Only 4 days left to apply for our #Futuring for #Sustainability summer school! From 8-12 July, we will focus on the cultural politics of sustainability concerns, zooming in on the conflicts that futuring for sustainability brings. Learn more: uu.nl/en/research/ur…

The NEST webinar series continues on Thursday 11th April.

Dr Josie Chambers Josie Chambers will join us and give a presentation exploring the potential for artistic and creative approaches to enrich sustainability transitions research.

SignUp: forms.gle/viAuhjWasD2v2R…

See you there!

Really looking forward to Ruth Brennan's public lecture on art-science collaborations in sustainability research—hosted by KiTeS University of Twente (inactive) on April 30th, 17:00-18:30, followed by drinks (as part of the #TransformativeResearch PhD course). Sign up here: utwente.nl/en/bms/kites/e…

De duurzame #toekomst is omgeven door conflict. De noodzaak tot harde keuzes in beleid en politiek roept weerstand op in de samenleving. Hoe kunnen we deze weerstand begrijpen en ermee omgaan? Meld je aan voor onze #summerschool van 8-12 juli in de Botanische Tuinen UU utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/social…

Only two weeks left to sign up for our wonderful Urban Futures Studio summer school July 8-12! This year's focus is on the fascinating topic of anxiety, backlash, and the political. Apply here by April 15 to join! utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/social…

giulio quaggiotto Josie Chambers We developed the Entangled Time Tree to open up exactly this discussion: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

If the Futures Cone limits how we can engage with the future, what are the alternatives? And how might these alternatives enable new ways of cultivating collective imagination? uu.nl/en/opinion/aro…

'When we imagine “the future”, what do we conjure up? Some may think 5 years ahead and struggle to imagine a world much different than today. Others may dream of a better world...But what about the very shape of the future itself?' Read Josie Chambers 's blog uu.nl/en/opinion/aro…

New post in Utopian Pulses Urban Futures Studio—Around the future in eighty worlds (inspired by Julio Cortázar)—musing about the shape we give to “the future”—is it a cone? double cone? tree? matryoshka doll?—and how this shapes what we can possibly imagine uu.nl/en/opinion/aro…

Nice to speak with Stefan Partelow about co-production and creativity on the In Common Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/123…

'Having spent much of my life in classrooms—as student or teacher, I have seen that learning goals and content only go so far. We must fundamentally reimagine the form of the classroom.' Read Josie Chambers 's new blogpost on the #utopian classroom.
uu.nl/en/opinion/not…

New post—my notes on the utopian classroom: uu.nl/en/opinion/not…

1—TEACHING TOMORROW TODAY
2—DENYING THE 'ONE-WORLD WORLD'
3—PREFIGURING COLLECTIVE EXPECTATIONS
4—CULTIVATING UTOPIAN DESIRE
5—BECOMING UTOPIAN WITH SOCIETY

Inspired also by works of Jesse Ball & lola olufemi

I've added a section on a really cool example of tapping into the energy of a research article: Josie Chambers and her colleague Noor Noor developed a music abstract for a really cool paper: youtube.com/watch?v=4JfwUJ…

Join our exciting futuring for sustainability summer school this July!

'Even if the urge for freedom speaks to something deep within us, what it means changes from place to place'. Read the latest #ClimateConfessions blog post by Timothy Stacey 'Post Fossil Freedom'
uu.nl/en/opinion/pos… Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development

Deadline approaching! Submit your abstract by Feb 16 to join us in Oslo to explore the intersection of nature-art-imagination-research!

Publishing this article is a huge achievement for me. It is a big first step in my attempt to get the study of religion taken seriously in sustainability circles.

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S22…

Utopian Pulses: Experiments in Social Dreaming — a new blog series from Josie Chambers Urban Futures Studio, starting with an exploration of musical transformations in the context of the International Sustainability Transitions conference and its community

Starting today, Josie Chambers will share her insights in #UtopianPulses — a monthly blog series in which the UFS Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development researcher discusses creative approaches for collectively imagining the world otherwise. uu.nl/en/opinion/an-…

Steve Williams & I are curating a track for IST 2024: 'Reimagining nature and the arts in sustainability transitions'. Share widely and submit your paper by Feb 16! transitionsnetwork.org/ist-2024/call-…