(updated 13 February 2013)

1. Methodology of SF&W
2. SF&W – biases
3. Links

(The bibliography related to governance, state, state-building and the construction of the underlying dynamic network for Everstate has been moved here)

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1- Methodology

Arcade, Jacques, Godet, Michel, Meunier, Francis, and Roubelat, Fabrice, “Structural Analysis with the MICMAC Method & Actors’ Strategy with MACTOR Method,” The Millennium Project: Futures Research Methodology, Version 3.0, Ed. Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. 2009, Ch 11.

Curry, Andrew & Schultz, Wendy “Roads Less Travelled: Different Methods, Different Futures,” Journal of Futures Studies, May 2009, 13(4): 35 – 60.

Epstein, Joshua M. “Why Model?” Santa Fe Institute Working Papers, 2008

Glenn, Jerome C. and The Futures Group International, “Scenarios,” The Millennium Project: Futures Research Methodology, Version 3.0, Ed. Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. 2009, Ch 19.

Grabo, Cynthia M., Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning, edited by Jan Goldman, (Lanham MD: University Press of America, May 2004).

Hanneman, Robert A. and Mark Riddle. 2005. Introduction to social network methods. Riverside, CA: University of California, Riverside (published in digital form at http://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/ )

Ritchey, Tom; “Morphological analysis,” The Millennium Project: Futures Research Methodology, Version 3.0, Ed. Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. 2009, Ch 17.

2 – SF&W – biases

Anderson, Craig A., Mark R. Lepper, and Lee Ross. “Perseverance of Social Theories: The Role of Explanation in the Persistence of Discredited Information.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1980, Vol. 39, No.6, 1037-1049.

Heuer, Richards J. Jr., Psychology of Intelligence Analysis, Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, 1999.

3 – Some of the links I use most often or that are particularly interesting for SF&W

Content and analysis

• Dart-Throwing Chimp by Jay Ulfelder, PhD  - Political Science, forecasting, regimes, mass atrocities, Africa.
• Envisioning Technology by Michell Zappa - Design and technology
• FTalphaville - Finance, markets and economy
• Gephi - open source social network analysis software
• J. Ransom Clark’s Bibliography on the Literature of Intelligence
• Relazioni Internazionali – modelli e teorie - Relations Internationales
• Silendo – Studi Strategici ed Intelligence… for dummies - Intelligence Studies
• The Oildrum - Energy, Peak Oil
• Zerohedge - Finance, markets and economy

Process and product 

• “How to get striking images on your blog (for free)” by Dotcomma.me - News and resources for writers, editors, bloggers and curators
• Scenario Library by HHL Center for Strategy and Scenario Planning

New Opposition Nexus

• AnonOps Communications
• International Democracia Real Ya (DRY – International) - in 8 languages
• Interoccupy
• Occupy Together
• Take the Square
• The Occupied USA aggregator
• Visualize news from @Occupy_USA
• World Revolution info

Various forecasts and predictions

• The top 10 forecasts for the next 10 years by the World Future Society (December 2011 – Youtube video)