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Department Contacts and Links
To speak with the current grad assistant of the program: futuresga@uh.edu
To speak with Dr. Peter Bishop who heads the program: pbishop@uh.edu or 281-433-4160.
To ask about specific deadlines, testing or other admissions requirements, contact the graduate advisor for the program, Tiffany Roosa at troosa@uh.edu


University of Houston Links
University of Houston: http://uh.edu/
University of Houston College of Technology: http://tech.uh.edu/
University of Houston Futures Studies on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/houstonfutures
University of Houston class of 2005 podcast project: http://www.natasha.cc/futurists.htm


Other Futures Education Programs
There are only a handful of accredited Futures programs in the world. Futures Studies is sometimes known as Strategic Foresight and we've included those programs here as well.

Manoa School of Futures Studies in Hawaii: http://www.futures.hawaii.edu/academics.php
Regent University: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/academics/mol/courses.shtml
Swinburne University in Australia: http://courses.swinburne.edu.au/Courses/ViewCourse.aspx?mi=100&id=19792
The Institute for Futures Research in South Africa: http://www.ifr.sun.ac.za/MPhil/default.htm
LIPSOR : Laboratory for Investigation in Prospective Strategy and Organisation: http://www.cnam.fr/lipsor/eng/phdprogram.php
TamKang University - Graduate Institute of Futures Studies: http://future.tku.edu.tw/en/1-4-3.htm
Tecnologico de Monterrey Consulta Plan de Estudio: https://serviciosva.itesm.mx/PlanesEstudio/Consultas/Planes/ConsultaPlanEstudio.aspx?form=PLANESTUDIO&contenido=caratula&modovista=area&Idioma=ESP&UnaCol=SI&claveprograma=MPE04

Futures Organizations & Foundations
The Association of Professional Futurists: http://www.profuturists.org/
World Futures Society: http://www.wfs.org/
World Futures Studies Federation: http://www.wfsf.org/
Millennium Project: http://www.millennium-project.org/
Accelerating Studies Foundation: http://accelerating.org/
World Watch Institute: http://www.worldwatch.org/
The Long Now Foundation: http://www.longnow.org/
Shaping Tomorrow (a social networking site for any kind of futurist) http://shapingtomorrowmain.ning.com/

Futures Consultancies
There are many different types of Futures consultancies big and small some of which specialize in working with businesses, others with governments and/or community organizations. An * indicates that a University of Houston Futures Studies graduate either started or is principal in the consultancy.

*Social Technologies: http://www.socialtechnologies.com/
*Leading Futurists: http://www.leadingfuturists.biz/
Global Business Network: http://www.gbn.com/
The RAND Corporation: http://www.rand.org/
The Institute for Alternative Futures: http://www.altfutures.com/
*The Personal Futures Network: www.personalfutures.net
The Futures Lab: www.futures-lab.com
*INFUSE Corporation: www.infuse.com
Next Corporation (helped establish Swinburne's Streategic Foresight program): http://www.nextcorporation.net/

Other Interesting Links
Futures Books from the World Futures Society: http://www.wfs.org/bkshelf.htm
Top Ten Strategic Planning Books from the Association of Professional Futurists (APF):http://profuturists.org/content/blogcategory/37/78/
A Futurist at the Movies: http://www.futuristmovies.com/
The 27+ habits of highly effective futurists by John Mahaffie: http://foresightculture.com/the-27-habits-of-highly-effective-futurists
KurzweilAI.net: http://www.kurzweilai.net/
The official site dedicated to the memory of Marshall McLuhan: http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/
Most Important Futures Work from the APF: http://profuturists.org/content/blogcategory/54/160/


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