The Urban Futures Studio is devoted to studying positive, sustainable, and meaningfully democratic futures and ways to get there. We investigate what we call ‘Techniques of Futuring’. We are a transdisciplinary institute that conducts empirical research on existing practices and helps to initiate experiments. We believe that new thinking starts in ‘crossovers’ between distinct disciplines and coalitions of new and old agents of change.

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    • Myths of a sustainable future

      Background
      In contemporary conversation, “myth” is commonly used to mean “misconception”. The usage stems from colonial times when anthropologists differentiated between primitive religions, replete with myths, and the scientific worldview. But in creating this dichotomy, the children of the Enlightenment have been doing themselves a disservice.

    • Why religion matters for climate change, whatever you believe

      Background
      When you hear the words religion and climate change, many think of evangelical climate deniers and conspiracy theorists. Very few think of the pristine boardrooms of scientists and policymakers...

    • Share your vision for a more sustainable future and win!

      News
      The Good Living 2050 contest aims to fill the gaps in our collective imagination by challenging contestants to develop images of what everyday life might look like in 3 decades’ time.

    • Documentary ‘New Connections’ is now available online

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      The documentary 'New Connections', about the impact of energy transition in Rotterdam's Bospolder-Tussendijken neighbourhood, is now available online. The film is made by the Urban Futures Studio as part of a research project.
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    • 23 - 25 Jun

      The disappearance of clouds

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      Visit the Jan van Eyck Open Studios from June 23-25 to explore artistic research on clouds and climate change by UFS artists in residence Ekaterina Volkova and Julien F. Thomas
    • 3 - 7 Jul

      Sustainable Futures summer school: Politics, Democracy, and Futuring

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      From 3 - 7 July, the Urban Futures Studio and the Pathways to Sustainability Program organise the Sustainable Futures summer school: Politics, Democracy, and Futuring. Application is open until May 1st.
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