From the Executive Editor of World Future Review

Abstract

I hope you enjoy the first issue of World Future Review. We have given our new publication a new look, which we believe is more interesting and enjoyable to read and suggests a broader, more forward-looking editorial posture. We have also expanded the types of features, sections and issue areas covered in the new publication, so that it ranges beyond the boundaries of its two predecessor periodicals: Futures Research Quarterly and Future Survey. A major mission of our new publication will be to inform our readers of new and useful publications, tools and insights that can assist them in their own inquiries into upcoming challenges and opportunities -and this we will do.Our editorial goal is to increase the number of articles which address innovative tools and methods, practical applications of foresight, and the introduction of futures thinking into new arenas, so as to highlight problems and propose viable solutions in these troubled times. This new publication includes a robust selection of synopses of recent future-oriented literature in abstract form, chosen from almost two dozen subject areas. We are building a pool of WFR abstractors from those experienced and gifted writers and futurists who believe in the value of what Mike Marien has achieved over 30 years as the editor of Future Survey and who want to be a part of continuing and extending that achievement. As in the past, the articles featured will include academic, methodological, policy and case study approaches, reflecting the broad range of interests among the Professional Membership of WFS. Two of the articles in this issue of World Future Review are a continuation of an earlier special issue of Futures Research Quarterly on "Complex Adaptive Systems and Futures Thinking: Theories, Applications, and Methods. " Those two articles are the ones authored by Tom Lombardo and Elisabet Sahtouris. Additional articles on this theme will continue to be published in future issues of World Future Review.We are off on a great new adventure with the launching of World Future Review, ideally in partnership with you, its readers; and I for one am excited to be setting sail. Contact me with your comments and questions at tmack@wfs.org or 301-656-8274. We hope that your participation will extend beyond that of simply reacting, and become a proactive stance, suggesting authors we should pursue, trends we should investigate, innovative futurists we should profile and important events we should highlight. And of course, those of you who might have articles we should consider, or new books we might abstract -please do not be shy!