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  1. As Europe faces unprecedented demographic shifts and technological advancement, the future of eye care delivery stands at a critical juncture. This paper develops a comprehensive conceptual framework for under...

    Authors: Cansu Yuksel Elgin and Ceyhun Elgin
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2025 13:13
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  3. Anticipating trends and adapting strategies to navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex business environment are essential for organisational success. This paper explores key challenges in effective decisi...

    Authors: Daniel Fasnacht and Janine Schlosser
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2025 13:11
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    The Correction to this article has been published in European Journal of Futures Research 2025 13:12

  5. The evolution of government services in the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its long-term implications are relevant topics impacting society. Developments in this area are surrounded by controversi...

    Authors: Pedro Vitor Marques Nascimento, Paloma Beatriz Belchior de Siqueira, Nathalia Chrispim, Ramon Miranda Chaves, Carlos Eduardo Barbosa and Jano Moreira de Souza
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2025 13:9
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  7. Constitutional crises are typically considered as among the most profound crisis type, shaking political regime foundations and posing a challenge for democratic futures. This article critically engages with t...

    Authors: Max Steuer, Sascha Kneip and Cornell W. Clayton
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2025 13:7
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  8. This paper explores the question of engaging futures narratives to support and create transformational futures for organizations and social change efforts. Understanding organizational and social change and se...

    Authors: M. Jayne Fleener, Victoria Vojnovich and Paula Berardinelli
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2025 13:6
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  9. As climate change and evolving international dynamics shape the Arctic, governance in the region is attracting heightened attention from major global stakeholders. Arctic governance is a broad concept that enc...

    Authors: Fei Gao and Peiqing Guo
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2025 13:5
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  11. This paper examines the potential integration of trauma-informed practices and Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities (CSMM) into global and European risk research, with a focus on foresight methodologies. ...

    Authors: Erzsébet Fanni Tóth, Kamila Midor and Enikő Darabos
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2025 13:3
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  12. The internationalization of medical universities is confronted with various uncertainties due to environmental trends. Therefore, obtaining insight into potential future scenarios is essential for adopting exc...

    Authors: Azadeh Ahmadzadeh Ghasab, Majid Heydari and Mohammad Arab
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2025 13:2
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  14. The aim of this study is to fill out the gap that exists in the literature by discussing the main problems and barriers to sustainable development in space and the initial proposal to adopt SDG 18. Despite the...

    Authors: Dominik Zimon, Kateryna Lysenko-Ryba and Konrad Szocik
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:22
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  15. This study focuses on the integration of methods from different theories and research concepts into futures studies in order to better understand the obscure future through the identification of unpredictable ...

    Authors: Veronica M. Sytnik and Liliana N. Proskuryakova
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:21
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  16. This study presents the validation process of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) adapted for the IT sector, focusing on its reliability and validity within a German-speaking context (IT profess...

    Authors: Maria Gren
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:20
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  19. In recent years, there appears to be a growing consensus among policymakers in both the East and the West, that the decades of global peace after the Cold War has now come to an end, and that the world is faci...

    Authors: Yaohui Wang, Richard Xuetao Wang and Jiajia Zhang
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:17
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  20. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of many economies. In today's world of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity), SMEs face diverse challenges to survive and stay competi...

    Authors: Ulrike-Sabine Dörr, Gerhard Schönhofer and Jan Oliver Schwarz
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:16
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  21. This paper explores the potential of a multidisciplinary approach to testing and aligning artificial intelligence (AI), specifically focusing on large language models (LLMs). Due to the rapid development and w...

    Authors: Ljubiša Bojić, Matteo Cinelli, Dubravko Ćulibrk and Boris Delibašić
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:15
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  22. Globally, hunger and malnutrition have been on the rise, with climate change exacerbating food insecurity by affecting food production and accessibility. In international law, the human right to food provides ...

    Authors: Anna Kunz
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:14
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  23. There is common agreement that we are facing a great transition, which poses a challenge for the labour market, too. The expending literature on soft skills reflects the restructuring of the competition factor...

    Authors: Norbert Laurisz, Tamás Gáspár, Wioleta Gałat and Tímea Juhász
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:13
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  25. The world is changing increasingly faster, bringing uncertainty and complexity to many processes, and this acceleration leads to the rise of demand for studies regarding the future. Futures Studies have been w...

    Authors: Carlos Eduardo Barbosa, Alan Lyra, Jano Moreira de Souza, Yuri Lima, Herbert Salazar and Matheus Argôlo
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:11
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  27. In honor of its 50th anniversary, the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF) held its XXV World Conference in Paris. The conference provided a venue for reviewing earlier developments and reevaluating prospec...

    Authors: Tamás Kristóf
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:9
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  28. In response to pressing global challenges, sustainability transitions research has emerged as an interdisciplinary field focused on fundamental changes, necessitating novel approaches for strategy-making from ...

    Authors: Delia Mangelkramer
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:8
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  31. In Finland, agriculture is practiced in variable growing conditions that are further challenged by climate change and under external pressure caused by international competition, changing consumer preferences ...

    Authors: Jaana Sorvali, Vilja Varho, Pasi Rikkonen, Janne Kaseva and Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:5
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  32. With the input of 16 experts from a variety of social studies disciplines—including anthropology, art, communication, curriculum and instruction, economics, geography, history, law, measurement and assessment,...

    Authors: Tugce Zehra Kizilgol and Koray Kasapoglu
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:4
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  34. This article presents a hybrid foresight study using the Delphi methodology. The study is part of a strategic research project of the Finnish state named “Foresight in Environmental Reference Laboratory Operat...

    Authors: Yrjö Myllylä and Jari Kaivo-oja
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:2
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  35. This explorative literature review aims to examine the content and methodologies of recent empirical studies on the aspirations of youth in situations of migration in Europe. The search yielded 30 peer-reviewe...

    Authors: Kyriaki Doumas and Helen Avery
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:1
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  36. The digital transformation has induced significant social and economic changes, impacting services of general interest, including healthcare. National healthcare systems serve as crucial pillars of social and ...

    Authors: Philipp Koebe and Sabine Bohnet-Joschko
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2023 11:10
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  37. Businesses are facing increasing pressure from society and regulators to become more sustainable and do their part to address the climate crisis. These businesses will require continual sustainability innovati...

    Authors: Leena Jokinen, Nicolas A. Balcom Raleigh and Katariina Heikkilä
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2023 11:9
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    The Correction to this article has been published in European Journal of Futures Research 2024 12:10

  38. Legislatures have recently started to invest in anticipatory governance. Alongside new practices, they have introduced designated future committees and organs that connect MPs to future-regarding visioning and...

    Authors: Vesa Koskimaa and Tapio Raunio
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2023 11:8
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  39. This article reports on a political game played between November 2021 and February 2022 at a European university in the frame of an elective course open to students from all disciplines. It started from a scen...

    Authors: Christian Dayé, Roman Lukas Prunč and Martin Hofmann-Wellenhof
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2023 11:7
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  40. Utopian images in XR-games are often ambiguous. How can ambiguity be consciously designed in virtual worlds? What are the design principles for game designers? Ambiguity arises from discontinuity and decontext...

    Authors: Wolfgang Höhl
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2023 11:6
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  41. The ever-increasing environmental complexity makes strategizing a difficult multidimensional task. In this paper, we conducted a corporate foresight case study in an SME in packaging industry in Iran. The case...

    Authors: Mohsen Taheri Demneh, Ali Zackery and Amir Nouraei
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2023 11:5
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  42. During a Futures Study, researchers analyze a significant quantity of information dispersed across multiple document databases to gather conjectures about future events, making it challenging for researchers t...

    Authors: Alan de Oliveira Lyra, Carlos Eduardo Barbosa, Yuri Oliveira de Lima, Herbert Salazar dos Santos, Matheus Argôlo and Jano Moreira de Souza
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2023 11:4
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  43. The politicisation of the future is gaining attention, especially in research on the impact of emerging technologies on modern societies. This observation has motivated technology assessment (TA) and related r...

    Authors: Paulina Dobroć and Andreas Lösch
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2023 11:3
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  44. Sudden shocks, disturbances, and changes in today’s and the future’s operating environment call for a more resilient food system. COVID-19 and Russia’s latest war in Ukraine have revealed that rapid shocks and...

    Authors: Pasi Rikkonen, Karoliina Rimhanen, Kalle Aro and Jyrki Aakkula
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2023 11:2
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  45. This article formulates possible future scenarios for the Colombian General Health and Social Security System (GHSSS) in 2033 when it reaches its 40th anniversary. The research draws on intuitive logic from th...

    Authors: Pedro Leon Cruz Aguilar and Javier Enrique Medina Vásquez
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2023 11:1
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  47. Work has been continuously changing throughout history. The most severe changes to work occurred because of the industrial revolutions, and we are living in one of these moments. To allow us to address these c...

    Authors: Carlos Eduardo Barbosa, Yuri Oliveira de Lima, Luis Felipe Coimbra Costa, Herbert Salazar dos Santos, Alan Lyra, Matheus Argôlo, Jonathan Augusto da Silva and Jano Moreira de Souza
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2022 10:25
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  48. This article locates itself at the interface of the innovation ecosystem approach and foresight methodologies. The need for writing this paper emerged from the notion that despite existing common praxis, there...

    Authors: Jouko Myllyoja, Nina Rilla and Maria Lima-Toivanen
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2022 10:24
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  49. This text explores the meaning of the expression “mined future,” which has been used by local populations who oppose lithium production in Northern Portugal. We argue that the expression encapsulates the exist...

    Authors: Emília Araújo, Sofia Bento and Marcia Silva
    Citation: European Journal of Futures Research 2022 10:23
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