“Scenario Planning and Foresight: New Challenges, Emerging Practices, and Evolving Frontiers”

Call for Papers – Special Issue: “Scenario Planning and Foresight: New Challenges, Emerging Practices, and Evolving Frontiers”

Journal: Technology in Society
Publisher: Elsevier
Impact Factor: 12.5 | CiteScore: 21.9
Submission window: 16 March 2026 – 16 October 2026

Overview

This special issue explores how scenario planning and foresight methods help organizations and societies navigate increasing uncertainty driven by pandemics, climate change, geopolitical tensions, and rapid technological change. It focuses on theoretical, methodological, and practice‑based advances in foresight (e.g., scenario planning, Delphi, horizon scanning, roadmaps) and how these tools shape strategic decisions, policy, and societal responses.

Core Themes

• Innovations in theory and methods of scenario planning and foresight (e.g., integrating AI, behavioural insights, and sociomateriality).

• Applications across domains (corporate, public policy, sustainability, health, defence, disaster risk).

• Use and “afterlife” of scenarios beyond the workshop—how they inform long‑term strategy and learning.

• Combining foresight tools (e.g., scenarios + big data, AI, participatory design).

• Impact on organizations and policymaking, including organizational learning, sensemaking, and handling “wicked” problems.
  Submissions: Conceptual and empirical studies (any rigorous methodological design).

Guest Editors

• Dr. E. Tapinos, University of Strathclyde, UK

• Dr. M. Crawford, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

• Prof. M. Meadows, Coventry University, UK

• Dr. F. O’Brien, University of Warwick, UK

• Prof. G. Wright, University of Strathclyde, UK

Submission Details

• Submission via: Editorial Manager – select “VSI: Planning&Foresight”.

• Deadline: 16 October 2026; submissions open 16 March 2026.

• Follow Journal of Behavioural Decision Making author guidelines: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/technology-in-society/publish/guide‑for‑authors.

• Extended abstracts encouraged for feedback; workshop at 4th International Conference on Scenario Planning and Foresight, University of Warwick, December 15–17.

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