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  • December 2024

  • Wed 4
    Two people work together on assembling or repairing electronic equipment. They handle colorful wires surrounded by tools, including a screwdriver and pliers, at a cluttered workspace.

    • Community Event
    4th December 2024 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT
    Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Repair Cafes are free community events where you can bring your item and volunteer fixers will guide you through your repair.  

  • Thu 5
    A stack of old hardcover books lies on a wooden surface. The books are worn, with frayed edges and some damaged spines. A magazine is partially visible beneath them, showing a blurry cover image.

    The Binks Hub – Creative Research Methods Reading Group

    • Reading Group
    5th December 2024 9:30 AM - 8th December 2024 10:30 AM GMT

    Join this weekly reading group hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh.

  • Fri 6
    A person with intricate dark body paint is seated on a wooden box in a snowy forest. The scene is surrounded by bare trees, and cables are wrapped around their body. The snow-covered ground adds contrast to the image.

    Ex Silens: from the series ‘I Am Your Body’

    • Learning Curves: Autumn 2024
    • Performance
    6th December 2024 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM GMT
    Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Ex Silens is an experience into a radically alternative sensorium through the entanglement of multiple bodies, multiple agencies.

    Free
  • Thu 12
    Flowers floating on water in a dark filtered photographic image

    How to Find the Soul of a Sailor: Artist Talk and Opening Event

    • Exhibition
    • Talk/Discussion
    12th December 2024 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM GMT
    Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Interdisciplinary artist Kasia Molga invites you to explore her first iteration of 'How to Find the Soul of a Sailor,' the result of The New Real 2023-2024 commission 'Uncanny Machines' supported by the Scottish AI Alliance. 

  • Fri 13
    Drawing of three angels reading a book, with Christmas baubles overlayed on the image and event text in the foreground

    Centre for Data, Culture and Society (CDCS) Annual Lecture 2024 – Professor Alex Gil

    • Lecture
    13th December 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM GMT
    Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EF

    Join Professor Alex Gil, Senior Lecturer and Associate Research Faculty of Digital Humanities in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University, in the Centre for Data, Culture and Society (CDCS) Annual Lecture 2024.

    Free
  • February 2025

  • Thu 6
    A stack of old hardcover books lies on a wooden surface. The books are worn, with frayed edges and some damaged spines. A magazine is partially visible beneath them, showing a blurry cover image.

    The Binks Hub – Creative Research Methods Reading Group

    • Reading Group
    6th February 2025 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM GMT

    Join this weekly reading group hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh.

  • Thu 6
    Event poster titled "How Platforms Fail Democracy" featuring a speaker, Daniel Kreiss. It includes event details: February 6, 5pm–6:30pm at Adam House, Basement Theatre. The University of Edinburgh logos and a QR code for more info and booking are visible.

    How Platforms Fail Democracy

    • Talk/Discussion
    6th February 2025 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GMT
    Lecture Theatre A 40 George Square, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Join Professor Daniel Kreiss for an in-depth talk and discussion, hosted by the School of Political Science, on how platforms fail democracy. It will examine their role in political polarisation and disinformation, while advocating for democracy-worthy policies to safeguard elections and institutions.

  • Thu 20
    A stack of old hardcover books lies on a wooden surface. The books are worn, with frayed edges and some damaged spines. A magazine is partially visible beneath them, showing a blurry cover image.

    The Binks Hub – Creative Research Methods Reading Group

    • Reading Group
    20th February 2025 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM GMT

    Join this weekly reading group hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh.

  • Thu 20
    A suspension bridge spans across a calm river under a clear sky, with large white DNA helix structures superimposed over the scene. Another bridge is visible in the background, enhancing the architectural perspective.

    Opens and Closes: the future of Edinburgh’s histories Premiere

    20th February 2025 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM GMT
    Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    A film by Sapphire Goss, produced, written and narrated by Liz McFall. The screening will be followed by a discussion with special guests.

    Free
  • Wed 26
    A map of Europe and the Mediterranean with various city markers. A green overlay features a classical statue. A logo with "DTS" is in the top right corner. Text reads "Andrew McLean Project Deep Dive.

    Reconstructing the Roman Transport Network: New Methods and Approaches to Modelling Mobility from the R3UrbN Project

    • Talk/Discussion
    26th February 2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM GMT
    Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EF

    Join the Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture and Society for their latest project deep dive featuring Andrew McLean.

    Free
  • Thu 27
    A stack of old hardcover books lies on a wooden surface. The books are worn, with frayed edges and some damaged spines. A magazine is partially visible beneath them, showing a blurry cover image.

    The Binks Hub – Creative Research Methods Reading Group

    • Reading Group
    27th February 2025 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM GMT

    Join this weekly reading group hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh.

  • March 2025

  • Thu 6
    A stack of old hardcover books lies on a wooden surface. The books are worn, with frayed edges and some damaged spines. A magazine is partially visible beneath them, showing a blurry cover image.

    The Binks Hub – Creative Research Methods Reading Group

    • Reading Group
    6th March 2025 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM GMT

    Join this weekly reading group hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh.

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Making Waves

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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Learning Curves

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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POWER TRIP

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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Love machine

Our Spring 2023 programme of events explored the interconnections of AI and data with humanity through conversations, performances, and workshops.

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First Breath

Our Autumn 2022 programme featured more than 20 events exploring crisis, migration, displacement and equality coalescing around the theme of Climate Justice.

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"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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Meet the events team

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Alice Disley

Events Co-ordinator

Fraser Pringle

Project & Events Administrator
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Ioannis Kalkounos

Programme Manager
Lewis Williams

Lewis Williams

Events Technician

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