Building Global Capacity for Futures Literacy
Our Co-Chairholder Katriina Siivonen is co-editor of the forthcoming book Creative Perspectives on Sustainable Nature-Culture Relationships: Beyond the Anthropocene. Additional co-editors are Ullrich Kockel, Riina Haanpää, and Máiréad Nic Craith. It will be released in July 2026. Developing a new understanding of the cultural relationships of humans with nature through heritage and tradition, this book …
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Themes of the UNESCO Chair on Learning for Transformation and Planetary Futures are elaborated from a data-oriented perspective in a now published chapter in the compilation book Practices of Futurecasting, edited by Michael Shamiyeh (Birkhäuser, 2024). Shamiyeh is the founder of Center for Future Design (c-fd.eu) and UNESCO Chair in Linz, Austria. Co-Chair Nicolas Balcom …
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UNSECO Co-Chair Nicolas Balcom Raleigh was part of Roundtable 3 at the STI Forum to offer Interactive Dialogue remarks on Friday, 6 May 2022. The roundtable session was titled ‘Science and technology futures and scenarios for the SDGs and beyond: what is possible and what does it take?’. The following are Balcom Raleigh’s three-minute remarks …
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An essay prepared in advance of serving as a interactive dialogue participant at the UN STI Forum 2022, Roundtable 3. By Nicolas Balcom Raleigh, UNESCO Co-Chair on Learning for Transformation and Planetary Futures When discussing pathways to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals / Agenda 2030 (SDGs), it is worthwhile to consider potential transformations (imagined …
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By Nicolas A. Balcom Raleigh and Martyn Richards * This is an excerpt of the forthcoming Futures Literacy Cookbook for Sustainability Innovators: Easy-to-use exercises and daily work practices for nurturing futures literacy of teams, eds., Balcom Raleigh N., Richards M., Damhof L., and Calnan M. The 12 recipes in this blog post were selected by …
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Finland Futures Research Centre at University of Turku (Finland) is accepting abstracts for papers, posters, panels, and workshops for Futures Conference 2022 happening in June 2022. The extended submission deadline is: 28.2.2022. This year’s topic combines rising interest in the connection between health and well-being and addressing climate change. We welcome contributions from people established …
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The UNESCO Chair on Learning for Transformation and Planetary Futures will deliver the final keynote address at Futures Conference 2021 hosted by Finland Futures Research Centre. Due to the worldwide COVID crisis, the conference will be held online. The keynote address is scheduled for 19.20 (EEST) on 9 June 2021. Two of the three members …
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Finland Futures Research Centre at University of Turku has held the UNESCO Chair since 2016 with the global mission of capacity building for futures literacy. During the period 2016-2020 the Chair was titled as UNESCO Chair in Learning Society and Futures of Education and in the end of 2020 the Chair was renewed as Learning …
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