About Us
The Desired Futures Survey is a research project initiated and conducted by the Decades
Association – an international research network working on foresight issues.
Launched in 2024, the Desired Futures Survey aims to :
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Better understand how people around the world perceive the ecological, political, economic and social challenges of 2050, -
Identify the solutions they imagine to bring about a desirable future on a national and international scale, -
Analyse how these desirable futures on a collective scale fit in with their personal wishes and dreams.
The Desired Futures Survey is a permanent survey: we want the sample to grow constantly so
that, in time, we can potentially make it more representative.
To do this, we conduct semi-structured face-to-face interviews lasting between an hour and an
hour and a half – some recorded on video, others audio only. They are conducted
by a growing international network of field researchers.