futurology(n = noun.cognition) futuristics - the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions;
is a kind of bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field

   Studies projecting or predicting the future based on current trends. [PJC]

futurology, n. systematic forecasting of the future esp. from present trends in society.

Derivative:
futurologist n.