The futures of Canadian governance
Foresight competencies for public administration in the digital era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9782809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Jones (0000-0001-5089-4143, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 657-681 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4840 • E-ISSN: 1754-7121 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/capa.12241 |
| OpenAlex | W2799947974 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 32 |
Evidence‐based practice has advanced in public administration, with increasing reliance on social research and population sampling in decision making. Yet the evidence‐based turn risks marginalizing the value of strategic foresight and futures competencies in informing policy and planning. Where evidence enables policymakers to select the best near‐term course of action, future outcomes are inferred and projected, and not determined by past evidence. Foresight provides a necessary competency for defining and investing in the right direction of future policy and action, by articulating future problematics with multiple foresight methods. While social and technological futures cannot be precisely predicted, future scenarios and prospectuses can be designed to inform options and trajectories for intervention and new policy. The emerging area of digital‐era governance is examined, where complex scenarios for future policies are based on present evidence (such as trends) and informed speculation to formulate policies and options in dynamically changing societal contexts
Action (physics · Business · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Futures contract · Futures studies · Management · Political science · Public policy · Public relations · Responsible Research and Innovation · Speculation · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Finance · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Institutionalizing foresight in science, technology, and innovation in sub‐Saharan Africa
Introduction to the special issue
Navigating Complex Processes and Relationships
Foresight and forecasting of socio-economic development of rural territories
In search of better methods for the longitudinal assessment of tech-derived X-risks
An uphill battle
What Drives the Centralization or Decentralization of Network Governance? A Configurational Analysis in Different Health and Social Care Networks
Beyond Covid‐19
Should algorithms be regulated by government
How are foresight methods selected?
Policy Advice and the Public Service
Changing Maps
Directions in scenario planning literature – A review of the past decades
Human centred science and technology—transdisciplinary foresight and co-creation as tools for active needs-based innovation governance
A new policy science paradigm
Strategic foresight in public policy
Foresight tackling societal challenges
Futures literacy
Rethinking the Unthinkable
From Social Theory to Policy Design
The Human Meaning of the Social Sciences
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |