We offer open and participatory events that showcase interdisciplinary work and impact and spark ideas, inspiration and debate.
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Hear from Professor John P. Sullins on the surprising role human wisdom is playing in navigating the challenges of AI technologies.
Explore how the strategic use of futures methods and digital tools can help teams create innovative solutions under pressure.
Join us for the next TravelTech Meetup, hosted by the Edinburgh Futures Institute!
Who bears the cost of free in our AI-accelerated world?
This talk features Mike Small, Scottish writer, activist, and Bella Caledonia editor.
How will AI affect how our cities are designed and managed? Join us at this free public event to be part of the discussion.
Hear from experts on the impact of data driven machine learning and AI on science and knowledge production.
Note: Applications close 31 October. Join this two-day training programme exploring media literacy in the age of AI.
Join us for our next virtual Postgraduate Study Open Day.
Our popular reading group, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, is back for the new academic year.
Join us for our next virtual Postgraduate Study Open Day.
Join us for our next virtual Postgraduate Study Open Day.
Join us for the launch of Venture Café Edinburgh at inaugural Thursday Gathering at Edinburgh Futures Institute, in partnership with ARIA (Advanced Research + Invention Agency).
Hear from EFI Visiting Fellow, Dr Ramsha Naeem on the need for interdisciplinary dialogue between AI ethics and management theory.
Our popular reading group, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, is back for the new academic year.
Join Speculative Futures Central Scotland at V&A Dundee for a night of futures board games — play, hack & create new ways to explore futures together.
A half-day event exploring and championing change within the Scottish criminal justice system.
A full-day workshop exploring repair and creative methods, presented by the Utopia Lab and the Binks Hub.
This talk will focus on the development of JPCA Explore and how it reflects wider issues around creating human-scale digital projects.
This talk features Professor Murdo Macdonald, Emeritus Professor of History of Scottish Art at the University of Dundee.
Making Waves is an exciting programme of events that explores creativity in different forms, crossing areas such as the arts, technology, science, and the environment..
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Our Autumn 2024 programme of events explored the future of education through panel discussions, poetry readings, live music and performance, and deep intellectual debate and discussion.
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Our Autumn 2023 programme of events explored leadership in all its forms – from the seats of power to the front lines of activist movements and even in our own workplaces.
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Our Spring 2023 programme of events explored the interconnections of AI and data with humanity through conversations, performances, and workshops.
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Our Autumn 2022 programme featured more than 20 events exploring crisis, migration, displacement and equality coalescing around the theme of Climate Justice.
Watch recordings"The production and intellectual content of your recent events has been fantastic! Thank you for the opportunity to attend and learn. This is probably the best event I have been to all year."
Event attendee, Love Machine Spring 2023
"Really, really impressed with Futures Institute events. Properly impressive speakers, and seamless technical management. Thank you for keeping them hybrid/online – it's a really nice way to keep in touch!"
Event attendee, Love Machine Spring 2023
"Amazing! I hope that Utopia Lab can ring in every event season, the dream space that you curate and allow to flourish is an important and novel lens that Edinburgh Futures Institute offers partners, students, staff, researchers and anyone with an interest in collaborative thinking and doing."
Event attendee, Love Machine Spring 2023
Our public events seasons are co-created with people from across the University of Edinburgh. If you'd like to contribute ideas for the programme please contact the events team.
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