World Future Society#Publications
{{Short description|Society of futurists}}
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The World Future Society (WFS), founded in 1966, is an international community of futurists and future thinkers.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfuture.org/|title=World Future Society|website=World Future Society}}
History
Prominent members and contributors have included Ray Kurzweil, Peter Drucker, Carl Sagan, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.{{Cite web|url=http://theideaforge.com/learning-think-like-futurist-world-future-society/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174438/http://theideaforge.com/learning-think-like-futurist-world-future-society/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 11, 2018|title=Learning to Think Like a Futurist with World Future Society|last=justin|website=theideaforge.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-10|date=2016-12-16}}
Leadership
= Current board chair & CEO =
Julie Friedman Steele: 2016–Present
= Past presidents and executive directors =
Amy Zalman: 2014–2016{{Cite news|url=https://www.soif.org.uk/speakers/amy-zalman/|title=Amy Zalman - School of International Futures|work=School of International Futures|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en-GB}}
Timothy Mack, Esq.: 2004–2014{{Cite web|url=http://www.aaiforesight.com/content/tim-mack-founder|title=Tim Mack, Founder {{!}} AAI Foresight|website=www.aaiforesight.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}
Edward Cornish: 1966–2004
Publications
= ''The Futurist'' magazine =
The Futurist magazine was established in 1967, with Edward Cornish serving as the founding editor.{{Cite journal|last=Lewenstein|first=Bruce V|date=April 1987|title=Was There Really a Popular Science 'Boom'?|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231582087|journal=Science, Technology, & Human Values|volume=12|issue=2|pages=29–41|doi=10.1177/016224398701200204|hdl=1813/13731|s2cid=141385150 |hdl-access=free}} From 1967 to 2015, it was a full-color bi-monthly magazine. Today, it is an online publication that reports on technological, societal, and public policy trends, along with topics related to the future of human purpose. The Futurist was nominated for a 2007 Utne Independent Press Award for Best Science and Technology Coverage.{{Cite news|url=http://www.prleap.com/pr/99699/the-futurist-magazine-nominated-for-the-2007|title=The Futurist Magazine Nominated for the 2007 Utne Independent Press Award|work=PR Leap|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en}}
= ''World Future Review'' academic journal =
The World Future Society previously published the academic journal World Future Review. This journal was published independent from the World Future Society starting with Volume 8.{{cite web|url=https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/world-future-review/journal202156#description|title=World Futures Review - SAGE Publications Ltd|website=uk.sagepub.com|date=2015-10-28}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.worldfuture.org/ World Future Society] (WFS) official website
- [https://issuu.com/worldfuturesociety The Futurist magazine archives]
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Category:Futures studies organizations
Category:International organizations based in the United States
Category:International scientific organizations
Category:Magazines established in 1967