copenhagen institute for futures studies publ type non profit industry consulting founded 1970 headquarters copenhagen denmark key people thorkil kristensen founder claus kjeldsen acting managing ceo & finn ramstad acting director products presentations projects courses scenario magazine various publications reports theme meetings number of employees 28 2007 website http www.cifs.dk the copenhagen institute for futures studies instituttet for fremtidsforskning is denmark s and one of scandinavia s largest futures studies think tank . it was founded in 1970 by professor thorkil kristensen former oecd secretary general danish minister of finance and member of the club of rome . it is a non profit think tank and its mission was from the outset to help danish organizations public and private understand and plan for the trends that are shaping their long term future . today it is an international think tank . 1 the institute s research covers a wide variety of topics from identification and statistically based analysis of global trends to subjective and emotional responses to the future . the work of the institute is interdisciplinary and its staff covers a number of academic disciplines and professional backgrounds including economics political science ethnography psychology engineering public relations and sociology . 2 the institute s products include seminars analyses reports newsletters books and the magazine scenario . 3 some of the institute s books include creative man the future consumer employee and citizen . copenhagen denmark copenhagen institute for futures studies . 2004 . jensen rolf 1999 . the dream society how the coming shift from information to imagination will transform your business . new york mcgraw hill . the copenhagen institute for futures studies is danish partner of the euroconstruct network which provides analysis and forecasts of construction in 19 west and central eastern european countries . the work at cifs rests on the assumptions that were outlined by military strategist herman kahn in his book the year 2000 a framework for speculation on the next thirty three years and later adopted to strategic business planning by pierre wack from royal dutch shell . references edit about the copenhagen institute for futures studies faq scenario magazine read http www.iff.dk en tidsskrift.asp further reading edit kruse martin the realism in fictionalised scenarios in future studies odense university 2008 andersen poul nyboe thorkil kristensen en ener i dansk politik odense university studies and social sciences vol 177 . 1994 wack pierre shooting the rapids harvard business review nov dec 1985 external links edit copenhagen institute for futures studies coordinates 55 40 58 n 12 35 08 e 55.6829 n 12.5855 e 55.6829 ; 12.5855 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title copenhagen institute for futures studies & oldid 711779539 categories think tanks based in denmarkfuturology1970 establishments in denmarkhidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages dansk edit links this page was last modified on 24 march 2016 at 20 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view