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Amos
Taylor

Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)
Masters Degrees in Futures Studies FM,& MA Audio Visual Media Culture
Tulevaisuustislaamo │ Futures Distillery is part of the Research infrastructures of the University of Turku.- https://tulevaisuustislaamo.fi/

Areas of expertise

Future generations
anticipatory governance
participatory futures methods
creativity and culture
foresight development
futures literacy. Media Culture
design.

Biography

Amos Taylor is a futures researcher who has worked on multiple foresight projects for the past 9+ years at Finland Futures Research Centre. His expertise is on participatory and creative based methods in futures studies on research themes of crisis, uncertainty and transformative policy imaginaries.  He has designed and facilitated countless futures workshops and Delphi studies. He has published widely on topics connected with future uncertainties. 

Teaching

Masters degree programme in Futures Studies course: Participatory Scenario Planning Laboratory, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Sceanrio thinking 2018 - 2019

Strategic Foresight, exe Executive education.

Sustainable Futures, 2020 - 2023

Futures Studies Methods: CLA Causal Layerd Analysis, lecture Futures Clinique method lecture,

Research

Research projects:

  • 2023-2025: ECOCRIN Business Finland
  • 2023-2025: T-Winning Spaces 2035 (https://t-winning-spaces2035.com/). Academy of Finland. RRF funding.
  • 2022-2025: Strategic Foresight for Sustainability (https://www.sf4s-project.com/), Erasmus+, European Commission
  • 2022 Formas Project, commissioned Report on Futures of Post Agenda2030. (Formas Swedish Sustainable innovation fund)
  • 2018-2023: WISE  (https://wiseproject.fi/ . Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland
  • 2023-2025: RESCUE Real Estate and Sustainable Crisis Management in Urban Environments (https://www.rescue-finland.com/). Academy of Finland.
  • 2022: Foresight and Future Generations in Lawmaking (FORGE), VN TEAS
  • 2020-2021 FlxDeep EIT 
  • 2017-2020: BioEcoJust Bioeconomy and Justice. (bioecojust.utu.fi). Academy of Finland

Publications

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