No SDES-2019-5
Title Future Design
Author Tatsuyoshi Saijo
Abstract Future Design, a new movement among Japanese researchers, asks the following question: what types of social systems are necessary if we are to leave future generations sustainable natural environments and sustainable societies? One such method is using an “imaginary future generation,” and I overview the literature including the background of this method, the results of relevant laboratory and field experiments, and the nature of relevant practical applications in cooperation with several local governments.
Revised version published in Future of Economic Design: The Continuing Development of a Field as Envisioned by Its Researchers