Institute for the Future records

The Institute for the Future Records consist of IFF reports on the future, initial planning and founding documents, including blueprints and architectural materials for IFF building design, planning reports on Wesleyan University and Middletown, and correspondence. Included IFF reports are as follows: Forecasts of Some Technological and Scientific Developments and Their Societal Consequences examines public consensus regarding when and what futuristic technologies would be realized, Development of Long-Range Forecasting Methods for Connecticut: A Summary details the results from several forecasting experiments and subsequent simulation experiments, Some Potential Societal Developments 1970-2000 relies on experts in various intellectual fields to imagine future social shifts. More obviously named reports include Models and Simulations—Some Definitions, Selected Urban Simulations and Games, Simulation of Urban Systems—A Selected Bibliography, and A Report on a Long-Range Forecasting Study, as well as a volume of Futures: The Journal of Forecasting and Planning.