THE TRANSFORMATION OF FUTURES RESEARCH IN HUNGARY

In Hungary, the collapse of the authoritarian society has made the aut hor see that the future means not only what wilt eventually materializ e but also the human consciousness and psychic content that people tod ay have of the future, which affects their activities in the present a nd thus the future itself: At present the author's main fields of inte rest include a redefinition of the notion of the future, further devel opments in methodological investigation, and elaboration of possible f utures amid circumstances of instability and teaching futures research . Would-be specialists in futures research should be trained so as to be able to apply a wide variety of different methods to help people an d social institutions develop their future-orientations and invent the ir own futures.