Keyword: Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)

Futures Consciousness highlights how our expectations, assumptions, biases, and attitudes influence the way we see the future and how we respond to it. In her dissertation, Sanna Ahvenharju and colleagues developed a definition of futures consciousness that can be applied to individuals as well as organisations. In addition, they developed a way to measure its manifestation among individuals.

Nicolas Balcom Raleigh, project researcher at FFRC and UNESCO Co-Chair on Learning for Transformation and Planetary Futures at University of Turku contributed to Roundtable 3 at UN Science, Technology and Innovation Forum on 6 May 2022.

Lic. Sc. (Econ. & BA) Leena Jokinen defends her dissertation in Futures Studies entitled ”Ideation for future cruise ships. Collaborative foresight in cruise ship concept ideation" on Friday 25 March 2022 at 12.00 at the Turku School of Economics.

Welcome to the 22nd Futures Conference organised by Finland Futures Research Centre and Finland Futures Academy, University of Turku.

Expo 2020 Dubai, once postponed due to the COVID-19, will take place from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Expo 2020 Dubai will be the first World Expo ever hosted in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region. Expo 2020 is expected to attract 25 million visits, with 70 percent of visitors projected to come from outside the UAE – the largest proportion of international visitors in the 168-year history of World Expos. 

How does learning change? What is the role of learning in tomorrow’s world? What, where and when to learn? How do we develop our futures literacy? How could futures education become part of all learning?

The Pentti Malaska Futures Award is given to a research-based and groundbreaking visionary innovation that can help with building a more sustainable global future. The University of Turku has granted the €30,000 Pentti Malaska Futures Award to Finnish company Woodio Oy.

The Rural and Urban Futures conference will create a cross-disciplinary platform where the participants can virtually meet, discuss and share insights concerning place-based futures. The event is organised by Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku and the RURALIZATION project.

The University of Turku opens the call for applications to the Pentti Malaska Futures Award on the national Futures Day on 5 March 2021. We are looking for bold, research-based, visionary, and boundary-crossing solutions supporting the building of a more sustainable global future.