Futures research publications

Futures research / Tulevaisuudentutkimus

You can find my futures research principles and expertise on this page. Here is the list of publications:

The future of human decision-making and cognition in the age of AI 

  • ”Future of human decision-making”, a presentation at Imagining Possible Futures Conference, Jyväskylä, 17-19.6.2024
  • Discussing Consciousness and the Future of AI with Chat GPT, Mystery of Decision-making Blog, 13.6.2024
  • “Future of human decision-making: Consequences for agency, morality and wellbeing”, a presentation at Kulttuurintutkimuksen päivät, Joensuu 8-9.12.2021

The future of democracy and society in the age of AI 

The future of voter decision-making and cognition 

  • “The future of voter decision-making”, a presentation at Empowering Futures Conference, Turku, 14-16.6.2023
  • ”Äänestäjän päätöksenteko tulevaisuudessa”, kirjassa ”Satunnainen Äänestäjä – Äänestämisen psykologia”, 2023, s. 181-192 (title in English: Voter Decision-Making in the Future)
  • ”The future of voter decision-making”, a presentation at 20th Futures Conference: Constructing Social Futures – Responsibility, Sustainability and Power, 12-13.6.2019, Turku

The future of consumer decision-making and identity 

  • Poliittinen fanittaminen rakentaa identiteettiä, mutta murentaa demokratiaa, Vaalimuusa -blog, 5.4.2024 (title in English: Political Fandom Builds Identity but Undermines Democracy)
  • ”The future of consumer decision-making”, European Journal of Futures Research. 5 (1), December, 2017
  • ”The future of consumer decision-making”, a presentation at 18th Futures Conference: Futures of Complex world, 12-13.6.2017, Turku
  • Sell you future focused customers tools and present focused comfort, Mystery of Decision-making Blog, 12.9.2014
  • What is nostalgia, and how does it guide our consumption and voting decisions? Mystery of Decision-making Blog 6.10.2022 https://Miratio -blogblog.blogspot.com/2022/10/what-is-nostalgia-and-how-does-it-guide.html
  • ”Kuluttajan eettisen valinnan vaikeus”, Hybris 1/2012 (title in English: The Difficulty of Ethical Consumer Choice)

The future of media choices and information gathering 

  • ”The Future of Consumers’ media choices”, a chapter in “Consumer media choice – towards a comprehensive model”, 2020, p. 98-102
  • Net neutrality and human decision-making, Mystery of Decision-making Blog, 30.6.2020
  • ”The Changing Demand for Media Products”, Future of the Consumer Society, edited by Koskela & Vinnari, FFRC eBOOK 7/2009

Science fiction ja dystopian futures

The future of learning 

The philosophy of causality 

  • ”Ilmiöiden välisen kausaalisuuden osoittamisen ongelma”, HAMK Unlimited Journal, 2021 (title in English: The Problem of Demonstrating Causality Between Phenomena)
  • Kausaalisuuden riittävä osoittaminen, Tutkimusguru, 2.9.2020 (title in English: Sufficient Demonstration of Causality)
  • ”Kausaalisuuden ongelma taloustieteessä”, a presentation at Kansantaloustieteen päivät 2015, Helsingissä 12-13.2.2015 (title in English: The Problem of Causality in Economics)

Future of sports refereeing

  • ”Tästä on hyvä jatkaa” – Tuomaroinnin tulevaisuus, kirjassa ”Erotuomarin päätöksenteko”, 2022, s. 235-242 (title in English: ”This is a Good Starting Point” – The Future of Refereeing).