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For several decades, foresight studies have been receiving more attention in science, economy and politics. Originating from war games and military strategy planning, foresight studies offer a great number of methods to identify potential futures. Rather diverse methods and their combinations have been applied in the last decades in relation to numerous studies and in a great variety of contexts.

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Peperhove, R. (2018). Introduction. In: Peperhove, R., Steinmüller, K., Dienel, HL. (eds) Envisioning Uncertain Futures . Zukunft und Forschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25074-4_1

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