Welcome Letter from the
PRESIDENT
Dear members, colleagues, and friends:
I hereby proudly present the new issue of Human Fu-
tures Magazine. This issue is the second issue of the
HF Magazine in its new format.
In this issue you find a wide range of contributions,
not only feature articles, but also regular columns
such as “Future Matters” and our “FutureScope”,
“Conversations on The Future We Want” and “Review
Room”. Contributors include Jerome Glenn who pres-
ents 2050 Global Generations, some interesting per-
spectives from the Millennium Project, while Sirkka
Heinonen elaborates on the concept “Neo-Growth”.
You will also find contribution on themes spanning
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from “Leadership in the Future” (Thomas Mengel) and
Future of Food (Amy Fleischer), to Astrosociology (Jim
Pass) and alternative futures of Space (Poyan Bizeh).
In the News and Events section, Chris Jones reports on
his experiences from this year’s Turku conference, and
we have several very interesting reviews in the Review
Room.
In particular, I call attention to the section “Conversa-
tions” with Claire Nelson which this issue features Riel
Miller, of UNESCO on Futures Literacy for leaders and
policymakers – highly relevant for our role as a UNES-
CO Partner. Last but not least, I am happy about the
inclusion in our closing considerations “Aftermost”,
with what we may characterize as the first futurist in
the world below the age of 18, and the first member of
our new creation, WFSF-Junior, Arsam Matin. Arsam
is 11 year of age and has big dreams about the future.
He is happy to learn from all of us, not only the art of
thinking long-term, but also the ambition of helping
children creating better futures for themselves (and
us) all over the world. I would like again to use the op-
portunity to wish him welcome to our community.
As you see from the table of contents, there are many
interesting and exciting topics discussed in this issue. I
wish everyone a happy reading in this issue of the new
Human Futures Magazine!
Sincerely Yours
Erik
Erik F. Øverland
President
World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF)
wfsf.org
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