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futures studies

study of possible, probable, and preferable social, technological and political futures
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Summary

futures studies is a field of study[1]. It draws 2,471 Wikipedia views per month (field of study category, ranking #66 of 379).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: research[3]
  • Commons category: Futurology[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Futures studies[5]
  • Main subject: future[6]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Futures studies[8]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/tags/futurology[9]
  • Different from: Futurism[10]
  • Practiced by: futurist[11]
  • Wikimedia outline: outline of futures studies[12]

Why It Matters

futures studies has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Charp238 · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lemmy community id → futurology@futurology.today
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lemmy community id: futurology@futurology.today"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008697-futurologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0008697-futurologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → research
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → field of study
    Topic has template → Template:Futures studies
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 2890, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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