Abstract
This article deals with paradigms in futures studies. Different approaches can be identified on the basis of their ontological attitude towards the ideas of change, evolution or progress in societal systems. It is possible to make a distinction between three different paradigms, namely (1) descriptive futures research, (2) the scenario paradigm and (3) evolutionary futures research. The first two are more or less well established, though heterogeneous, branches in the futures field with much research actually done. Evolutionary futures research, on the other hand, is only emerging at present. Its roots are in the study of complex, self-organizing evolutionary systems.
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