Bringing energy futures to life: Anticipatory household storylines as possible energy futures

Futures, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 158, P. 103347 - 103347

Published: Feb. 22, 2024

This article introduces a new methodology developed through the Digital Energy Futures project, which created scenarios of relevance to Australia's energy sector for years 2030 and 2050 that are informed by in-depth qualitative research with households. The focuses on method developing narrative household storylines within their role illustrating social consequences imagined futures. In particular, narratives reveal often overlooked dynamics technology use such as inequalities in access technologies, everyday values priorities, well desires stay control technologies preferences particular limits automation. encourage take critical into account forecasting planning recognise diverse implications envisioned futures across vein an engaged interventional anthropology, this goes beyond traditional critiques quantitative offering forward demonstrating how science can provide interventions unfolding better technology.

Language: Английский

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The state of foresight in small and medium enterprises: literature review and research agenda

European Journal of Futures Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: Aug. 29, 2024

Abstract Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of many economies. In today's world VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity), SMEs face diverse challenges to survive stay competitive. must prepare themselves for these by practicing foresight. However, foresight, especially corporate has been conceptualized researched in context large corporations. Applying foresight is therefore complicated question how implement given their specific requirements limitations. This article provides an overview on literature application is, along with a summary extent which conduct from organizational individual perspective. Besides offering compendium state SMEs, research agenda formulated, incorporating idea toolbox tailored based existing approaches prior works.

Language: Английский

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“We'd rather have a clean planet than anything else”: Household values and automated future electric vehicle charging

Energy Research & Social Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 121, P. 103965 - 103965

Published: Feb. 4, 2025

Language: Английский

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Collective Sensemaking and Reframing in Futures Thinking Engagements: Lessons From a Responsible Futuring Learning Trajectory

Futures & Foresight Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7(1)

Published: March 20, 2025

ABSTRACT How can we facilitate collective sensemaking and reframing processes to foster futures thinking? This paper explores the use of Responsible Futuring, a design‐oriented approach, in learning trajectory for professionals facing complex digital transformations their organizations. Futuring supports across four cognitive experiential levels: (1) understanding values, (2) imagining, (3) tangibilizing, (4) introspecting. While enabled participants incorporate diverse perspectives embrace long‐term thinking, our findings revealed tendency towards solutionism, where prematurely focused on specific solutions rather than exploring broader, values‐driven futures. In response, propose critical areas attention, including iterative guidance redirect focus broader perspectives, zooming mitigate risks actor stakeholder inclusion/exclusion, clearly defined goals speculative activities align with objectives, grounding everyday realities enhance relevance. By addressing these areas, offer insights researchers practitioners aiming integrate futures‐oriented into lifelong trajectories communities navigating transformations.

Language: Английский

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Envisioning futures through decolonised tacit knowledge: The In, Out and On method

Futures, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 163, P. 103440 - 103440

Published: July 29, 2024

This paper presents a method for future-building based on the journey we undertook as Design and Arts researchers in POR EL Páramo project (2021–2022) our aim to bring closer different actors involved Paramos (high Andean moorlands Boyacá region, Colombia). We did this by understanding their everyday life better, co-designing potential pathways towards holistic sustainable futures that serve various communities' needs. Through series of social innovation workshops, applied transdisciplinary approaches aimed at decolonising methodologies used its facilitation dynamics. The outcomes include contribution design arts-based aids continuity process reflection: In(ward), Out(ward) On(ward). In deploying decolonisation-based methodology, more powerful underlying principle came light too: use arts mobilises forms knowledge are rather unconscious, but also extremely efficacious generating proactive mindsets bottom-up ideas. build argue further, from an empirical perspective, utilisation tacit can be transmitted through non-verbal means research dealing with contexts conflict, reconciliation, future building.

Language: Английский

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How to think about the future of food? Speculative design and design fiction applied to consumer research

Current Opinion in Food Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 101226 - 101226

Published: Sept. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Envisioning Futures Through Decolonised Tacit Knowledge: The in, Out and on Method

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

This paper presents a method for future-building based on the journey we undertook as Design and Arts researchers in POR EL Páramo project (2021-2022) our aim to bring closer different actors involved Paramos (high Andean moorlands Boyacá region, Colombia). We did this by understanding their everyday life better, co-designing potential pathways towards holistic sustainable futures that serve various communities' needs. Through series of social innovation workshops, applied transdisciplinary approaches aimed at decolonising methodologies used its facilitation dynamics. The outcomes include contribution design arts-based aids continuity process reflection: In(ward), Out(ward) On(ward). In deploying decolonisation-based methodology, more powerful underlying principle came light too: use arts mobilises forms knowledge are rather unconscious, but also extremely efficacious generating proactive mindsets bottom-up ideas. build argue further, from an empirical perspective, utilisation tacit can be transmitted through non-verbal means research dealing with contexts conflict, reconciliation, future building.

Language: Английский

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Healthy, safe and comfortable: Emerging indoor air practices in Australian households

Energy Research & Social Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 118, P. 103760 - 103760

Published: Sept. 16, 2024

Language: Английский

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