Future consciousness refers to the human capacity to understand, anticipate, prepare for,
and embrace the future. The Futures Consciousness Scale has recently been developed to …

Societal and policy trends are leading to major demands on food systems, including a
transformation towards more sustainable and resilient farming systems. Research is …

Understanding how objective quantities are translated into subjective evaluations has long
been of interest to social scientists, medical professionals, and policymakers with an interest …

The pressures that led to the evolution of episodic memory have recently seen much
discussion, but a fully satisfactory account of them is still lacking. We seek to make progress …

Background Previous research on COVID-19 vaccination highlights future thoughts
associated with possible Coronavirus infection and vaccine side effects as key predictors of …

We are pleased that the original article (Fergnani & Chermack, 2021) in this issue has stirred
a considerable discussion within the field of futures and foresight. In the words of an …

Positive thinking is often assumed to foster effort and success. Research has shown,
however, that positive thinking in the form of fantasies about achieving an idealised future …

Research in social and political science has documented a political divide on environmental
issues, describing greater environmental concern as well as more proenvironmental …

Tracking is the practice of sorting students into courses based on their perceived ability.
Middle school mathematics programs commonly track students into leveled courses with …

I develop an interdisciplinary framework for understanding the nature of agents and agency
that is compatible with recent developments in the metaphysics of science and that also …