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Futuuri Newsletter 3/2019 Sums up the Futures Conference 2019

01.11.2019

Futures Conference 2019 focused on the concept of agency in action and research for futures. ‘Constructing Futures – Sustainability, Responsibility and Power’ was organized on 12–13 June in Logomo, Turku. Together with 280 participants from 29 different countries we succeeded to generate multidisciplinary, stimulating and critical discussions that promoted networking between people interested in futures issues from different backgrounds.

Call for Papers: Learning Futures - Futures of Learning, 10-12 June 2020, Helsinki, Finland

25.10.2019

As we move further into the 21st century, we need to renew our understanding of what it means to learn, teach, and develop new knowledge. Education systems and learning processes for people of all ages are needed to navigate uncertainty, address known problems, identify new ones, and be able to detect and make the sense of emergent issues and opportunities. The roles of education and learning are also becoming more essential in solving the pressing global ecological, cultural, societal and economic challenges.

Futures Day Invites You to Join World’s Largest Discussion on Futures on 1 March 2019

21.01.2019

We often take future for granted, and long-term future considerations are easily surpassed with more urgent issues. We rarely have time to stop to think about what kind of perceptions of future really guide our operations in the present. The first national Finnish Future Day on March 1st, 2019 offers ready-made materials and invites Finns and the international community to discuss alternative futures.