Futures, vol. 167 Abstract We stipulate a normatively desirable scenario for food production in 2100 and formulate a specific technology-centered path to reach it. In this scenario, the human population

Institute for Futures Studies Working Paper 2024:18 Abstract We stipulate a normatively desirable scenario for food production in 2100 and identify a technology-centered path to attain it. The target ou

Philos. Technol.35, 24  Abstract Should artificial intelligences ever be included as co-authors of democratic decisions? According to the conventional view in democratic theory, the answer depends on the

The basic income proposal has received increasing attention in the past few years. Several ambitious basic income experiments are currently being planned in different parts of the world and the very f

This paper develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the human species. It argues that the transiti

There are two competing hypotheses regarding demographic processes and technological progress. One holds that a rapidly growing adult population stimulates technological progress, while the other hold

Throughout history, people have consulted everything from oracles to crystal balls in order to predict the future. But it was not until the 1960s that interest developed in a more systematic study of

Welcome to the Institute for Futures Studies. We are an independent research foundation for interdisciplinary research on issues that are of great importance for how we shape our future society. Why we

Completed: Algorithms in public decision-making. Social construction in change

How can we ensure the transparency required in a democracy and still make us of new AI technology in the public sector?

A demographically realistic model incorporating life cycle saving motives is used to simulate effects of changing a transfer-based old-age support to a funded system, applied to the cases of Taiwan an