1st Edition
Foresight in Action Developing Policy-Oriented Scenarios
194 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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Assessing the future is vital in informing public policy decisions. One of the most widespread approaches is the development of scenarios, which are alternative hypothetical futures. Research has indicated, however, that the reality of how professionals go about employing scenarios is often starkly at odds with the theory - a finding that has important ramifications for how the resulting images of... Read more
1. Researching Policy-Oriented Foresight in Action
2. First Impressions of Foresight Practice
3. Dealing with Policy
4. Practicing the Scenario Matrix
5. Dealing with Prospective Uncertainty
6. The Past, the Present and the Future
7. Reflection on Action
Biography
Marjolein B.A. van Asselt is Risk Governance chair, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, and member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), The Hague.
Susan A. van 't Klooster is a researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University in Amsterdam.
Philip W.F. van Notten currently works as a senior civil servant.
Livia A. Smits works at the Foundation for the History of Technology, based at Eindhoven University.
