Events
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Facilitating Futures-led Design Sprints
Explore how the strategic use of futures methods and digital tools can help teams create innovative solutions under pressure.
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Traveltech/E-corner Meetup
Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EFJoin us for the next TravelTech Meetup, hosted by the Edinburgh Futures Institute!
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The Future of Free (and Who Will Pay for It)
Room G.07, Informatics Forum, The University of Edinburgh 10 Crichton Street, Newington, Edinburgh, United KingdomWho bears the cost of free in our AI-accelerated world?
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Patrick Geddes and the Anarchist Strain of Town Planning
Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EFThis talk features Mike Small, Scottish writer, activist, and Bella Caledonia editor.
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AI in the City
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomHow will AI affect how our cities are designed and managed? Join us at this free public event to be part of the discussion.
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Technomoral Conversations: How Will AI Change Science?
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomHear from experts on the impact of data driven machine learning and AI on science and knowledge production.
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Media Literacy in the age of AI
Edinburgh Futures Institute EdinburghNote: Applications close 31 October. Join this two-day training programme exploring media literacy in the age of AI.
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Postgraduate Open Day: Sustainable Futures
Online EdinburghJoin us for our next virtual Postgraduate Study Open Day.
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Creative Research Methods Reading Group
Online EdinburghOur popular reading group, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, is back for the new academic year.
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Postgraduate Open Day: Creative Futures
Online EdinburghJoin us for our next virtual Postgraduate Study Open Day.
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Postgraduate Open Day: Just Futures
Online EdinburghJoin us for our next virtual Postgraduate Study Open Day.
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Launch event: Venture Café Edinburgh
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomJoin us for the launch of Venture Café Edinburgh at inaugural Thursday Gathering at Edinburgh Futures Institute, in partnership with ARIA (Advanced Research + Invention Agency).
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AI Ethics and the Future of Management Theory with Dr Ramsha Naeem
Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EFHear from EFI Visiting Fellow, Dr Ramsha Naeem on the need for interdisciplinary dialogue between AI ethics and management theory.
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Creative Research Methods Reading Group
Online EdinburghOur popular reading group, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, is back for the new academic year.
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Futures Board Games Night
V&A Dundee 1 Riverside Esplanade, Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomJoin Speculative Futures Central Scotland at V&A Dundee for a night of futures board games — play, hack & create new ways to explore futures together.
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Reframing Criminal Justice Professional Development Seminar
Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EFA half-day event exploring and championing change within the Scottish criminal justice system.
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The Poetry and Art of Impractical Repairs
Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EFA full-day workshop exploring repair and creative methods, presented by the Utopia Lab and the Binks Hub.
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How Users Imagine Archival Research
Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EFThis talk will focus on the development of JPCA Explore and how it reflects wider issues around creating human-scale digital projects.
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Creative Research Methods Reading Group
Online EdinburghOur popular reading group, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, is back this semester.
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Geddes and the Scottish Generalist Tradition
Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EFThis talk features Professor Murdo Macdonald, Emeritus Professor of History of Scottish Art at the University of Dundee.
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Creative Research Methods Reading Group
Online EdinburghOur popular reading group, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, is back this semester.
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Postgraduate study: Alumni panel and Q&A
Join us for an informative online session to explore postgraduate taught study at Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI).
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Creative Research Methods Reading Group
Online EdinburghOur popular reading group, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, is back this semester.
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FutureGaze: The Future of Animation
Online EdinburghThis event will will focus on the future of animation and the technological advances happening in and around animation.
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Technomoral Conversations: What’s the Story with AI? AI Narratives and Counter-narratives
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomJoin us for the latest event in the Technomoral Conversations series.
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Creative Research Methods Reading Group
Online EdinburghOur popular reading group, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, is back this semester.
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Postgraduate study: Projects and partners Information and Q&A
Curious about what it’s really like to work on live, real-world projects at the Edinburgh Futures Institute? Join us for an online session to explore how project-based learning sits at the heart of the EFI experience.
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Creative Research Methods Reading Group
Online EdinburghOur popular reading group, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, is back this semester.
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Traveltech Meet Up
Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EFJoin us for February's Traveltech Meetup.
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Utopia Lab: Keeping Death Close
Room 4.30, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomJoin Utopia Lab Residents in contemplation as we ask how keeping death close can change the way we live and think today and in the future.
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An introduction to our Sustainable Futures MSc programmes
Interested in tackling today’s biggest sustainability challenges through postgraduate study? Join our online session to explore our four Sustainable Futures masters programmes.
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An overview of master’s programmes at Edinburgh Futures Institute
Join us to explore Edinburgh Futures Institute’s innovative approach to learning and teaching, and discover how our interdisciplinary masters programmes equip graduates to tackle today’s most complex global challenges.
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Traveltech Meet Up
Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EFJoin us for March's Traveltech Meetup.
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Epistemic Injustice and Mental Health System Survivor Knowledge
Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EFA seminar on epistemic injustice and mental health, led by Tamsin Oudney Walker and Sarah Golightley.
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Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference 2026
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis conference will focus on how interdisciplinarity can be supported, structured and created in different educational contexts.












