Research Base for Future Design

Academic Papers (Peer-reviewed)

• Hara K, Miura I, Suzuki M, Tanaka T, Assessing Future Potentiality of Technologies from the Perspective of“Imaginary Future Generations”– a Case Study of Hydrothermal Technology, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 202, 123289, 2024
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123289
• Fujita K, Kurashiki T, Hara K, Ikeda J, Nakamura T, Analysis of the Effects of Adopting "Imaginary Future Generations" on the Design of Technology Development and Business Proposal - Case Study of Workshop at a Plating Processing Company, Proceedings of EcoDesign 2023, 955-962, 2023
  
• Hara K, Nomaguchi Y, Fukutomi S, Kuroda M, Fujita K, Kawai Y, Fujita M, Kobashi T, Policy Design by “Imaginary Future Generations” with Systems Thinking - a Practice by Kyoto City towards Decarbonization in 2050, Futures, 154, 103272, 2023
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103272
• Tasaki T, Yokoo H, Tajima R, Yamaguchi R, Characteristics That Influence Individuals’ Intentions to Use and Bequeath Common Assets: Time-Perspective Scales and Demographic Attributes, Sustainability, 15(20), 14832, 2023
  https://doi.org/10.3390/su152014832
• Hara K, Kuroda M, Nomaguchi Y, How does Research and Development (R&D) Strategy Shift by Adopting Imaginary Future Generations? - Insights from Future Design Practice in a Water Engineering Company, Futures, 152, 103221, 2023
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103221
• Hara K, Miura I, Suzuki M, Tanaka T, Designing Research Strategy and Technology Innovation for Sustainability by Adopting “Imaginary Future Generations”— a Case Study using Metallurgy, Futures and Foresight Science,5(3-4), e163, 2023
  https://doi.org/10.1002/ffo2.163
• Hara K, Naya M, Kitakaji Y, Kuroda M, Nomaguchi Y, Changes in Perception and the Effects of Personal Attributes in Decision-making as Imaginary Future Generations – Evidence from Participatory Environmental Planning, Sustainability Science, 18, 2453–2467, 2023
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01376-3
• Nomaguchi Y, Senoo R, Fukutomi S, Hara K, Fujita K, Utilization method and effect evaluation of systems thinking in Future Design: Comparative analysis of policy-making workshops in local governments, International Journal of Automation Technology, 17(2),183-193, 2023
  https://doi.org/10.20965/ijat.2023.p0183
• Fujita K, Tanahara W, Kurashiki T, Hara K, Ikeda J, Nakamura K, A Study on the Effectiveness of Workshops for Proposition of Sustainable Business Based on Future Design, Proceedings of the Japan Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability 2023, 301-307 (In Japanese)
  https://doi.org/10.60316/jcossar.10.0_301
• Hosomi T, Kondo G, Wakamoto K, Hara K, Kurashiki T, Analysis of the effectiveness of adopting Future Design on new business proposals from the perspective of future generations - A case study of a company, The Journal of Science Policy and Research Management, 38(1), 113-129, 2023
  https://doi.org/10.20801/jsrpim.38.1_113
• Ogami M, Tasaki T, (2023), A Typology of Future Generations Consideration Institutions Towards intergenerationally Fair Society. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 16 (1), 1-10, (in Japanese)
  https://doi.org/10.14927/reeps.rev1601-001
• Hosomi T, Kondo G, Wakamoto K, Hara K, Kurashiki T, Proposal of a Method for Searching Latent Needs in the Food Field based on Future Design, The Journal of Science Policy and Research Management, 37 (1), 63-77, 2022 (In Japanese)
  https://doi.org/10.20801/jsrpim.37.1_63
• Hiromitsu T, Kitakaji Y, Hara K and Saijo T, What do people say when they become “future people”? ―Positioning Imaginary Future Generations (IFGs) in general rules for good decision making, Sustainability, 13(12), 6631, 2021
  https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126631
• Hara K, Kitakaji Y, Sugino H, Yoshioka R, Takeda H, Hizen Y and Saijo T, Effects of Experiencing the Role of Imaginary Future Generations in Decision-Making - a Case Study of Participatory Deliberation in a Japanese Town, Sustainability Science, 16(3), 1001-1016, 2021
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00918-x
• Kuroda M, Uwasu M, Bui X.T, Nguyen P.D, and Hara K, Shifting the Perception of Water Environment Problems by Introducing “Imaginary Future Generations - Evidence from participatory workshop in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Futures, 126, 102671, 2021
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2020.102671
• Kobashi T, Yoshida T, Yamagata Y, Naito K, Pfenninger S, Say K, Takeda Y, Ahl A, Yarime M, and Hara K, On the Potential of “Photovoltaics + Electric vehicles” for Deep Decarbonization of Kyoto’s Power Systems: Techno-Economic-Social Considerations,” Applied Energy, 275, 115419, 2020
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115419
• Uwasu M, Kishita Y, Hara K and Nomaguchi Y, Citizen-participatory Scenario Design Methodology with Future Design Approach: A Case Study of Visioning for Low-Carbon Society in Suita City, Japan, Sustainability, 12(11), 4746, 2020
  https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114746
• Hara K, Yoshioka R, Kuroda M, Kurimoto S and Saijo T, Reconciling intergenerational conflicts with imaginary future generations - Evidence from a participatory deliberation practice in a municipality in Japan, Sustainability Science, 14(6), 1605-1619, 2019
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-019-00684-x

Proceedings Papers / Working Papers

• Iwasaki Y, Kobashi T, Fuchigami Y, Hara K, Future Scenarios and Assessment of Gradual Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technologies towards 2050: Case Study of a Japanese Municipality, SSRN, 2023, 2023
  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4674824
• Hara K, Arai T, Liao Z, Ifuku N, Suzuki M, Designing Research and Development Strategies for Sustainable Supply Systems of Rare Metals from the Perspective of “Imaginary Future Generations”– A Participatory Deliberation Experiment, SSRN, 2023
  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4656146
• Gaper E, Hara K, Lasting Effects of Future Design Practices and their Potential Application in the US Building Industry, SSRN , 2023
  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4656103
• Hara K, Fuchigami Y, Arai T, Nomaguchi Y, Compatible Effects of Adopting Imaginary Future Generations and Systems Thinking in Exploring Future Challenges - Evidence from a Deliberation Experiment, SSRN , 2023
  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4445215
• Hara K, Fuchigami Y, Nomaguchi Y, Kurashiki T, Eguchi M, Evaluation Criteria for R&D adopting “Imaginary Future Generations”— a Deliberation Experiment in an Engineering Company, SSRN , 2023
  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4445344
• Peter Hoffmann, Yutaka Nomaguchi, Sabine Fritz, Jürgen Scheffran, Keishiro Hara, Integrating future design into the development of model-based climate services for future urban planning, Proceedings of EcoDesign 2023 , pp.950-954, 2023
• Uwasu M, Kuroda M, Fuchigami Y, Hara K, Time framing and SDGs: can imaginary future generations alter people's perception and attitude? Proceedings of EcoDesign 2023 , pp.944-949, 2023
• Hara K, Arai T, Liao Z, Ifuku N, Suzuki M, Designing Research Strategies for Sustainable Supply Systems of Metals from the Perspective of“Imaginary Future Generations”- a Participatory Deliberation Experiment, Proceedings of EcoDesign, pp. 963-968, 2023
• Hara K, Naya M, Kitakaji Y, Kuroda M and Nomaguchi Y, Changes in Perception and the Effects of Personal Attributes in Decision-making as Imaginary Future Generations: Evidence from participatory environmental planning, RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 22-E-045
  https://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/dp/22e045.pdf
• Hara K, Nomaguchi Y, Fukutomi S, Kuroda M, Fujita K, Kawai Y, Fujita M and Kobashi T, Policy Design by “Imaginary Future Generations” with Systems Thinking – a Practice by Kyoto City towards Decarbonization in 2050, SRRN
  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4110047
• Hara K, Miura I, Suzuki M and Tanaka T, Assessing Future Potentiality of Technology Seeds from the Perspective of “Imaginary Future Generations” – a Case Study of Hydrothermal Technology, SRRN
  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4156316
• Hara K, Miura I, Suzuki M and Tanaka T, Designing Research Strategy and Technology Innovation for Sustainability by Adopting “Imaginary Future Generations”—A Case Study Using Metallurgy, SRRN
  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4156175
• Hara K, Kuroda M, Nomaguchi Y, How Does Research and Development (R&D) Strategy Shift by Adopting Imaginary Future Generations? - Evidence from Future Design Practice in a Water Engineering Company, SRRN
  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4152179
• Hara K, (2023) Methodology of Future Design Practice and Research Prospects, Journal of Japan Society for Design Engineering, Vol.58(2), 57-63, 2023 (in Japanese)
• Nomaguchi Y, An Approach and Practice of Model-based Future Design, Journal of Japan Society for Design Engineering, 58(2), 52-56, 2023
• Kuroda M, Present state of the water issues in developing countries assumed from the results of a future design workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Journal of Japan Society for Design Engineering, 58(1), 12-18, 2023(in Japanese)
• Kurashiki T. Social Practice for Disaster Prevention and Education(Futurability Education based on Future Design), Journal of Japan Society for Design Engineering, 58（1), 12-18, 2023(in Japanese)
• Peter Hoffmann, Jürgen Scheffran, Jobst Augustin, Sari Kovats, James Milner, Keishiro Hara, Yutaka Nomaguchi, Deniz Sirin, Dante Garro Castro, Developing climate services for future urban health based on an urban system approach, the 23th International Congress of Biometeorology, May14-17, Arizona State University, USA, 2023
• Hara K, Future Design and Socio-technical Innovation, Proceedings of EcoDesign 2021
• Uwasu M , Hara K, Kuroda M, Han J (2021) Assessing the spatiotemporal dynamics of environmental sustainability in China, Proceedings of EcoDesign 2021
• Nomaguchi Y, Senoo R, Fukutomi S, Hara K, Kikuo Fujita (2021) Utilization method and effect evaluation of systems thinking in Future Design workshops-Case studies of policy-making workshops in local governments, Proceedings of EcoDesign 2021