Permanent record · RIR–3016
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.
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
OECD fields and topic tags
Scope: Institutional policy and organizational decision-making environments. · Method signals: Experimental design, Longitudinal field study
Possible study pathways
One question, different levels
Behavioral economics of sustainability
Institutional design for intergenerational justice
Qualification signal
82/100
- Focus on the transition from lab to policy implementation.
- Open-access scholarly source and DOI metadata verified
Provenance
Research Idea Registry curation
- DOI and bibliographic metadata independently resolved
- Open-access status verified
- The research direction is transparently marked as AI-inferred
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
Paper abstract and discussion context; AI-inferred direction
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