Futures studies

Futures studies, futures research or futurology is the systematic, interdisciplinary and holistic study of social and technological advancement, and other environmental trends, often for the purpose of exploring how people will live and work in the future. Predictive techniques, such as forecasting, can be applied, but contemporary futures studies scholars emphasize the importance of systematically exploring alternatives. In general, it can be considered as a branch of the social sciences and an extension to the field of history.

Extends: [Futures studies](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Futures studies), Future, [Interdisciplinary subfields](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Interdisciplinary subfields), [Systems thinking](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Systems thinking)