Networks and the future: A new methodological approach to envision and create the network society of tomorrow

Networks and the future: A new methodological approach to envision and create the network society of tomorrow

This paper aims to illustrate how the combination of Network Analysis and Futures Studies becomes a powerful instrument for envisioning and analyzing futures and social change. The study of three cases shows network analysis becoming an analytical tool in futures studies while, at the same time, acq...

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Veröffentlicht in:Futures : the journal of policy, planning and futures studies planning and futures studies, 2009-09, Vol.41 (7), p.490-501
1. Verfasser: Diaz, Jose A. Rodriguez
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Future
Futures (of Society)
Network Analysis
Predictions
Social Change
Social networks
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:This paper aims to illustrate how the combination of Network Analysis and Futures Studies becomes a powerful instrument for envisioning and analyzing futures and social change. The study of three cases shows network analysis becoming an analytical tool in futures studies while, at the same time, acquiring the dimension of change and dynamics steaming from the futurist perspective.
ISSN:0016-3287
1873-6378
DOI:10.1016/j.futures.2009.01.004