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RIR-3016 · Logged 13 July 2026
Implementing Future Ahead and Back Mechanisms to Enhance Long-Term Intergenerational Sustainability Decisions
This study explores how perspective-taking mechanisms influence individual choices regarding intergenerational sustainability dilemmas. Future research could investigate the real-world scalability of these mechanisms within institutional policy frameworks.
In plain words
In laboratory tests, exercises that ask people to take the view of future generations showed promise for choices about long-term sustainability. Would these exercises still change behaviour inside real institutions making large decisions?
Primary research question
How do Future Ahead and Back mechanisms influence individual decision-making in large-scale institutional sustainability contexts?
Knowledge gap
What remains worth asking
The source suggests that while laboratory results are promising, it remains useful to test whether these mechanisms effectively alter behavior in complex, real-world institutional settings.
Potential contribution
Why it may matter
This research could provide actionable institutional design strategies to mitigate long-term intergenerational resource depletion.
Academic placement
Academic fields and topic tags
Study frame: Institutional policy and organizational decision-making environments. · Method signals: Experimental design, Longitudinal field study
Possible study pathways
One question, different levels
Research master’s
Behavioral economics of sustainability
Doctoral
Institutional design for intergenerational justice
- originality
- Moderate
- methodology
- Moderate
- Data access
- Moderate
- ethics
- Moderate
Quality and audit
82/100 quality
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- Focus on the transition from lab to policy implementation.
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APA 7 source
Shahen, M. E., Kotani, K., & Saijo, T. (2021). Intergenerational sustainability is enhanced by taking the perspective of future generations. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 2437. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81835-y
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