Dr. Wendy Schultz

Biography

Dr. Wendy Schultz is owner of the company Infinite Futures: Foresight Training and Facilitation with over two decades of practical future experience from Honolulu to Helsinki and Brisbane to Budapest. She did her doctorate in Alternative Futures at the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies. From 1996 to 2004 she was guest professor at the masters program "Studies of the Future" at University Houston-Clear Lake where she was actively involved in the development of the teaching curriculum. As Fulbright scholar Dr. Schultz spent sic months as lecturer and researcher at the Finland Futures Research Centre. Dr. Schultz is a member of the World Futures Studies Federation and the Association of Professional Futurists. She lives and works in Oxford, England.

Topic selection

• The future of microsensors and RFID as tools, toys, and toxins
• The future of learning and higher education
• The future of space exploration and undersea exploration
• The future of libraries, archives, and media storage
• A history of foresight and futures studies
• A consumer's guide to common foresight tools and techniques

Selected publications

• “Humans in Space,” in Abrams, Baard, Grierson, Saunders, Schultz, and Winters, Space 2100: To Mars and Beyond in the Century to Come. New York, NY: Popular Science
• “The Octopus’ Garden 2030,” in C.B.Jones, ed., Proceedings of the 2002 Kure World Conference of the World Futures Studies Federation. Houston, Texas
• “Intimate Governance: Face to Face with Future Generations,” in T.C. Kim and J. Dator, eds., Co-Creating a Public Philosophy for Future Generations. United Kingdom
• “Cultures in Transition: Alternative Futures of Immigration, Ethnic Composition, and Community Conflict within the U.S.,” Futures Research Quarterly