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Title Standards of futures research : guidelines for practice and evaluation / Lars Gerhold, Dirk Holtmannspötter, Christian Neuhaus, Elmar Schüll, Beate Schulz-Montag, Karlheinz Steinmüller, Axel Zweck, editors
Published Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer VS, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 158 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Zukunft und Forschung, 2945-7874
Zukunft und Forschung, 2945-7874
Contents Images of the Future -- Modality -- Validation by Argumentation -- Aligning Research with Ambitions for Action -- Interdisciplinarity -- Transdisciplinarity -- Objectives and Framework Conditions -- Transparency -- Theoretical Foundations -- Method Selection -- Producing Quality Research -- Scientific Relevance -- Codes of Conduct and Scientific Integrity -- Practical Relevance, Usefulness, and Effectiveness -- Understanding the Type, Role, and Specificity of the Research Audience -- Transferability and Communication of Results -- Identifying Decision-Making Spaces and Options -- Project and Process Management
Summary Foresight, futures studies, but also technology assessment and trend research are characterized by a research perspective directed towards the future. These results in fundamental peculiarities have to be taken into account in the conception of studies and in practical research work. The contributions to this anthology offer guidance for scientists and practitioners and describe the criteria and standards by which the quality of results and processes in futures studies can be assessed. The editors Prof. Dr. Lars Gerhold, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Dr. Dirk Holtmannspötter, VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany Dr. Christian Neuhaus, Futuresaffairs, Berlin, Germany FH-Prof. Dr. Elmar Schüll, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria Beate Schulz-Montag, foresightlab, Berlin, Germany Dr. Karlheinz Steinmüller, Z_punkt GmbH The Foresight Company, Cologne, Germany Prof. Dr. Dr. Axel Zweck, RWTH Aachen/VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 20, 2022)
Subject Forecasting.
Forecasting
Form Electronic book
Author Gerhold, Lars, editor
Holtmannspötter, Dirk, editor
Neuhaus, Christian, editor
Schüll, Elmar, editor
Schulz-Montag, Beate, editor
Steinmüller, Karlheinz, editor.
Zweck, Axel, editor
ISBN 9783658358068
3658358068