Most Significant Futures Works Nominations Are In

/What a great crop this year for the APF Most Significant Futures Works Program! Fifteen works will be submitted to the judges in our three categories of methods/practice, issues, and literary/artistic work. Its been great to see the number of worthy nominations steadily increasing over the years. The more good futures work, the better! There is a nice mix of new and familiar faces and a terrific variety of topics.

Category 1Advance the methodology and practice of foresight and futures

1. Afro-Rithms from the Future, Dr. Lonny J. Avi Brooks, Ahmed Best, and Eli Kosminsky; Card game, Link 2019 studies; Nominating member Bes Pittman Baldwin.
2. Regenerative Futures, Kimberly Camrass, Foresight, June 25, 2020, Nominating member: Miranda Mantey
3. Escaping the ‘Faster Horses’ Trap: Bridging Strategic Foresight and Design-Based Innovation, Adam Gordon, Rene Rohrbeck, and Jan Schwarz, Technology Innovation Management Review, article [link] August 2019; Nominating member: Denise Worrell.
4. Farewell Alternative Futures? Richard A. Slaughter, Essay, Futures, Volume 121, 2020, Nominating Member: Brent Hughes
5. Phenomenologies of Grace: The Body, Embodiment, and Transformative Futures, Marcus Bussey and Camila Mozzini-Alister, Edited Book, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020; Nominating member: Elissa Farrow.
6. Our Futures: By the People, for the People, Jose Ramos, John A Sweeney, Katie Peach, and Laurie Smith, Report, NESTA [link], November 2019; Nominating member: Anisah Abdullah
7. Becoming Futurists. Reluctant professionals searching for common ground. Tessa Cramer. PhD Dissertation, 2020 Maastricht University; Nominating member: Andy Hines.
8. Mine the Gap: Augmenting Foresight Methodologies with Data Analytics. Anne Boysen. Article, Feb 24, 2020, World Futures Review; Nominating member: Andy Hines

Category 2 Analyze a significant future issue

9. Abrupt climate change: Exploring the implications of a wild card. Bengston, David N.; Crabtree, Jason; Hujala, Teppo. September 2020, Article [link]. Futures. 124: 10pp: Nominated by: George H. Kubik, PhD
10. Foresight Investing: A Complete Guide to Finding Your Next Great Trade. Jim Lee. Book [link] Nominating member: Andy Hines.
11. Gastronomy 360º: Four Post Covid-19 Scenarios. Estefanía Simón-Sasyk, Blanca del Noval and Paula Torán Pereg Report [link] 30 June 2021, Basque Culinary Center. Nominating Member: Daniel Riveong
12. Deleting Dystopia: Re-asserting human priorities in the age of surveillance capitalism. Richard Slaughter. Book [link]. July 2021. University of Southern Queensland. Nominating member: Luke van der Laan

Category 3 Illuminate the future through literary or artistic work

13. Four Plausible Futures: 2050 Scenarios. Arup Foresight, London, Report, [link] December 2019. Nominating member: Sam Miller.
14. The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: Episode #762 Steven Novella, Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Jay Novella, Evan Bernstein, Podcast [link]. February 15, 2020.Nominating member: Seth Harrell
15. ConseQuest. Kirsten Day and Bridgette Engeler. Format: Public participatory futures installation. [link 1; link 2] May 2019. City of Melbourne and Telstra Readify. Nominated by Joseph Voros

A description of each work is available on the APF MSFW page.

We have also assembled a great team of judges who haven the envious task of reviewing this works: Tim Balko, Laurent Bontoux, Jim Breaux, Jason Crabtree, David Hamon, Robin Jourdan, David Kalisz, Jan Klakurka, Jim Lee, Chris Mayer, Mina McBride, Guillermina Baena Paz, Daniel Pesut, Monica Porteanu, Gabriele Rizzo, Laura Schlehuber, Johann Schutte, Sarah Skidmore, and Doris Viljoen. You can judge next year, or better yet produce a great piece of work and get it nominated! – Andy Hines