Abstract
ForSTI typically uses participative approaches that engage wider ranges of stakeholders and experts in appraising future prospects than was typical for many classical futures studies and technology forecasting exercises. The increasing interest in participation has been prompted by a mixture of reasons, including political trends towards greater transparency and inclusivity in policy making, recognition of the limits of “official” knowledge and of governments to dictate the behaviour of private citizens and firms, and the learning of lessons “from the corporate sector regarding the benefits of stakeholder inclusion” (Loveridge and Street 2003, p. 7).
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The following discussion draws on Miles and Keenan (2002).
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See also Slocum (2003) for a guide to participatory tools.
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Large ForSTI exercises may involve 10–12, or sometimes more, panels working in parallel on different themes or sectors. This is usually the case in national TFPs.
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A good example of mind-mapping being used to share understanding in an interdisciplinary group is provided by Meier (2007) at http://sru.soc.surrey.ac.uk/SRU52.pdf (accessed 24/04/12014).
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There are many guides to this rapidly evolving area: two recent website reviews are http://lifehacker.com/five-best-mind-mapping-tools-476534555 and http://mashable.com/2013/09/25/mind-mapping-tools/ (both accessed 09/09/2014).
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Published by MIGHT in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, and available at http://www.might.org.my/en/SiteAssets/myForesight1.pdf (accessed 09/09/2014) and http://community.iknowfutures.eu/pg/file/popper/view/8234 (accessed 06/04/2015).
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Miles, I., Saritas, O., Sokolov, A. (2016). Interaction: Participation and Recruitment. In: Foresight for Science, Technology and Innovation. Science, Technology and Innovation Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32574-3_4
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