title: Institute for Futures Research
text: # Institute for Futures Research
  
  The Institute for Futures Research (IFR), established in 1974, is a research institution of the University of Stellenbosch specialising in futurology, primarily as a support service for knowledge and strategic management. The IFR's research focus is on the following fields of specialisation:
  
  * Business futuristics and the systems approach to transformation management
  * Long-term economic structure studies
  * Applied demographics
  * Technology foresight
  * Socio-political studies
  * Energy futures
  