Richard A. Slaughter

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Dr. Richard Slaughter, of Brisbane, Australia, is known as a leading scholar of critical futures today, a field that developed from the intersection of futures studies and social constructivism.

Slaughter is president of Foresight International, and author of various books, including The Foresight Principle (1995), Futures for the Third Millennium (1999), and Futures Beyond Dystopia (2004). In 2005 he released a 7-part Pathways to Foresight DVD series for individual and small group study.

Slaughter is known for his contributions to educators who teach the future of society through the World Futures Studies Federation; through editing The Knowledge Base of Futures Studies, a CD-ROM collection of graduate readings used internationally; and in founding The Australian Foresight Institute.

Slaughter's critical futures is not about forecasting the future, but in opening up space for alternative views, discourses and challenges to the status quo. His futures tool, the 'transformation cycle' (T-cycle) is an ideational framework for understanding social innovation and legitimation processes.