Books and Reports
The State of the Future is an informative publication that gives invaluable insights into the future for the United Nations, its Member States, and civil society.
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations"Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, should read this incredible document, period!"
Technological Forecasting & Social Change
Most of the seventeen annual State of the Future reports were selected by Future Survey as among the year's best books on the future.
2013-14
State of the Future by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu |
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The most influential annual report on what we know about the future
of humanity Brilliant! Never ending source of invention and
creativity. Executive Summary (pdf) : Arabic, English,
Romanian, Spanish |
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FUTURES |
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ISBN: 978-607-00-4892-0 |
FUTURES is the most comprehensive futures studies encyclopedic dictionary that exists to date. It comprises over 1,000 terms and methods used in futures studies. The work was initiated and coordinated by Concepción Olavarrieta, with review and edits of terms done by Theodore Gordon and Jerome Glenn, and with the contribution of more than 500 futurists from The Millennium Project network. It is avalable in English and Spanish. It can be downloaded as pdf file, or purchased as a CD.
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2012
State of the Future |
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ISBN: 978-0-9818941-9-5 |
Fascinating read
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LATINOAMERICA
2030 by José Luis Cordeiro et al. |
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ISBN: 978-1-4717313-5-8 |
Escenarios de Latinoamérica 2030 El Millennium Project inició un estudio de dos años sobre el futuro de Latinoamérica en 2009. La primera fase de este estudio consistió en la realización de una encuesta con la metodología Real-Time Delphi (RTD) durante los ejercicios 2009 – 2010, y un segundo estudio RTD que ha sido diseñado para integrar los resultados del primero en forma de escenarios de Latinoamérica 2030. Más de 550 personas de alrededor de 60 países participaron en el estudio durante un período de siete semanas. El Real-Time Delphi ayudó a identificar algunos desarrollos con alta probabilidad y gran relevancia (denominados “buena apuesta”) y otros con relativamente baja probabilidad pero gran relevancia (denominados “sorpresas”). Adicionalmente, los expertos corroboraron el “ascenso” de China y el posicionamiento de Brasil como el país más influyente de Latinoamérica. |
2011 State of the Future by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu |
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ISBN: 978-0-9818941-5-7 |
Fascinating read |
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Research Methodology -- Version 3.0 Editors: Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon |
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The largest, most comprehensive collection of internationally peer-reviewed handbook on methods and tools to explore future possibilities ever assembled in one resource. Over half of the chapters were written by the inventor of the method or by a significant contributor to the method’s evolution. The electronic download- contains 39 chapters totaling about 1,300 pages. ISBN: 978-0-9818941-1-9 |
2010 State of the Future by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu |
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Paperback with CD 83-page print and an attached CD containing about 7,000 pages of research behind the print edition and The Millennium Project's 14 years of cumulative research and methods. Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): Arabic, English, French, German, Spanish See articles in Ray Kurzweil's Blog: "The
State of the Future" ISBN: 978-0-9818941-3-3
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2009 State of the Future by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu |
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Paperback with CD 100-page print and an attached CD containing about 6,700 pages of research behind the print edition and The Millennium Project's 13 years of cumulative research and methods. Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish See articles in The Independent: "The
planet's future..." ISBN: 978-0-9818941-2-6 |
Translations available: Arabic, Azeri, Chinese, Persian, Korean, Russian, and Spanish
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2008
State of the Future
by Jerome C.
Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu
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Paperback with CD-ROM Read the Executive
Summary (PDF file): Arabic, Azeri, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish Listed first in the TOP TEN 2008 der Zukunftsliteratur (best future literature in 2008) by pro ZUKUNFT, Austria, and among the "Best Books and Reports" by World Future Society Futures Survey's Annual Indexes and Best Books. ISBN: 978-0-9818941-0-2 |
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2007
State of the Future
by Jerome C. Glenn and
Theodore J. Gordon
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Paperback with CD-ROM ... enclosed CD contains
over 6,000 pages of research behind ISBN: 0-9722051-6-0 Read the Executive
Summary (PDF file) Azeri,
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2006
State of the Future
by Jerome C.
Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon
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Paperback with CD-ROM ...
enclosed CD contains over 5,400 pages of research behind
ISBN: 0-9722051-5-2 Read the Executive Summary (PDF file) Azeri, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese,Russian, Spanish |
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2005
State of the Future
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Paperback with
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CD contains over 3,500 pages of research behind ISBN: 0-9722051-4-4
Read the Executive Summary (PDF file) English, Chinese, French, Japanese, Persian, Spanish, Czech The report is also available in French: 2005 L'Etat du Ftutur |
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2004
State of the Future
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Paperback with CD-ROM ... enclosed CD
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2003
State of the Future
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Paperback with CD-ROM ... enclosed CD contains over 2,500 pages of research
behind ISBN: 0-9722051-0-1, August, 2003 Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): English, French, or Japanese, Persian, Spanish |
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2002
State of the Future
Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon
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Paperback with CD-ROM. 100 pages print and about 2,000 pages CD-ROM ISBN 0-9657362-9-6 Read the Executive Summary (PDF file):Persian 2002 State of the Future is a unique resource for those who care about global change and improving the future. It provides an assessment of the human situation as a whole, prospects for the future, and actions for today. It is used by both those who need the most precise briefings and those who want the full research background. Each chapter in the book is an executive summary of more complete reports in the CD-ROM section of about 2,000 pages. As a result, it provides a common platform for global actors, educators, and the concerned public to use in building more coherent policy. |
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2001
State of the Future
Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon
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Millennium Project on the State of the Future combines,
as it should, flights of imagination into the far future with tightly focused
analyses of present challenges. An indispensable volume for those who
seek both the inspiration and enlightenment needed to meet the challenges
that will make a productive future possible. Paperback with CD-ROM. 90 pages print and 1,500 page CD-ROM |
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State
of the Future at the Millennium
Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon
ISBN 0-9657362-6-1
(Paperback with CD-ROM)
92 pages print and 1000 pages CD-ROM with graphs, tables, annotated
bibliography of over 400 scenario sets.
Price: $49.95 US dollars. Discount 40% for orders over 10 copies.
Published: August 2000
Best selling book at the July 23-26, 2000 World Future Society Conference.
State of the Future at the Millennium is a "report card
on the future" written as an easy guide to what's happing that can
change the world with a range of views from around the world about who should
do what to improve our prospects. This is what the educated world citizen
should know. It gives you a sense of how humanity can get it all together.
The past can only be described, but we can write the future together. The State of the Future offers us a creative and new project of hope. -- Frederico Mayor, former Director-General of UNESCO
To order, please send email: millennium-project@igc.org
(Payment by major credit cards or US dollars
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Environmental Security Studies
- Emerging
Environmental Security Issues - Monthly Reports
The purpose of the study is to assess worldwide environmental-related issues in order to identify and analyze events that might trigger future international environmental treaties, conventions, or protocols and/or modifications of the existing ones.
Updated monthly on the website and included, along with analysis and a synthesis report, in the annual State of the Future reports.
- Environmental
Security: Emerging International Definitions, Perceptions, and Policy
Considerations
(shorter version: "Defining Environmental Security: Implications for the U.S. Army")
by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Renat Perelet, 1997-1998, for the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute
Included in the State of the Future reports published after1998 and available on the AEPI website, http://www.aepi.army.mil/pubs-overseas.html.
- Environmental Security: United
Nations Doctrine for Managing Environmental Issues in Military Actions
by Joe B. Sills, Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, Renat Perelet, 1999, for the Army Environmental Policy Institute- Vol. I United Nations Doctrine for Managing Environmental Issues in Military Actions
- Vol. II International
Treaties, Conventions and Protocols that address environmental related
issues
Selected International Organizations relevant to Environmental Security
Included in the State of the Future reports published after 1999 and available on the AEPI website, http://www.aepi.army.mil/pubs-overseas.html.
- Environmental
Crimes in Military Actions and the International Criminal Court (ICC)
- UN Perspectives
by Joe Sills, Jerome C. Glenn, Elizabeth Florescu, and Theodore J. Gordon, 2000, for the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute
Included in the State of the Future reports published after 2001 and available on the AEPI website, http://www.aepi.army.mil/pubs-overseas.html.
- Future International Environmental
Security Issues and Potential Military Requirements
over the period of 2010 to 2025 (included in the State of the Future reports published after 2003)
by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon, 2002, for the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute
World
Leaders on Global Challenges
by Jerome C. Glenn, Elizabeth Florescu, and Theodore J. Gordon
Analysis of the statements delivered by heads of State or Governmentat at the UN Millennium Summit, September 6-8, 2000. The full report is included in the State of the Future reports (2001 and after).
This study was done for the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute. Free copies of the edited version of the report can be obtained from the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute and available on the AEPI website, http://www.aepi.army.mil/pubs-overseas.html.
Full text of the study in PDF format downloadable from: Millennium Summit Speeches.pdf
Factors
Required for Successful Implementation of Futures Research in Decisionmaking
by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon
Examples and case studies when Futures Studies influenced decision making
This study was done for the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute. Free copies of the edited version of the report can be obtained from the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute; please email Mr. John J. Fittipaldi, OASA(I&E) at <John.Fittipaldi@hqda.army.mil>
Third Transition - Towards Sustainable
Development and Global Governance
Published in English by Palacky
University Press, Olomouk, Czech Republic, 2001
ISBN 80-244-0305-6
(just 300 copies)
Price: $15 USD + shipping
To order, please email: <MP-orders@millennium-project.org>
(Payment by major credit cards or US dollars check or
money order)
Futures Studies Reports and Papers - in Spanish
Prepared by the Centro Latinoamericano de Globalización y Prospectiva, the Latin American node of the Millennium Project, this CD-ROM includes the Spanish version of the 1997 and 1998 State of the Future reports, and papers on Corruption, Globalization, Organized Crime, Political Systems, Roadmaps, Reflections on the Future, and a lot more.
ISBN: 0-9657362-7-X
Price: $49.50 US dollars
To order, please email: <MP-orders@millennium-project.org> (to pay in US dollars or credit card) or, to order from Argentina, e-mail: Miguel Angel Gutierrez <eni@sinectis.com.ar>
Views
from the Millennium Project on the Future of Technology with Implications
for Society and the United Nations System
Paper prepared by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon for the conference:
On
the Threshold: The United Nations and Global Governance in the New Millennium,
Jnuary 19-21, 2000, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
For the MsWord version of this paper please e-mail: millennium-project@igc.org
Feasibility
Report
Concluding report of the feasibility of
the Millennium Project
The following, two-round Delphi inquiries were conducted to gather judgements from an international panel consisting of futurists, scholars, and interested participants. The panels provided fresh judgements about developments likely to be important to the future size of world population and the environment, and an early perspective on policy options germane to each.
Population report
Environment report
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