Keyword: Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)

The Get that future mobile course is developed based on the 25 years of experience that Finland Futures Research Centre, at the University of Turku, Finland holds in futures education. It delivers the benefits of latest research and best practices swiftly to large target audiences using mobile learning. The course has been created as part of the operations of the UNESCO Chair in Learning Society and Futures of Education.

The University of Turku has long traditions in multidisciplinary sea and maritime research. At the moment, the University is recruiting two assistant or associate professors (tenure track) and a research director.

PhD Tadhg O'Mahony has worked as a Marie Sklodowska Curie postdoctoral fellow at the FFRC during 2015-2017. His forthcoming book, co-written with Professor Peadar Kirby, will be published by Palgrave Macmillan on 11 January 2018.

Association of Professional Futurists (APF) is a global community of professional futurists. It has a Student Recognition Programme awarding annually papers by graduate and undergraduate students. The association has announced its 2017 awards.

The forthcoming 19th Futures Conference of the Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku will focus on the futures of sustainable development and energy issues under a title ‘Energizing Futures’’.

​About 50 graduate and post-graduate students gathered to Finland Futures Academy’s and Finland Futures Research Centre’s annual Summer School held on June 14–15th in Turku after the FFRC’s 25-anniversary conference Futures of a Complex World.

The University of Turku presents Pentti Malaska Futures Award of €30,000 to a startup company EnviRate who aims at crowdsourcing the rating of environmental conditions.

You are most welcome to read our special edition of the Futuuri newsletter celebrating the FFRC's 25th anniversary year. In this newsletter you can find a few of the insightful future expectations of our staff, among other interesting articles on research, education and development services we provide.