Urban Futures Studio
@futuresstudiouu.bsky.social
We explore sustainable and meaningfully democratic futures, and ways to get there. We investigate what we call #futuring - the social creation of the (imagined) futures that direct collective action. @UtrechtUniversity
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Captured Futures: Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politics is officially out! Huge congratulations to @maartenhajer.bsky.social & Jeroen Oomen. Their new book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in how we can move from captured to captivating #futures. www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Sign up for our #FriendsOfTheFuture seminar on November 3rd: 'Conflict-adaptive circularity: futuring resilience in contested urban landscapes — with dr. Hazem Abu-Orf' www.uu.nl/en/events/co... See you at the Urban Futures Studio!
Conflict-adaptive circularity: futuring resilience in contested urban landscapes — with Hazem Abu-Orf
Join the Urban Futures Studio on November 3rd for an engaging Friends of the Future seminar with Hazem Abuorf, Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Palestine and Research Fellow ...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sign up for our #FriendsOfTheFuture seminar on November 3rd: 'Conflict-adaptive circularity: futuring resilience in contested urban landscapes — with dr. Hazem Abu-Orf' www.uu.nl/en/events/co... See you at the Urban Futures Studio!
Read the new #UtopianPulses blogpost ‘AI Images for dreaming or ghosting?’ where @jochamb.bsky.social invites us into an experiment with students, who were asked to choose an emerging technology and use AI to generate images of two possible futures in 2060. www.uu.nl/en/opinion/a...
AI images for dreaming or ghosting?
There is much to say about the implications of using AI to depict so-called better worlds, with already numerous critiques of bias, labour exploitation, and energy unsustainability. Or even worse, the...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Read the new #UtopianPulses blogpost ‘AI Images for dreaming or ghosting?’ where @jochamb.bsky.social invites us into an experiment with students, who were asked to choose an emerging technology and use AI to generate images of two possible futures in 2060. www.uu.nl/en/opinion/a...
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What does the future of ecology & belonging look like? From indigenous & decolonial perspectives to conservatism & eco-fascism.
Join Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social as he explores possibilities for a new political space.
📅 Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
Join Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social as he explores possibilities for a new political space.
📅 Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
September 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What does the future of ecology & belonging look like? From indigenous & decolonial perspectives to conservatism & eco-fascism.
Join Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social as he explores possibilities for a new political space.
📅 Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
Join Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social as he explores possibilities for a new political space.
📅 Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
Ben jij een (beleids)professional, betrokken bij het thema 'Transities in een radicale tijd'? Ben je benieuwd naar hoe je #futuring kan toepassen in je eigen werk & naar leren met én van ambitieuze masterstudenten? Meld je nu aan voor de #MixedClassroom professionals.uu.nl/nl/cursus/be...
Beleid maken voor een radicale tijd - Universiteit Utrecht
In deze Mixed Classroom gaan we in op de vraag hoe overheid en samenleving hun onderlinge relatie kunnen herijken. Daarbij stellen we ‘futuring’ centraal.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Ben jij een (beleids)professional, betrokken bij het thema 'Transities in een radicale tijd'? Ben je benieuwd naar hoe je #futuring kan toepassen in je eigen werk & naar leren met én van ambitieuze masterstudenten? Meld je nu aan voor de #MixedClassroom professionals.uu.nl/nl/cursus/be...
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🌿Mid-term conference in #Tartu this month - We discussed ways to strengthen interdisciplinary research on #ClimateEmotions, innovative methodologies and staged an interactive #deliberative #democratic assembly on #ClimatePolitics led by @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🌿Mid-term conference in #Tartu this month - We discussed ways to strengthen interdisciplinary research on #ClimateEmotions, innovative methodologies and staged an interactive #deliberative #democratic assembly on #ClimatePolitics led by @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social
How to address the rapid evaporation of democratic norms, and engage with sustainability concerns against that backdrop? What can policy do in such a time? Last call for students at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (and beyond) to sign up for our #MixedClassroom course: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
September 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
How to address the rapid evaporation of democratic norms, and engage with sustainability concerns against that backdrop? What can policy do in such a time? Last call for students at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (and beyond) to sign up for our #MixedClassroom course: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Ambitious @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social master students can now apply for our #MixedClassroom course. Learn from and with societal actors, exploring how #TechniquesOfFuturing and #Dramaturgy shape our collective capacity to imagine and act towards sustainable futures. www.uu.nl/en/research/...
September 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Ambitious @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social master students can now apply for our #MixedClassroom course. Learn from and with societal actors, exploring how #TechniquesOfFuturing and #Dramaturgy shape our collective capacity to imagine and act towards sustainable futures. www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Luister of lees 'Waarom het klimaatdebat aanvoelt als en film die we al honderd keer hebben gezien', waarin @maartenhajer.bsky.social en Jeroen Oomen in gesprek gaan met journalist @jelmermommers.bsky.social over #CapturedFutures @decorrespondent.nl
Waarom het klimaatdebat aanvoelt als een film die we al honderd keer hebben gezien
Het klimaatdebat is voorspelbaar geworden. Volgens politicologen Maarten Hajer en Jeroen Oomen spelen politici, wetenschappers, activisten en journalisten krampachtig steeds hetzelfde toneelstuk, keer...
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August 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Luister of lees 'Waarom het klimaatdebat aanvoelt als en film die we al honderd keer hebben gezien', waarin @maartenhajer.bsky.social en Jeroen Oomen in gesprek gaan met journalist @jelmermommers.bsky.social over #CapturedFutures @decorrespondent.nl
Young teens wearing baggy jeans. Listening to Nirvana. On a Walkman. Have you fallen through a time portal? No. It’s just the latest trend. Could this 90s revival culture help people embrace a fossil-free future? Read @godsandsods.bsky.social's new #ClimateConfessions blog www.uu.nl/en/opinion/s...
July 31, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Young teens wearing baggy jeans. Listening to Nirvana. On a Walkman. Have you fallen through a time portal? No. It’s just the latest trend. Could this 90s revival culture help people embrace a fossil-free future? Read @godsandsods.bsky.social's new #ClimateConfessions blog www.uu.nl/en/opinion/s...
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Our reaction to #NoKings: Dramaturgically speaking, the resistance is finally finding it’s rhythm
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The #NoKings protests this weekend were a great example of Dramaturgies of Change in action. | Timothy Stacey
The #NoKings protests this weekend were a great example of Dramaturgies of Change in action.
By adopting the upside down national flag, previously used by Dutch farmers resisting nitrogen regulations...
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June 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Our reaction to #NoKings: Dramaturgically speaking, the resistance is finally finding it’s rhythm
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Captured Futures: Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politics is officially out! Huge congratulations to @maartenhajer.bsky.social & Jeroen Oomen. Their new book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in how we can move from captured to captivating #futures. www.uu.nl/en/research/...
June 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Captured Futures: Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politics is officially out! Huge congratulations to @maartenhajer.bsky.social & Jeroen Oomen. Their new book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in how we can move from captured to captivating #futures. www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Join us this afternoon for a #FriendsOfTheFuture seminar with Riley Tsang 'Embodying transitions: what transitions studies can learn from transgender experiences' www.uu.nl/en/events/em... #Futures #Futuring #Transitions #TransExperiences
Embodying transitions: what transitions studies can learn from transgender experiences — with Riley Tsang
Join the Urban Futures Studio on May 26th for an engaging Friends of the Future seminar with Riley Tsang, a creative facilitator from Taiwan and the US Midwest working as the Global Engagement Special...
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May 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Join us this afternoon for a #FriendsOfTheFuture seminar with Riley Tsang 'Embodying transitions: what transitions studies can learn from transgender experiences' www.uu.nl/en/events/em... #Futures #Futuring #Transitions #TransExperiences
Read 'Shaping the future: A conceptual review of sociotechnical imaginaries', a new paper by @ahendriks.bsky.social Kamilla Karhunmaa & Pierre Delvenne. They examine the evolution of the concept and engagement with it across disciplines. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Futures #Imaginaries
May 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Read 'Shaping the future: A conceptual review of sociotechnical imaginaries', a new paper by @ahendriks.bsky.social Kamilla Karhunmaa & Pierre Delvenne. They examine the evolution of the concept and engagement with it across disciplines. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Futures #Imaginaries
Watch the guest lecture "Captured Futures: Producing the inevitability of solar geoengineering" Jeroen Oomen gave on April 22nd at the The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9fo... @harvardsalata.bsky.social #CapturedFutures
May 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Watch the guest lecture "Captured Futures: Producing the inevitability of solar geoengineering" Jeroen Oomen gave on April 22nd at the The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9fo... @harvardsalata.bsky.social #CapturedFutures
On 3 June, @maartenhajer.bsky.social and Jeroen Oomen present their new book “Captured Futures - Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politics” at Pakhuis de Zwijger, together with experts Marianne Minnesma, Bart van den Hurk, and Ralien Bekkers. dezwijger.nl/programma/ca... #CapturedFutures
May 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
On 3 June, @maartenhajer.bsky.social and Jeroen Oomen present their new book “Captured Futures - Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politics” at Pakhuis de Zwijger, together with experts Marianne Minnesma, Bart van den Hurk, and Ralien Bekkers. dezwijger.nl/programma/ca... #CapturedFutures
Read 'Dramaturgies of change: Staging political transformation', a new paper by @godsandsods.bsky.social, Jeroen Oomen, @jessehoffman.bsky.social & @maartenhajer.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Read 'Dramaturgies of change: Staging political transformation', a new paper by @godsandsods.bsky.social, Jeroen Oomen, @jessehoffman.bsky.social & @maartenhajer.bsky.social
Captured Futures - Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politics by @maartenhajer.bsky.social & Jeroen Oomen offers a compelling critique of how environmental politics ‘as we know it’ cannot deliver. Now available online for subscribers: academic.oup.com/book/59970?l... @oxfordunipress.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Captured Futures - Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politics by @maartenhajer.bsky.social & Jeroen Oomen offers a compelling critique of how environmental politics ‘as we know it’ cannot deliver. Now available online for subscribers: academic.oup.com/book/59970?l... @oxfordunipress.bsky.social
Join us on April 28th for a #FriendsOfTheFuture seminar with Femke Bijlsma, partner and content developer at the international design studio Kossmandejong. Are you interested in exploring how to create compelling stories that matter? learn more and register here: www.uu.nl/en/events/st...
April 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Join us on April 28th for a #FriendsOfTheFuture seminar with Femke Bijlsma, partner and content developer at the international design studio Kossmandejong. Are you interested in exploring how to create compelling stories that matter? learn more and register here: www.uu.nl/en/events/st...
| Blog | Read @jochamb.bsky.social new blog post where she introduces the Utopia*Art*Politics Collection; a multi-media collection of provocations and insights by 33 artist-researcher-practitioners who participated in the Utopia*Art*Politics Sessions last year: www.uu.nl/en/opinion/t...
The Utopia*Art*Politics Collection
The concept of utopia has a dark colonial past that lives on through overgrown dreams that leave little space for other possible futures. The Utopia*Art*Politics Collection explores the alternative po...
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April 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
| Blog | Read @jochamb.bsky.social new blog post where she introduces the Utopia*Art*Politics Collection; a multi-media collection of provocations and insights by 33 artist-researcher-practitioners who participated in the Utopia*Art*Politics Sessions last year: www.uu.nl/en/opinion/t...
Today, our colleague dr. Deana Jovanović joined us for the #FriendsOfTheFuture seminar about her new book ‘Staging the Promises — Everyday Future-Making in a Serbian Industrial Town’. Sign up for our events mailing list to receive an invite for the next seminar: mailings.uu.nl/hp/NxTyEInP4...
April 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today, our colleague dr. Deana Jovanović joined us for the #FriendsOfTheFuture seminar about her new book ‘Staging the Promises — Everyday Future-Making in a Serbian Industrial Town’. Sign up for our events mailing list to receive an invite for the next seminar: mailings.uu.nl/hp/NxTyEInP4...
Meet our new colleague: @lcdanny.bsky.social
In his PhD research, he will examine how structures of mediatization impact the collective politics of sustainability transitions and why it seems so difficult to imagine desirable futures within our contemporary media landscape. www.uu.nl/staff/DSteur
In his PhD research, he will examine how structures of mediatization impact the collective politics of sustainability transitions and why it seems so difficult to imagine desirable futures within our contemporary media landscape. www.uu.nl/staff/DSteur
April 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Meet our new colleague: @lcdanny.bsky.social
In his PhD research, he will examine how structures of mediatization impact the collective politics of sustainability transitions and why it seems so difficult to imagine desirable futures within our contemporary media landscape. www.uu.nl/staff/DSteur
In his PhD research, he will examine how structures of mediatization impact the collective politics of sustainability transitions and why it seems so difficult to imagine desirable futures within our contemporary media landscape. www.uu.nl/staff/DSteur
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We are in much need of inspiration in these treacherous uncertain times… Thrilled to share the 𝗨𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮*𝗔𝗿𝘁*𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, an edited multi-media collection which brings together diverse ideas on how artistic practices can help reimagine and remake our world. Download: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
April 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We are in much need of inspiration in these treacherous uncertain times… Thrilled to share the 𝗨𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮*𝗔𝗿𝘁*𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, an edited multi-media collection which brings together diverse ideas on how artistic practices can help reimagine and remake our world. Download: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Join us on April 8th for an engaging Friends of the Future seminar with dr. Deana Jovanović. Guest panellists prof. Kei Otsuki and dr. @jessehoffman.bsky.social join Deana to discuss her new book 'Staging the Promises - Everyday Future-Making in a Serbian Industrial Town'. www.uu.nl/en/events/st...
April 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Join us on April 8th for an engaging Friends of the Future seminar with dr. Deana Jovanović. Guest panellists prof. Kei Otsuki and dr. @jessehoffman.bsky.social join Deana to discuss her new book 'Staging the Promises - Everyday Future-Making in a Serbian Industrial Town'. www.uu.nl/en/events/st...
🚨Today's the last day to apply for our #FuturingForSustainability summer school. From 7 — 11 July, we are organising a course featuring exciting talks & interactive sessions with Jeroen Oomen, @godsandsods.bsky.social @maartenhajer.bsky.social
and others: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/soci...
and others: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/soci...
April 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🚨Today's the last day to apply for our #FuturingForSustainability summer school. From 7 — 11 July, we are organising a course featuring exciting talks & interactive sessions with Jeroen Oomen, @godsandsods.bsky.social @maartenhajer.bsky.social
and others: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/soci...
and others: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/soci...
This July, political scientist @floravelino.bsky.social is joining us for the #FuturingForSustainability summer school. She is a professor of Organisations & Sustainability at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development. 🚨1 day left to apply: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/soci...
March 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This July, political scientist @floravelino.bsky.social is joining us for the #FuturingForSustainability summer school. She is a professor of Organisations & Sustainability at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development. 🚨1 day left to apply: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/soci...