Future making and responsible governance of innovation in synthetic biology
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DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2018.11.005
Abstract: Abstract As partners in a European project for responsible research and innovation (RRI) in synthetic biology, we organized a collaborative and interactive process of real-time technology assessment. This process consisted of two related activities complementing… read more here.
Keywords: innovation synthetic; synthetic biology; future making; biology ... See more keywords
‘Almost everybody does it … ’ gambling as future-making in Western Kenya
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DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2019.1635818
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article discusses how Western Kenyans imagine and plan their futures in contrasting ways with a focus on three different gambling practices observed in a cluster of patrilineal homesteads. While participating in the national… read more here.
Keywords: future; everybody gambling; making western; gambling future ... See more keywords
Back to the Future? A Caution
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DOI: 10.1111/joms.13226
Abstract: This Counterpoint cautions that future making research treats the future too simplistically and fails to acknowledge the fundamental uncertainty inherent in all futures work. First, future making scholarship overlooks existing academic research, in which similar… read more here.
Keywords: future; anthropology; research; future making ... See more keywords
Transforming visions into actions: Strategic change as a future-making process
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DOI: 10.1177/01708406231171889
Abstract: Abstract This paper draws on a longitudinal, qualitative study to develop an empirically grounded model of strategic change as a future-making process. We provide an alternative to linear models of strategic change and illustrate how,… read more here.
Keywords: strategic change; change future; future making; making process ... See more keywords
Project Leadership for Future Making
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DOI: 10.1177/87569728251322703
Abstract: The question of how project leadership can achieve desirable futures through projects is timely and important, yet under-explored. We synthesize recent insights on future making and socialized project leadership to address it. Our contribution is… read more here.
Keywords: leadership; leadership future; project leadership; future making ... See more keywords