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People living in the 21st century are faced with a number of global challenges – climate change, political instability and biodiversity...

As we continue living with Covid and watch the war in Ukraine unfold, much of the world looks like a cyberpunk dystopia. Corporate greed...

Exploring present trends and preferred futures for better governance in South Africa Albert Einstein allegedly once said: “If I had an...

As a political scientist and a futurist, the future of global democracy is a critical issue. A flood of recent research suggests...

TO ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF A ROBUST AND HEALTHY DEMOCRACY Today’s companies, government entities, and citizens are learning to function in...

énouenent – the bittersweetness of having arrived here in the future, finally learning the answers to how things turned out but being...

Raquel Valença, a member of our Emerging Fellows program shares her perspectives on futures studies and visual studies in her 1st blog post.

Take a deep breath and imagine if you will…it’s 15 years in the future and you’ve decided that you want to rent a robot for the day to...

By Anne Kyoya The surge in the number and use of motorbike taxis in Africa’s urban areas could be considered a “hidden” pull factor in...

Anne Kyoya, a member of our Emerging Fellows program shares her article on Africa's urban transport culture in her seventh blog post.

Chris Mayer , a member of our Emerging Fellows program explains how students can be empowered to thrive in a variety of futures in his...

Chris Mayer explains how students can be empowered to thrive in a variety of futures in his 7th blog post.

Asma Zainal , a member of our  Emerging Fellows  program shares her perspectives on the agility of a futurist in her first blog post. The...

Asma Zainal shares her perspectives on the agility of a futurist in her first blog post.

Building on her recent chapter ‘Designing post-human futures’ in Knowledge for the Anthropocene (book edited by Professor J. Carrillo),...

Anne Kyoya shares her perspectives on the future of the informal sector in African Cities in her sixth blog post.

by Anne Kyoya Anne Kyoya , a member of our Emerging Fellows program shares her perspectives on the future of the informal sector in...

by Shiela Castillo Shiela Castillo , a member of our Emerging Fellows program talks about claiming the futures as commons in her fifth...

Shiela Castillo talks about claiming the futures as commons in her fifth blog post.

By Anne Kyoya Anne Kyoya , a member of our  Emerging Fellows  program shares her perspectives on how we can promote green actions and...