1) Concern for the future of societies, centering on agency and envisioning scenarios for the future: the possible, the probable, and especially the preferable
2) Emphasis on values, moral concern, and related issues of culture

Statutes

President
Markus Schulz, New York University, USA, markus.schulz@nyu.edu
Vice-President
Jan P. Nederveen Pieterse, University of Illinois, USA
Secretary
Hiro Toyota, Japan, htoyota@yahoo.com
Board Members
Mark Herkenrath, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Kamlesh Mohan, Panjab University, India
Past President
Reimon Bachika, Bukkyo University, Kyoto, Japan
Newsletter
Radhamany Sooryamoorthy, University of Natal, South Africa

RC07 newsletter aims to be a means of communication among the members of RC07 as well as other scholars interested in futures research. It is published non-periodically according to the needs of our scientific community. In addition to announcements of events organized by our RC, or related to our research concerns, we include news from our members, reports of activities, information on new publications, ongoing projects and works-in-progress as well as short thought-pieces on pressing issues and current debates in our field.

RC07 newsletter, Vol. 21, 2007, PDF file, [1.9 MB]

Please contribute to our newsletter and help making it an effective tool for interaction. Send your comments and any news item for the next newsletter to RC07 Newsletter Editor, Radhamany Sooryamoorthy, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, sooryamoorthyr@ukzn.ac.za, and copies to Markus Schulz, New York University, USA, isarc07@gmail.com.

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