Research Centers (Future)

Research Centers Sites:

Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies: One of the oldest US futures research centers, affiliated with a graduate futures program: research activities, papers, course descriptions, alumni lists and links, and the Manoa Journal of Fried and Half Fried Ideas (about the Future) [12 volumes]. (Research Centers) http://www.futures.hawaii.edu/ Institute for Futures Research (University of Stellenbosch) Institute for Futures Research (University of Stellenbosch): Academic research center specializing in business and technology foresight, demographic, economic, and energy forecasting, and long-term systems-science-based studies of sociopolitical structures; publication list and newsletter synopses. (Research Centers) http://www.ifr.sun.ac.za/ Finland Futures Research Centre Finland Futures Research Centre: Based at the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration; studies emerging issues of change, scenarios, and long-range strategies for local, national, regional and global organizations; offers on-line futures research training; stresses sustaina (Research Centers) http://www.tukkk.fi/tutu/ The Institute for Futures Research (Univ. of Houston-Clear Lake) The Institute for Futures Research (Univ. of Houston-Clear Lake): Specializes in environmental scanning, scenario development, business foresight and strategic planning, futures mediation, and training. (Research Centers) http://www.cl.uh.edu/futureweb/ifr.html Institute for the Future Institute for the Future: Based in Menlo Park, this non-profit research center specializes in long-term forecasting, and quantitative futures research methods. (Research Centers) http://www.iftf.org