Seeing into the future of mobility: the contestable value of expert knowledge and Delphi as futures methods

Alexander Paulsson; Fabio Hirschhorn; Claus Hedegaard Sørensen

doi:10.4337/9781788115469.00036

Seeing into the future of mobility: the contestable value of expert knowledge and Delphi as futures methods

Alexander Paulsson, Fabio Hirschhorn, Claus Hedegaard Sørensen

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Mobilities studies discuss the future in numerous ways, but many times only implicitly. The aim of this chapter is to further explicitly link mobilities studies and future studies, which is achieved by introducing the Delphi method and two cases applying the method and discussing potential use, advantages and disadvantages. The Delphi method was developed in the 1950s and is characterized by asking experts through controlled iteration processes. In conclusion, we suggest that, owing to changed mobility trends, it is probably more important than ever for mobility studies to increasingly learn from methods of future studies both from experts and overall citizens. The Delphi method represents one possibility.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Mobilities
Editors	Monika Büscher, Malene Freudendal-Pedersen, Sven Kesselring, Nikolaj Grauslund Kristensen
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing
Chapter	27
Pages	282-291
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781788115452
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788115469.00036
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Paulsson, A., Hirschhorn, F., & Hedegaard Sørensen, C. (2020). Seeing into the future of mobility: the contestable value of expert knowledge and Delphi as futures methods. In M. Büscher, M. Freudendal-Pedersen, S. Kesselring, & N. Grauslund Kristensen (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Mobilities (pp. 282-291). (Handbooks of Research Methods and Applications series). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788115469.00036

Paulsson, Alexander ; Hirschhorn, Fabio ; Hedegaard Sørensen, Claus. / Seeing into the future of mobility: the contestable value of expert knowledge and Delphi as futures methods. Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Mobilities. editor / Monika Büscher ; Malene Freudendal-Pedersen ; Sven Kesselring ; Nikolaj Grauslund Kristensen. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020. pp. 282-291 (Handbooks of Research Methods and Applications series).

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Seeing into the future of mobility: the contestable value of expert knowledge and Delphi as futures methods. / Paulsson, Alexander; Hirschhorn, Fabio; Hedegaard Sørensen, Claus.
Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Mobilities. ed. / Monika Büscher; Malene Freudendal-Pedersen; Sven Kesselring; Nikolaj Grauslund Kristensen. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020. p. 282-291 (Handbooks of Research Methods and Applications series).

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Paulsson A, Hirschhorn F, Hedegaard Sørensen C. Seeing into the future of mobility: the contestable value of expert knowledge and Delphi as futures methods. In Büscher M, Freudendal-Pedersen M, Kesselring S, Grauslund Kristensen N, editors, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Mobilities. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2020. p. 282-291. (Handbooks of Research Methods and Applications series). doi: 10.4337/9781788115469.00036

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