Foresight: Volume 7 Issue 4

Hindsight and the delusion of control

Linda Hadfield

To draw attention to a philosophical vacuum underlying the current emphasis on risk assessment.

How to create a creative city? The viewpoints of Richard Florida and Jane Jacobs

Gert‐Jan Hospers, Roy van Dalm

The paper aims to explore to what extent policy makers can create a “creative city”, that is, an urban environment capable of generating creativity, innovation and thus economic…

The future of higher education and professional training

Irving H. Buchen

To identify emerging education alternatives to traditional higher education.

Pitfalls in implementing a strategic early warning system

Jan Oliver Schwarz

The purpose of this paper is to examine the reasons why the concept of a “strategic early warning system” (SEWS) has not been widely introduced and why it fails to be implemented…

What future is there for work?

Jérôme Bindé

The paper aims to explore five lines of enquiry and action that mainly appeal to freedom and knowledge: developing forms of activity that put an emphasis on free commitment, such…

What should be the role of scientists in wars to come?

Jacques Richardson

The paper seeks to explore the relationship between the state and scientists, specifically regarding the ethical and moral issues of research and development of weapons and…

Limits to Growth: The 30‐Year Update

Andy Hines

H.G. Wells: Traversing Time

Jacques Richardson