James Allen Dator (born 1933) is an American futurologist and a former professor and Director of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies in the department of political science and college of social sciences at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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. He has written on four futures archetypes which represent four alternative scenarios (Continuation, Limits & Discipline, Decline & Collapse, Transformation). Since retiring, he advises and collaborates with the UK-based School of International Futures (SOIF).
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ADB Futures Thinking GuidebooksNext Generation Exploration Conference Profile
Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies
(HRCFS)
Homepage at University of Hawaii
(EWC-Manoa)
Why Futures Studies: An Interview with Jim Dator
(2012)
SOIFutures Retreat 2019
(Day One)
TVOntario Dr. Jim Dator 1977
extro to an episode of the ''Doctor Who'' story "Planet of the Spiders
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TVOntario Jim Dator Farewell 1977
: Dator's final Doctor Who extro.
The IAFOR International Conference on Social Sciences- Hawaii (2009-2017)
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1933 births
Living people
Futurologists
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty