Our research community

Our ambition is to build a holistic research environment that supports, encourages, rewards, and promotes research and its impacts. We are creating a culture of success, ambition, and engagement, by supporting research that makes meaningful and measurable change.

Affiliation programme

Our internal affiliation programme recognises, promotes and supports staff and postgraduate students of all career stages who contribute or would like to contribute to EFI’s research, education, innovation, and engagement activities.


Visiting Fellowship Programme

Our Visiting Fellowship Programme is designed to allow exceptional researchers from other institutions to collaborate with academics at the University of Edinburgh, who will act as sponsor. The programme offers researchers a chance to work within the Futures Institute for 3-6 months, and Fellows are expected to make a contribution to our research community, through delivering guest lectures or seminars, helping to write grant proposals, or contributing to teaching. The programme is open to applicants at all career stages, and offers a monthly bursary and reimbursement of travel and visa costs.

Applications open Autumn 2024 Meet our current fellows

Digital research methods community

We are building an inclusive digital research methods community, which comes together regularly to share experiences, ideas and insights.  

Our sectors in focus

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Creative
industries

Financial Services
& FinTech

Public
Services

tourism, Travel
& festivals

Join us to challenge, create, and make change happen.

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