1 Sources of information
Headings " calls for applications " then " all calls for applications " of the AUF website.
2 Disciplinary fields - notion of foresight (summary)
Foresight is not an academic discipline and it develops within all existing disciplines, be they engineering sciences, natural sciences, political sciences, economics, social sciences, etc. Foresight works are, by nature, very diverse. One can distinguish, however, three types of thesis in foresight:
- Theses on foresight as such, approached from different angles: methodological contributions on the conception and practice of foresight; studies of an epistemological nature on the development of foresight within organizations that use it or project themselves into the future.
- Theses dealing with a subject of the future, for example sustainable development, the city, democracy, etc.; they use, in particular, scenarios, or forecasting models, or case studies, etc.
- Theses using foresight as a method of analysis of a socio-economic or other object, for example a territory, an industry, a sector, etc.
3 Summary of eligibility and application requirements
To be eligible, the thesis must meet the following conditions:
- Focus on foresight work
- Have been defended within the last five years, i.e. after June 30, 2017.
Applications must be submitted before June 30, 2022 (11:59 p.m. Paris time), exclusively by means of the online form available on the AUF website, accompanied by all the required documents.
