, 2010
The article discusses the incorporation of futures thinking in science education programmes in New Zealand. The flexibility of exploring components of the futures thinking model allows for the selection of activities to engage and motivate students.
Buntting, Catherine Michelle
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Futures participation as anticipatory practice — what do futures workshops do?

European Journal of Futures Research
Futures workshop is a participatory futures research method for producing views on futures and facilitating transformation and empowerment. Since different workshop methods are generally considered to have many advantages, they are widely used in various
Anna Riikka Airiina Armanto
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Demand thinking in futures research: Characterising assumptions in studies of domestic water use

Sustainable Futures
How resource demand is conceptualised within futures studies plays a decisive role in shaping research outcomes and demand management strategies. This paper proposes the term demand thinking as an analytical tool to examine these conceptualisations ...
Leilai Immel-Parkinson, Alison Browne, Claire Hoolohan   +2 more
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The Story of Futures Studies: An Interdisciplinary Field Rooted in Social Sciences

Social Sciences, 2023
This article presents the almost century-long history of the development of futures studies in a comprehensive review. Futures studies, rooted in sociology and policy sciences, had become an academic discipline by the 1960s.
Tamás Kristóf, Erzsébet Nováky
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