Learn more about FC

To learn more about the science behind the FC Scale, have a look at the following sources

The development of the Futures Consciousness concept and the scale

• Ahvenharju, S. (2022) Futures Consciousness as a Human Anticipatory Capasity - Definition and Measurement. Annales Universitatis Turkuensis E 90. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-8892-1
• Ahvenharju, S., Minkkinen, M., & Lalot, F. (2018). The five dimensions of Futures Consciousness. Futures, the journal of policy, planning and futures studies 104, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2018.06.010 A link to the self-archived version of the article is here.
• Ahvenharju, S., Lalot, F., Minkkinen, M., & Quiamzade, A. (2021) Individual futures consciousness: Psychology behind the five-dimensional Futures Consciousness Scale. Futures, the journal of policy, planning and futures studies 128: 102708–. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328721000173
• Lalot, F., Ahvenharju, S., Minkkinen, M., & Wensing, E. (2019). Aware of the future? Development and validation of the Futures Consciousness Scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000565 A link to the self-archived version of the article is here.
• Lalot, F., Ahvenharju, S., & Minkkinen, M. Aware of the Future? Adaptation and Refinement of the Futures Consciousness Scale (Open Access) Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 2021. https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/2698-1866/a000014
• NEW!   Lalot, F., Ahvenharju, S. & Bishop, P. C. (2024). The seeds of tomorrow: Investigating adolescent perception of the future with the Futures Consciousness scale for adolescents. Futures, 162, 103419. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FUTURES.2024.103419

Studies on the impacts of futures consciousness on behaviour

• Lalot, F., Abrams, D., Ahvenharju, S., & Minkkinen, M. (2021). Being future-conscious during a global crisis: The protective effect of heightened futures consciousness in the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences, 178, 110862.
• NEW! Lalot, F., Ahvenharju, S., & Uusitalo, O. (2024). Green dreams are made of this: Futures consciousness and proenvironmental engagement. British Journal of Social Psychology, 00, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12799

Studies on the use of futures consciousness as a tool for evaluating impacts of futures education

• Bol, & de Wolf, M. (2023). Developing futures literacy in the classroom. Futures : the Journal of Policy, Planning and Futures Studies, 146, 103082–. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2022.10308

 

Video of the Dissertation Defence of Sanna Ahvenharju: Futures Consciousness as a Human Anticipatory Capacity

Link to the video is here