Josh Calder, MA
A professional futurist since 1995,
Josh Calder, MA directs the Global
Lifestyles multiclient project at
Social Technologies, tracking social, economic, and
political
change for corporate and government clients. Other interests include the
future of the international system and issues in defense, conflict, and
security.
At the futurist research firm Coates & Jarratt, Josh headed the
multiclient project Forecasts in Science, Technology, and Engineering
and contributed to dozens of reports for industry, government, and
associations.
Josh is the creator of
futuristmovies.com, a site that examines the
future as depicted in movies, and which has been covered by CNN,
Entertainment Weekly, and other media. He has also written about
futurist movies for Wired magazine. He is a frequent commentator for
television, radio, and newspapers.
He authored
The Speed of Change in China,
The Future of Love: 10 Forecasts for Cupid,
China Shrinks,
New Research in the Global Lifestyles Project,
ICBM Parenting,
Future Work: Geoscaping Comes to Life,
Crowdsourcing Family Acrimony,
Hi, Remote Mom! — Participatory Geosensing,
I Want to Annotate My Icy Reality,
Virtual Songlines, and
Spellchecking a Futurist.
Read the
full list of his publications!
Josh earned a BA in Government from Wesleyan University and a MA in
Foreign and Defense Policy from American University.
Read
New Job Options for 2020,
The Wired Sci-fi Top 20: Futureplex,
Science Fiction Tunes Into Reality, and
Science fiction or reality?:
In the movies, the genre has foretold actual events.
