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About the Journal

Futures Reframed is an innovative, open-access, peer-reviewed journal that provides a platform for futures and anticipation studies, futures anthropology, and related fields. The journal has two primary aims. One is related to the field of futures thinking, while the other concerns the broader context of academia and publishing. The journal aims to contribute to the innovation and improvement of academic publishing by setting an example for how science could be conducted differently. Read more in the ‘about the journal’ section.

Announcements

Call for Papers: Darkness Reframed in Future Studies

2025-03-13

[CLOSED] Call for Papers: Darkness Reframed in Futures Studies

 

PLEASE NOTE: We have selected a number of abstracts to be developed into full papers and we are aiming to publish them in autumn of 2025. Therefore, we will not be accepting new submissions at this moment. 

The future is not only a space for bright hope but also for reckoning with a darker outlook: hopelessness, loss, grief, rage, uncertainty, and the unknown. In this first edition of the Futures Reframed journal, we explore how acknowledging these elements of darkness can open up new ways of thinking about the future. Just as day and night continuously follow one another, both hope and darkness are forces to reckon with in futures thinking: bright hope propels us forward, while darkness provides the depth and pause needed for change. This thematic issue seeks to explore the often overlooked yet critical dimensions of hopelessness, despair, and the complexities of acknowledging the dark that is to come. 

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