Chapters

Part I: Rethinking Foundations – Concepts in Flux

1. From Progress to Precarity: The Shifting Meaning of Development
   Development Studies, Political Economy
2. Redefining Identity in a Post-Truth Age
   Cultural Studies, Media Studies
3. Decentering the Human: Anthropocentrism and its Discontents
   Philosophy, Environmental Humanities
4. Knowledge and Power Revisited: Epistemic Justice in the Global South
   Postcolonial Studies, Sociology of Knowledge
5. Democracy Redefined: Participation, Disruption, and Digital Dissent
   Political Science, Communication Studies

Part II: Disruptive Technologies and Conceptual Innovation

6. Artificial Intelligence and the Rewriting of Rationality
   Philosophy of Technology, AI Ethics
7. Data as Concept: Power, Privacy, and Possibility
   Data Studies, Information Science
8. Online first: Digital Time: The Changing Tempo of Everyday Life
   Media Studies, Cultural Theory
9. Online first: Blockchain and the Concept of Trust in Decentralized Futures
   Technology Studies, Legal Theory
10. Virtuality and Reality: Rethinking Embodiment in the Metaverse
    Digital Humanities, Psychology

Part III: Reworlding the Planet – Concepts for Survival and Solidarity

11. Planetary Health: Linking Ecology, Economy, and Ethics
    Environmental Studies, Public Health
12. Online First Infrastructure of Survival: Resilient Design in the Age of Climate Change
    Urban Studies, Design Theory
13. Degrowth as Concept and Movement
    Ecological Economics, Political Ecology
14. Climate Justice: From Vulnerability to Resilience
    Environmental Justice, International Relations
15. Borders in Crisis: Migration, Mobility, and Belonging
    Migration Studies, Human Geography
16. Living with Collapse: Adaptive Futures and the Concept of Hope
    Futures Studies, Disaster Sociology

Part IV: Futures in the Making – Reimagining the Social

17. Online First: Education Beyond the Classroom: Reframing Learning in Uncertain Times
    Education Studies, Sociology of Knowledge
18. Work Without Workers? Labor, Automation, and Value
    Labor Studies, Economics
19. Post-pandemic Society: Reconfiguring Publics and Privacies
    Public Policy, Medical Sociology
20. Online First: The Science of Flourishing: Reframing Well-Being Through Positive Psychology
    Positive Psychology
21. Speculative Futures: Imagination as a Method of Resistance
    Futures Studies, Literary Theory