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CIDAPE EU Horizon Project @cidape.bsky.social · 9d

🌿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

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Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · 20d

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/...

Waarom het klimaatdebat aanvoelt als een film die we al honderd keer hebben gezien

Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · 29d

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/...

People visiting the 'Four Futures for 2054' exhibition, the closing event of the Mixed Classroom '24-'25

Mixed Classroom students tilting their heads during a presentation.

Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · Aug 1

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

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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Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · Jul 31

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...

The #NoKings protests this weekend were a great example of Dramaturgies of Change in action. | Timothy Stacey

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Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social · Jun 15

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. By adopting the upside down national flag, previously used by Dutch farmers resisting nitrogen regulations...

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Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · Jun 2

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/...

Bookcover 'Captured Futures — Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politcs' by Maarten A. Hajer & Jeroen Oomen

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Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · May 26

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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Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · May 20

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

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Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · May 13

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

Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · May 12

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

Bookcover 'Captured Futures' by Maarten Hajer and Jeroen Oomen on green background

Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · May 7

Read 'Dramaturgies of change: Staging political transformation', a new paper by @godsandsods.bsky.social, Jeroen Oomen, @jessehoffman.bsky.social & @maartenhajer.bsky.social

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Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · May 6

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

Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · Apr 24

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...

Stimulation or manipulation? The power of immersive storytelling.

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Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · Apr 9

| 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 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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Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · Apr 8

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...

Deana Jovanović presenting in the Urban Futures Studio

Bookcover ‘Staging the Promises’ by Deana Jovanović

Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · Apr 8

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

Danny Steur giving a presentation. On his left a slide with an illustration and text "Insensible Depths: Relating to the Non-Relational in Drexciyan Afrofuturism"

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Josie Chambers @jochamb.bsky.social · Apr 4

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/...

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Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · Apr 2

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...

Friends of the Future seminar 'Staging the Promises: Everyday Future-Making in a Serbian Industrial Town — with Deana Jovanovic'.

Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · Apr 1

🚨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...

Jeroen Oomen lecturing in a green house. On his left a slide about 'sociotechnical imaginaries'

Timothy Stacey lecturing. On his right a slide titled 'The Rationality Delusion: Religious Repertoires at the Science-Policy interface'

Maarten Hajer lecturing in a green house. On his right a slide about 'dramaturgy'

Urban Futures Studio @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social · Mar 31

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...

Professor Flor Avelino lecturing during 'Futuring for Sustainability summer school 2024' in a green house.

Summer school participants sitting outside and discussing.

Group photo of summer school participants, in a green house.

Summer school participant presenting and holding up a flip-over sheet together with lecturer Maarten Hajer