Initiatives

The Urban Futures Studio is an interdisciplinary group of academics investigating dramaturgies of change that work in our radical age and can give new meaning to democratic politics and problem-solving. We examine how images of the future influence our politics in the present. We aim to understand the dynamics of change and expand our repertoire of what we call ‘Techniques of Futuring’. We also explore new educational forms that can enhance the capacity of students to be agents of change and actively explore collaboration with artists and designers.

To get to a better world, we must be able to imagine it first. We set out to understand possible futures as they appear in the present and investigate how ‘futures that lead away from a more just and sustainable future’ are brought about in an age of backlash. Our initiatives always seek to connect research to education and impact.

Our initiatives always seek to connect research to education and impact.

The team of the Urban Futures Studio engages in transdisciplinary initiatives with the explicit intention of reaching out to parties and stakeholders outside of the traditional university context. These initiatives are always directly linked to our research agendas, so interventions can be analyzed and evaluated as they unfold.
 
We are supported by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW), the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), the Ministry for Public Housing and Spatial Planning (VRO) and the Ministry of Climate and Green Growth (KGG).