Cynthia Selin

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Nelson, JP*,  C. Selin & C. T. Scott. 2021. “Toward anticipatory governance of human genome editing: a critical review of scholarly governance discourse” Journal of Responsible Innovation.
2. Andersen, PA, Hansen, M. & C. Selin. 2021. “Stakeholder inclusion in scenario planning—A review of European projects.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change (169).
3. Selin C, KC Rawlings, K de Ridder-Vignone, J Sadowski*, C Altamirano Allende*, G Gano, S Davies, D Guston. 2017. “Experiments in Engagement: Designing PEST for Capacity Building.” Public Understanding of Science, 26 (6), 634-649.
4. Altamirano-Allende C* & C Selin. 2016. "Seeing the city: photography as a place of work." Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 6 (3), 460-469.
5. Selin C, L Kimbell, R Ramirez, & Y Bhatti. 2015. "Scenarios and Design: Scoping the Dialogue Space." Futures, 74: 4-17.
6.     Selin C. 2015.“Merging art and design in foresight: Making sense of Emerge.” Futures, 70: 24-35.
7.      Davies SR, C Selin, S Rodegher*, C A Allende*, M Burnam-Fink*, C DiVittorio**, C Glerup*, C Keys*, M Kimball*, M Liao*, C Monfreda*, B Trinidad*. 2015. “Studying Emerge: Findings from an Event Ethnography.” Futures, 70: 75-85.
8. Ramírez R and C Selin. 2014. “Plausibility and probability in scenario planning.” foresight, 16(1): 54 – 74.
9. Selin C & AG Pereira. 2013. “Pursuing Plausibility.” International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, 9(2/3/4): 93-109.
10. Wiek A, D Guston, S van der Leeuw, C Selin & P Shapira. 2013. “The Nano-Enhanced City: Sustainability Challenges and Anticipatory Governance.” Journal of Urban Technology, 20(2): 45-62.
11. Davies SR, C Selin, G Gano*, AG Pereira. 2013. “Finding Futures: A Spatio-Visual Experiment in Participatory Engagement.” Leonardo: The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, 46(1): 76-77.
12. Davies SR, C Selin, G Gano*, A. G. Pereira. 2012. “Citizen Engagement and Urban Change: Three Case Studies of Material Deliberation.” Cities, 29(6): 351-357.
13. Davies SR & C Selin. 2012. "Energy Futures: Five Dilemmas of the Practice of Anticipatory Governance.” Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 6(1): 119-136
14. Selin C. 2011. “Negotiating Plausibility: Intervening in the Future of Nanotechnology.” Science and Engineering Ethics, 17(4): 723-737.
15. Selin C & P Boradkar. 2010. “Prototyping Nanotechnology: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Responsible Innovation.” Journal of Nano Education, 2(1-2): 1-12.
16. Selin C & R Hudson** 2010. “Envisioning Nanotechnology: New Media and Future-Oriented Stakeholder Dialogue.” Technology in Society, 32(3): 173-182.
17. Selin C. 2008. “Sociology of the Future: Tracing Stories of Technology and Time.” Sociology Compass, 2(60): 1875-1895.
18. Selin C. 2007. “Expectations and the Emergence of Nanotechnology.” Science, Technology and Human Values, 32(2): 196-220.
19. Selin C. 2006. “Time Matters: Temporal Harmony and Dissonance in Nanotechnology Networks.” Time & Society, 15(1): 121-139.
20. Selin C.  2006. “Trust and the Illusive Force of Scenarios.” Futures 38(1): 1-14.

Journal Articles

1. Scott, C. T. and C. Selin. 2019. “What to Expect When Expecting CRISPR Baby Number Four.” The American Journal of Bioethics, 19(3): 7-9.
2. Hannah D and C Selin. 2016.“Unseasonal Fashion: A Manifesto.” The Avery Review: Critical Essays on Architecture. [online April 7]
3. Selin, C. 2014. “On Not Forgetting Futures.” Journal for Responsible Innovation, 1(1): 103-108.

Books

1. Hannah, D., J. Eschrich, B. Cooper and C. Selin. 2018. A Year Without a Winter. Columbia University Press.
2. Wetmore J, E Fisher, and C Selin. (Eds.) 2008. Presenting Futures: Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society. New York, NY: Springer. 23 chapters.
3. Selin C. 2006. Volatile Visions: Transactions in Anticipatory Knowledge. Copenhagen, Denmark: Samfundslitteratur. [Published Dissertation].

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

1. Withycombe-Keller, L., M. Bernstein & C. Selin. 2019. “Intervening through Futures for Sustainable Presents: Scenarios, Sustainability and Responsible Research and Innovation.” In Grunwald, A. A Losch, M. Meister & I. Schulz-Schaeffer (eds) Socio-technical Futures Shaping the Present. Springer. 255-282.
2. Selkirk, K., C. Selin & U. Felt. 2018. “A Festival of Futures: Recognizing and Reckoning Temporal Complexity in Foresight. Handbook of Anticipation: Theoretical and Applied Aspects of the Use of Future in Decision Making, Springer.
3. Konrad K, H van Lente, C Groves, and C Selin. 2016. “Performing and Governing the Future in Science and Technology.” In Miller C, Smith-Doerr, U Felt & R Fouche (Eds.) The Handbook for Science and Technology Studies. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
4. Selin C & J Sadowski*. 2016. “Against Blank Slate Futuring: Noticing Obduracy in the City through Experiential Methods of Public Engagement.” in Kearnes, M & J Chilvers (Eds). Remaking Participation: Science, Environment and Emerging Publics. Abingdon: Routledge. 218-237.
5. Selin C & G Gano*. 2015. “Seeing Differently: Enticing Reflexivity through Mediated Participation in Place in the Futurescape City Tours.” in Gubrium, A and K Harper (Eds). Engaging Participatory Visual and Digital Methods. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. 87-100. (
6. Selin C. 2011. “Travails, Travels, and Trials:  Report from the SNET Roundtable on Plausibility.” In Zülsdorf et al (Eds.)  Quantum Engagements: Social Reflections of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies. Heidelberg: AKA GmbH: 237-242.
7. Selin C.  2007. “Professional Dreamers: The Past in the Future of Scenario Planning.” In Sharpe B & K van der Heijden (Eds). Scenarios for Success: Turning Insight into Action. London: Wiley. Pp. 27-51.

Book Chapters

1. Barben D, E Fisher, C Selin, & D Guston. 2008. “Anticipating Nanotechnology: Governance, Engagement, and Reflexivity.” In Hackett, EJ, Amsterdamska, O, Lynch, M & J Wajcman (Eds.). The New Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, Third Edition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 979-1000.
2. Selin C.  2003. “The Art and Science of Scenario Planning.” Danish Anthology on Research Management. Aarhus, DK: Danish Institute for Studies in Research and Research Policy: 126-134.

Reports

1. Selin, C et al. 2020. PGET Scenarios Report. Arizona State University, Baylor College of Medicine.
2. Selin, C. and S. Wasserman*. 2019. Open Positioning of Futures Workshop Report. Center for the Study of Futures, Arizona State University.
3. Wasserman, S., L. Lambert & C. Selin. Future Design: Exploring Affirmative Futures Through an Intergenerational Outlook. White Paper, Center for the Study of Futures, Arizona State University.
4. Anbar A. et al. 2016. Planetary Design Climate Design Workshop Report. Planetworks, Arizona State University.
5. Selin C. 2011. Gaming the Future. Center for Nanotechnology in Society Report # R11-0003.
6. Selin C. 2011. Scoping Anticipation: A Select Review of Futures Research and Education Programs. Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University.        
7. Davies SR, C Selin & R Allen** 2010. Solar to Fuels: Interdisciplinary Energy, Policy and Society Workshop. Center for Nanotechnology in Society Report #R10-0002.
8. Wiek A and C Selin. 2009. The Future of Phoenix- Crafting Sustainable Development Strategies for Phoenix. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. 
9. Selin C. 2008. The Future of Medical Diagnostics. Scenario Workshop Report. Center for Nanotechnology in Society Report #R08-0001.
10. Selin C. 2008. CNS Visioning Workshop:  Creating Scenarios about the Future of Anticipatory Governance. Center for Nanotechnology in Society Report #R08-0003.

Other Professional Writing

1. Ramirez, R., C. Khong, T. Lang and C. Selin. 2019. “Planning for the Future.” Letter. The Economist. 1 August 2019.
2. Selin, C. 2016. “Tough Love for Technology.” Science [19 August], 353 (6301): 756. [Invited review of Jasanoff, S. The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future].
3. Selin, C & J Banks. 2014. Futurescape City Tours: A Novel Method for Public Engagement. Guidebook for Practitioners. Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University
4. Selin, C. 2010. Entries for “Anticipation” (pp. 13-16); “Foresight” (p. 245-253). In Guston, D (ed) Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
5. Miller C, D Guston, D Barben, C Selin, E Fisher & JM Wetmore. 2008. “Nanotechnology & Society: Ideas for Education and Engagement” CNS white paper distributed to hundreds of museums.

Digital Media Works

1. “Center for the Study of Futures” institutional webpage (2018- current) https://ifis.asu.edu/content/center-study-futures
2. “A Year Without a Winter” web portal (2016-current) co-produced with D Hannah, http://ayearwithoutawinter.org/
3. “Futurescape City Tours Digital Exhibition” (2013-14) responsible for the design, production and curation with K de Ridder-Vignone, http://www.futurescapecitytours.org/
4. "Futurescape City Tours: A Novel Method for Civic Engagement” by C Altamirano Allende*, oversaw production and scripting for 2014 short film on research project.
5. "Where is your Nano?" by Alex Gino, oversaw production and co-wrote script for 2012 short film for CNS outreach and training.