Vol. 6 No. 006 (2021): Issue 006

غلاف العدد 6 من دورية استشراف

Issue 6 of Istishraf for Future Studies (2021) includes the following studies and articles: “The Science and Technology System in the Arab World: Facts and Futures” (Moza Mohammad Al-Rabban); “Towards Forecasting the Futures of Research in Arab Science and Technology In Light of Leading International Experiences” (Aze-Eddine Bouchikhi); “Nanotechnology in the Arab world: Past, Present and Future Prospects” (Khaled Saoud); “Science and Technology Transformations in Arab Countries: A case study of renewable energies in Morocco, Egypt, and Jordan” (Rachid El-Bazzim); ““Covi-Politics” and its Impact on Shaping the Future of the World and the Arab Region: A Reading of the Reality of International and Arab Scientific Research Policies in the Field of Vaccines and their Futures” (Osama Abu El Rub); “From Digital Addiction to Digital Wellbeing: Future Digitization and its Challenges in the Arab World” (Raian Ali, Dena Al-Thani, Reem S. Al-Mansoori, Deniz Cemiloglu); “The Future of Medicine, Genetics, and Genomics: Stakes and Risks” (Fatma Gargouri); “Digital Transformation and the Future of Social Sciences and Humanities” (Ghassan Mourad); “Science Fiction and Thinking about the Future Locally and Globally” (Mazin al-Ramdhani); “History of Science as a Gateway to the Renaissance of Arab Sciences” (Mohammed Abattouy); “Imagining the Impossible: The Shifting Role of Utopian Thought in Civic Planning, Science Fiction, and Future Studies”; “The Futures of Arab Science and Technology in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Critical Reading of: The Fourth Industrial Revolution” (Editorial Board); “Future Technology and the Future of War Critical Reading of: Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War” (Amina Mostefa Della); “Future Technology, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Poverty Critical Reading of: The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope” (Omar Almagharebi).

Published: 2021-07-01

Studies

  • The Science and Technology System in the Arab World: Facts and Futures

    Author: Moza Mohammad Al-Rabban (Author)
    11-37

    The Arab scientific research system is still facing the challenges of building the capabilities of science, technology, and innovation, and making it part of the societal system, and placing it...

  • Towards Forecasting the Futures of Research in Arab Science and Technology In Light of Leading International Experiences

    Author: Aze-Eddine Bouchikhi (Author)
    38-72

    This research paper observes the reality of research in Arab science and technology, and compares it with leading international experiences, in order to set out the possible futures of the...

  • Nanotechnology in the Arab world: Past, Present and Future Prospects

    Author: Khaled Saoud (Author)
    74-101

    Arab countries face many immediate challenges in many fields such as energy, environment, health, and water resources due to rapid population growth, the depletion of groundwater reserves, and...

  • Science and Technology Transformations in Arab Countries: A case study of renewable energies in Morocco, Egypt, and Jordan

    Author: Rachid El-Bazzim (Author)
    103-131

    This research paper aims to study the critical role of the scientific and technological development of the renewable energy sector in the Arab countries, and to observe the manifestations and...

  • “Covi-Politics” and its Impact on Shaping the Future of the World and the Arab Region: A Reading of the Reality of International and Arab Scientific Research Policies in the Field of Vaccines and their Futures

    Author: Osama Abu El Rub (Author)
    132-159

    This paper highlights the importance for the decision-makers in the Arab countries of being aware of the nature of the current crisis and its expected future developments. Hence, the need to...

  • From Digital Addiction to Digital Wellbeing: Future Digitization and its Challenges in the Arab World

    Author: Raian Ali, Dena Al-Thani, Reem S. Al-Mansoori, Deniz Cemiloglu (Author)
    160-208

    Technology has become powerful not only in terms of computational ability but also in its ability to catch the attention of users and keep them attached to digital life experiences. The...

  • The Future of Medicine, Genetics, and Genomics: Stakes and Risks

    Author: Fatma Gargouri (Author)
    209-236

    This paper seeks to investigate the ways of using modern technologies in biomedicine, the stakes involved and possible future risks. It also presents the controversy surrounding the advantages...

  • Digital Transformation and the Future of Social Sciences and Humanities

    Author: Ghassan Mourad (Author)
    237-260

    The digital revolution gradually affected all fields of life and touched most of the dimensions of the humanities and social sciences, and changed, or rather broadened, the horizons of...

  • Science Fiction and Thinking about the Future Locally and Globally

    Author: Mazin al-Ramdhani (Author)
    261-281

    This study stems from the problem that science fiction and future studies, although they are characterized by a high degree of know-how to anticipate alternative scenes of the future, this...

  • History of Science as a Gateway to the Renaissance of Arab Sciences

    Author: Mohammed Abattouy (Author)
    282-303

    History of science is an excellent lever for the diffusion of scientific culture in education, culture and in the media. The intensification of its presence in teaching programs in higher...

Translations

  • Imagining the Impossible: The Shifting Role of Utopian Thought in Civic Planning, Science Fiction, and Future Studies

    Author: عومرية سلطاني (Author)
    307-319

Book Reviews

  • The Futures of Arab Science and Technology in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Critical Reading of: The Fourth Industrial Revolution

    Author: Editorial Board (Author)
    323-337
  • Future Technology and the Future of War Critical Reading of: Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War

    Author: Amina Mostefa Della (Author)
    338-346

    Author : Paul Scharre Book Title: Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War Publisher: New York/ London: W.W. Norton Publication Year: 2018 Pages: 463.

  • Future Technology, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Poverty Critical Reading of: The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope

    Author: Omar Almagharebi (Author)
    347-357

    Author : Daniel Greene Book Title: The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope Publisher: Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press Publication Year: 2021 Pages: 272.