TY - BOOK AU - Gerhold,Lars AU - Holtmannspötter,Dirk AU - Neuhaus,Christian AU - Schüll,Elmar AU - Schulz-Montag,Beate AU - Steinmüller,Karlheinz AU - Zweck,Axel TI - Standards of Futures Research: Guidelines for Practice and Evaluation T2 - Zukunft und Forschung, SN - 9783658358068 U1 - 303.483 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Wiesbaden PB - Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Imprint: Springer VS KW - Technology-Sociological aspects KW - Social sciences-Network analysis KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Sociology-Methodology KW - Science, Technology and Society KW - Emerging Technologies KW - Network Research KW - Artificial Intelligence KW - Sociological Methods N1 - Images of the Future -- Modality -- Validation by Argumentation -- Aligning Research with Ambitions for Action -- Interdisciplinarity -- Transdisciplinarity -- Objectives and Framework Conditions -- Transparency -- Theoretical Foundations -- Method Selection -- Producing Quality Research -- Scientific Relevance -- Codes of Conduct and Scientific Integrity -- Practical Relevance, Usefulness, and Effectiveness -- Understanding the Type, Role, and Specificity of the Research Audience -- Transferability and Communication of Results -- Identifying Decision-Making Spaces and Options -- Project and Process Management. N2 - Foresight, futures studies, but also technology assessment and trend research are characterized by a research perspective directed towards the future. These results in fundamental peculiarities have to be taken into account in the conception of studies and in practical research work. The contributions to this anthology offer guidance for scientists and practitioners and describe the criteria and standards by which the quality of results and processes in futures studies can be assessed. The editors Prof. Dr. Lars Gerhold, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Dr. Dirk Holtmannspötter, VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany Dr. Christian Neuhaus, Futuresaffairs, Berlin, Germany FH-Prof. Dr. Elmar Schüll, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria Beate Schulz-Montag, foresightlab, Berlin, Germany Dr. Karlheinz Steinmüller, Z_punkt GmbH The Foresight Company, Cologne, Germany Prof. Dr. Dr. Axel Zweck, RWTH Aachen/VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35806-8 ER -