Futurist networks: cases of epistemic community?

摘要

This article analyses the concept of epistemic community focusing the attention on two aspects, which contribute to define this 'actor': knowledge and capacity of acting under the conditions of uncertainty. The link between these two issues and the 'nature of future studies' is considered and the possibility of considering some organisation and institutions as future epistemic communities is explored. The case of the World Futures Studies Federation I examined in detail.