This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference
Researching the Future Future IS 2011 held in Turku Finland in June 2011. The 17 revised
full papers presented together with 4 panels and workshops were carefully reviewed and selected
from numerous submissions. The papers are organized into 6 topical sections: how the future and
the past are connected and inter-related critical view of the future technological futures
the future of information technology and work-related practices in health care the future of
industrial and institutional practices and outcomes through information technology and the
future of critical realism in IS research.
