Mastering social foresight / guest editor, Dr. Roberto Poli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poli, Roberto, 1955- editor.

Series:

On the Horizon: Volume 23, Issue 2

On the Horizon, 1047-8121 ; Volume 23, Number 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--History--20th century.

Education.

Forecasting.

Social prediction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (69 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This eBook includes papers discussing facets of and ideas behind the recently-launched master degree course in social foresight at The University of Trento, Italy. The programme includes a mix of theoretical and empirical activities - integrating academic and non-academic skills. The master course is aimed primarily at professionals and officials, both public and private, wishing to acquire new tools to support strategic decisions. Participants in the master course develop the ability to understand the systemic complexity of contemporary society and acquire a variety of tools - formal and info

Contents:

Cover; Mastering social foresight - introduction to the special issue; Social foresight; Complexity and social sciences; System dynamics education: becoming part of anticipatory systems; On the evaluation of public goods: cognitive and emotional aspects; Secondary analysis in the social sciences and its relation to futures studies; Teaching statistics in the context of social foresight. An applied approach based on the use of an open-source software

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed June 23, 2015).

ISBN:

1-78560-035-4