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](Futures, 2011
ABSTRACT This paper presents and evaluates a method for encouraging long-term thinking and for co... more ABSTRACT This paper presents and evaluates a method for encouraging long-term thinking and for considering a variety of scenarios in environmental policy processes. The Swedish environmental policy is based on 16 environmental quality objectives (EQOs) that national authorities are obliged to observe. These objectives are reviewed annually and evaluated in depth every four years. Here we describe and explore a futures study project for introducing more long-term thinking into work on the EQOs, which we tested in the in-depth evaluation in 2008. We found it difficult to design a collective scenario for a case with a wide variety of objectives and individuals with different backgrounds. However, this difficulty makes it even more important to incorporate futures studies into the work of the relevant authorities. Scenario work is often subcontracted, leading to a constant lack of futures studies expertise and thinking within authorities. Despite the difficulties, we found that experts within the authorities did begin to recognise the opportunities provided by futures studies. The project revealed an interest and need for futures studies within the authorities in charge of Swedish environmental quality objectives and our findings show that the authorities need to build up their own skills in futures studies.
Futures, 2010
In order to achieve the Swedish Environmental Quality Objectives (EQOs), three action strategies ... more In order to achieve the Swedish Environmental Quality Objectives (EQOs), three action strategies have been adopted by the Swedish parliament. The strategy addressed in this paper deals with the management of land, water and the built environment. The paper ...
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2012
Images of the Future City, 2011
... City: Time and Space For Sustainable Development. Editor: Mattias Höjer, AndersGullberg &... more ... City: Time and Space For Sustainable Development. Editor: Mattias Höjer, AndersGullberg & Ronny Pettersson. Place of publ.: Dordrecht Publisher: Springer. Pages: 287-292. Year of publ.: 2011. URI: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-160338. ...
Policy and design are fundamentally about the future – about changing the course of individuals a... more Policy and design are fundamentally about the future – about changing the course of individuals and communities, setting patterns for new actions and, in the case of sustainable development, steering toward preferred futures. This paper sets out to explore the theoretical and methodological basis for creating, understanding and representing sustainable futures in terms of altered practices of consumption, through the integration of futures studies, design epistemology and social practice theory. As an introduction to this exploration, we present these three perspectives and generate questions for discussion and future work.
Scenario methods are used and taught in a variety of courses related to sustainable development b... more Scenario methods are used and taught in a variety of courses related to sustainable development by teachers at KTHthe Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. In this article we explore how scenario approaches, understood in a wide sense, can contribute to education for sustainable development. Based on our experiences from these courses, we identify positive outcomes as well as some key challenges. The four courses presented and discussed in the paper include 3 rd through 5 th year courses from engineering programmes in urban planning, media technology, and industrial design.
This paper presents and discusses a backcasting study for Stockholm 2050. The focus is on develop... more This paper presents and discusses a backcasting study for Stockholm 2050. The focus is on developing images of a future where Stockholm citizens have sustainable energy use-here defined as a 60% reduction per capita over a 50-year period. The perspective is that of households, so all energy is allocated to individuals' activities rather than being discussed from a sector perspective. Six images of the future are developed by combining a space dimension (three versions of changes in urban structure) and a time dimension (two versions of people's life tempo). Added to this is technological development, so that the images of the future illustrate how combinations of planning, behavioural change and technological development could lead to sustainable energy use.
This paper explores the possibilities for reducing future energy use for eating to a sustainable ... more This paper explores the possibilities for reducing future energy use for eating to a sustainable level. A backcasting approach is used to generate an image of the future where energy use for eating is 60% lower in 2050 than in 2000. The currently known potential to reduce energy use in the food supply system for producing, transporting, storing, cooking and
Proceedings of the 2014 conference ICT for Sustainability, 2014
... Anna Björklund, Mattias Höjer, Liselott Roth, Åsa Svenfelt KTH Samhällsplanering och miljö Mi... more ... Anna Björklund, Mattias Höjer, Liselott Roth, Åsa Svenfelt KTH Samhällsplanering och miljö Miljöstrategisk analys fms KTH, SE-100 44 Stockholm www.infra.kth.se/fms Page 2. 2 ... Författare: Anna Björklund, Mattias Höjer, Liselott Roth, Åsa Svenfelt ...
... Moulay-Ahmed Abdelghani-Idrissi Prof. Vivek Agarwal Prof. Abdel Aitouche Prof. AS Bahaj Prof.... more ... Moulay-Ahmed Abdelghani-Idrissi Prof. Vivek Agarwal Prof. Abdel Aitouche Prof. AS Bahaj Prof. Frede Blaabjerg Mr Tony Book Prof. ... Ahmed Rachid Prof. VT Ranganathan Prof. SaffaB. Riffat Prof. Dermot Roddy Dr Khizer Saeed Dr Cesar Sanin Prof. Abdulnaser Sayma Prof. ...
Futures, 2011
ABSTRACT This paper presents and evaluates a method for encouraging long-term thinking and for co... more ABSTRACT This paper presents and evaluates a method for encouraging long-term thinking and for considering a variety of scenarios in environmental policy processes. The Swedish environmental policy is based on 16 environmental quality objectives (EQOs) that national authorities are obliged to observe. These objectives are reviewed annually and evaluated in depth every four years. Here we describe and explore a futures study project for introducing more long-term thinking into work on the EQOs, which we tested in the in-depth evaluation in 2008. We found it difficult to design a collective scenario for a case with a wide variety of objectives and individuals with different backgrounds. However, this difficulty makes it even more important to incorporate futures studies into the work of the relevant authorities. Scenario work is often subcontracted, leading to a constant lack of futures studies expertise and thinking within authorities. Despite the difficulties, we found that experts within the authorities did begin to recognise the opportunities provided by futures studies. The project revealed an interest and need for futures studies within the authorities in charge of Swedish environmental quality objectives and our findings show that the authorities need to build up their own skills in futures studies.
Futures, 2010
In order to achieve the Swedish Environmental Quality Objectives (EQOs), three action strategies ... more In order to achieve the Swedish Environmental Quality Objectives (EQOs), three action strategies have been adopted by the Swedish parliament. The strategy addressed in this paper deals with the management of land, water and the built environment. The paper ...
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2012
Images of the Future City, 2011
... City: Time and Space For Sustainable Development. Editor: Mattias Höjer, AndersGullberg &... more ... City: Time and Space For Sustainable Development. Editor: Mattias Höjer, AndersGullberg & Ronny Pettersson. Place of publ.: Dordrecht Publisher: Springer. Pages: 287-292. Year of publ.: 2011. URI: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-160338. ...
Policy and design are fundamentally about the future – about changing the course of individuals a... more Policy and design are fundamentally about the future – about changing the course of individuals and communities, setting patterns for new actions and, in the case of sustainable development, steering toward preferred futures. This paper sets out to explore the theoretical and methodological basis for creating, understanding and representing sustainable futures in terms of altered practices of consumption, through the integration of futures studies, design epistemology and social practice theory. As an introduction to this exploration, we present these three perspectives and generate questions for discussion and future work.
Scenario methods are used and taught in a variety of courses related to sustainable development b... more Scenario methods are used and taught in a variety of courses related to sustainable development by teachers at KTHthe Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. In this article we explore how scenario approaches, understood in a wide sense, can contribute to education for sustainable development. Based on our experiences from these courses, we identify positive outcomes as well as some key challenges. The four courses presented and discussed in the paper include 3 rd through 5 th year courses from engineering programmes in urban planning, media technology, and industrial design.
This paper presents and discusses a backcasting study for Stockholm 2050. The focus is on develop... more This paper presents and discusses a backcasting study for Stockholm 2050. The focus is on developing images of a future where Stockholm citizens have sustainable energy use-here defined as a 60% reduction per capita over a 50-year period. The perspective is that of households, so all energy is allocated to individuals' activities rather than being discussed from a sector perspective. Six images of the future are developed by combining a space dimension (three versions of changes in urban structure) and a time dimension (two versions of people's life tempo). Added to this is technological development, so that the images of the future illustrate how combinations of planning, behavioural change and technological development could lead to sustainable energy use.
This paper explores the possibilities for reducing future energy use for eating to a sustainable ... more This paper explores the possibilities for reducing future energy use for eating to a sustainable level. A backcasting approach is used to generate an image of the future where energy use for eating is 60% lower in 2050 than in 2000. The currently known potential to reduce energy use in the food supply system for producing, transporting, storing, cooking and
Proceedings of the 2014 conference ICT for Sustainability, 2014
... Anna Björklund, Mattias Höjer, Liselott Roth, Åsa Svenfelt KTH Samhällsplanering och miljö Mi... more ... Anna Björklund, Mattias Höjer, Liselott Roth, Åsa Svenfelt KTH Samhällsplanering och miljö Miljöstrategisk analys fms KTH, SE-100 44 Stockholm www.infra.kth.se/fms Page 2. 2 ... Författare: Anna Björklund, Mattias Höjer, Liselott Roth, Åsa Svenfelt ...
... Moulay-Ahmed Abdelghani-Idrissi Prof. Vivek Agarwal Prof. Abdel Aitouche Prof. AS Bahaj Prof.... more ... Moulay-Ahmed Abdelghani-Idrissi Prof. Vivek Agarwal Prof. Abdel Aitouche Prof. AS Bahaj Prof. Frede Blaabjerg Mr Tony Book Prof. ... Ahmed Rachid Prof. VT Ranganathan Prof. SaffaB. Riffat Prof. Dermot Roddy Dr Khizer Saeed Dr Cesar Sanin Prof. Abdulnaser Sayma Prof. ...