Transforming the Future

People are using the future to search for better ways to achieve sustainability, inclusiveness, prosperity, well-being and peace. In addition, the way the future is understood and used is changing in almost all domains, from social science to daily life.
This book presents the results of significant research undertaken by UNESCO with a number of partners to detect and define the theory and practice of anticipation around the world today. It uses the concept of 'Futures Literacy' as a tool to define the understanding of anticipatory systems and processes - also known as the Discipline of Anticipation. This innovative title explores:
--new topics such as Futures Literacy and the Discipline of Anticipation;
- the evidence collected from over 30 Futures Literacy Laboratories and presented in 14 full case studies;
--the need and opportunity for significant innovation in human decision-making systems.
This book will be of great interest to scholars, researchers, policy-makers and students, as well as activists working on sustainability issues and innovation, future studies and anticipation studies.
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351047999, has been made available under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) license.

Riel Miller is Head of Futures Literacy at UNESCO, Paris, France.

Foreword Audrey Azoulay, Director General, UNESCO Introduction: Futures Literacy: Transforming the Future Riel Miller Part 1 Discovering Anticipation in the 21st Century: Towards Futures Literacy? 1. Sensing and Making-Sense of Futures Literacy: Towards a Futures Literacy Framework (FLF) Riel Miller 2. The Discipline of Anticipation: Foundations for Futures Literacy Riel Miller, Roberto Poli and Pierre Rossel 3.Towards a Formal Framework for Describing Collective Intelligence Knowledge Creation Processes that 'use-the-future' Andrée Ehresmann, Ikka Tuomi, Riel Miller, Mathias Béjean, and J-P Vanbremeersch Part 2 Futures Literacy Laboratories: Design Principles and Case Studies 4. Futures Literacy Laboratories (FLL) in Practice: An Overview of Key Design and Implementation Issues Riel Miller 5.The Futures Literacy Laboratory-Novelty (FLL-N) Case Studies Stefan Bergheim (5.1) Cultural Heritage Research and the Future Martin Rhisiart (5.2) The Future of Science in Society Cristiano Cagnin and Lydia Garrido (5.3) Using the Future for Local Labor Markets Kacper Nosarzewski and Lydia Garrido (5.4) Using the Future for Innovation Policy Learning in Norway Per M. Koch (5.5) Imagining the Future of the Transition from 'Youth' to 'Adult': A Futures Literacy UNESCO Knowledge Laboratory (FLL) Kewulay Kamara (5.6) Imagining the Future of Sports Jean-Jacques Gouguet (5.7) All-Africa Futures Forum: Transforming Africa's Futures Geci Karuri-Sebina and Riel Miller (5.8) Overcoming Fragmentation in Ecuador: The Manabí Será Initiative Orazio Bellettini and Adriana Arellano (5.9) Young Citizens for a Sustainable Planet Matthew Giuseppe Marasco, Jennifer Rudkin, Geci Karuri-Sebina and Bayo Akomolafe (5.10) Future-Proofing an Entire Nation - The Case of Tanzania Aiden Eyakuze and Edmund Matotay (5.11) Africa Horizon 2035 Sandra Coulibaly Leroy, Ngarkidané Djidingar and Nicolas Simard (5.12) Rethinking Non-Formal Education for Sustainable Futures in Asia-Pacific Ace Victor Franco Aceron (5.13) Water and Urban Renewal in North Africa Nisreem Lanhham (5.14) Youth Leadership and the Use of the Future Ace Victor Franco Aceron and Shermon Cruz Part 3 Parallel and Convergent Developments 6. Gaming Futures Literacy: The Thing From The Future Stuart Candy 7. An Extended Futures Literacy Process: Design Lessons from Measuring Wellbeing Stefan Bergheim 8. Gender and the Future: Reframing and Empowerment Ivana Milojevi-