WFSF is the leading futures organization concerned with the scholarship of futures research and the promotion of alternative visions for humanity. In this critical time in human history, we invite you to join the WFSF in its efforts to promote futures thinking as a way to anticipate and respond to the complexity and scale of global challenges. Joining WFSF will provide you with opportunities to collaborate with and support other future-oriented individuals and organizations including UNESCO and the UN family. In working together you will be able to design alternative and preferred futures and network with others with similar concerns.
While many futures organizations today have succumbed to the narrow and short-term mindsets of corporate and commercial interests, WFSF has remained true to the vision of its founders: to democratize futures research and to commit to creating humane futures for all.
Hence our motto: Long Term, Big Picture, Radical Change.
You are invited to join the WFSF in its efforts to:
- Promote futures studies in general;
- Promote awareness of challenging global problems;
- Design prospects for alternative and preferred futures;
- Support and collaborate with other futures-oriented organizations;
- Promote networking between individuals and organizations concerned with futures;
- Promote cooperative participation in studies of the futures of humanity;
- Encourage innovative, transdisciplinary thinking across all disciplines and cultures;
- Help introduce futures-oriented thinking in all branches of knowledge and action;
- Promote freedom of inquiry, discussion and thinking about diverse futures.
WFSF Membership Benefits
As a WFSF member you will be able to:
• Meet a cross-section of the world’s leading futures researchers, teachers, professional practitioners and others committed to open, creative and innovative futures for humanity;
• Receive news of UNESCO and UN-ECOSOC projects and participate in high-level meetings related to futures and foresight, if you are approved to do so by the WFSF Executive Board as one of our representatives;
• Participate as a speaker in WFSF World Conferences, regional meetings and partner events;
• Meet colleagues in your region of the world to build your regional networks;
• Meet colleagues with specialist knowledge or expertise on different futures studies themes;
• Participate in a range of extraordinary discussions with these individuals through our private but very active email discussion forum hosted by the Institut Futur at the Free University of Berlin.
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• Ask futures questions to our membership and receive a wealth of responses to assist with your research.
• Receive news from time to time about upcoming Futures Events around the globe
WFSF offers several categories of membership including Individual (Full, Associate or Student) and Institutional Membership. Members are required to pay an annual membership fee. (SEE BELOW).
When you complete our online form and pay the allocated fees, our Director will then check your application with our Executive Board to make a final determination on the approval of membership level. If any adjustment needs to be made we will let you know.
Once you become a member either individually or institutionally you will also be given access to a members-only discussion electronic listserv hosted by the Free University of Berlin. This is the major digital place for the interaction among members from around the world. It is also a place to share announcements about job opportunities, events, courses, book review, call for papers, open positions, etc. The annual fee covers such benefits among others:
Members are the key scholars and researchers in the futures studies field from around the world. You can explore their websites and backgrounds here:
https://wfsf.org/wfsf-members/
Types of WFSF Membership
Individual Members (Full, Associate or Student)
Full Members
Persons active in the field of futures studies for at least two years who support the objectives, functions and activities of the Federation. To be considered please include evidence of experience in futures research, teaching or consulting activities AND endorsements from two current Full Members.
Associates
Persons who are committed to the purpose and work of the Federation but with insufficient experience in futures studies/research to qualify as Full Members may become Associate Members. The prescribed fee is the same for both and both have the same voting rights and privileges.
Key Difference between Full and Associate category:
Students
Those with an interest in futures studies and enrolled for full- or part-time study at a university. Please outline your experience or interest in futures activities, duration of the course pursued and provide evidence of current enrolment at an accredited institution of higher education.
Institutional Members
National and international NGOs, academic bodies such as colleges and universities, government agencies, research institutions, business corporations, etc. active in the fields of futures studies are eligible. Please detail the institution’s experience in futures studies and research.
WFSF Annual Membership Fees
The Annual Membership fees payable by all members* vary depending on your membership type and income level of your country of residence not country of birth as defined by the World Bank. Choose your correct membership based on type of membership and your location/address. The application form will then show the correct fee for your membership.
Annual fees renewal date is 1st January.
Fees, at a glance, are as follows:
| Country Income Category | A | B | C |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | USD | USD | |
| Full /Associate Member | 150 | 75 | 30 |
| Student Member | 50 | 25 | 10 |
| Institutional Member | 500 | 250 | 100 |
For the list of countries falling in Groups A, B and C, please click here.
IMPORTANT NOTICE before submitting your application and payment
1/The payment submitted during the application is considered the application fee and is non-refundable.
2/You should select your membership country category based on the country of residence and not the country of birth.
3/Before making inquiries about status of administrative processing, applicants should wait at least 15 calendar days from the date of submitting their applications.
4/When you set up automatic renewal via PayPal you can cancel anytime only from your PayPal account directly and the cancellation will be effective on 1st January, the beginning of the new fiscal year. You will not receive a partial refund for the rest of the current fiscal year.
Membership Application
If you use the PayPal option as payment method, on January 1st you have an automatic renewal of the membership for the new fiscal year of the WFSF.