Conducting a deliberation experiment involving the employees of a water engineering company, this study examined the effects that the adoption of “imaginary future generations (IFGs),” an innovative approach to overcome intergenerational conflict by generating futurability, had on the design...

In this study, we adopted a methodology that combines systems thinking with “imaginary future generations” (IFGs), a method for activating “futurability” in people and society, to discussions about the issues and needs of a future society, and we verified the effectiveness and value of...

In this study, we conducted an empirical analysis of how the adoption of “imaginary future generations,” a mechanism for activating futurabilty of people and society, influences the decision criteria and evaluation framework of a corporate R&D strategy. More specifically, we organized a...

In this study, we propose an innovative method for assessing the future potentiality of technology from the perspective of “imaginary future generations” (IFGs) using a case study of hydrothermal technology and verify the effectiveness of this method. For this study, we conducted a...

In this study, we conducted a participatory deliberation experiment on research design and strategy of hydrothermal reactions and slag, to analyze whether the adoption of imaginary future generations (IFGs), which is a social system that has been proven to be effective for overcoming...