News: UNESCO Chair
Renwal until December 31, 2029 granted!
We proudly announce the continuation of the UNESCO Chair on Anticipatory Techniques and Future Design.
After a successful first term between 2021 and 2025, the UNESCO Chair was extended until the end of 2029.
Stay tuned for an exciting next term!
What is our UNESCO Chair about?
The UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Techniques and Future Design at the Center for Future Design (CFD), University of Art and Design Linz, was established in August 2021. The Chair is embedded in UNESCO's Global Futures Literacy & Foresight Network and aims at fostering “futures literacy” — the ability to imagine, prepare for, and create desired futures. In short, our UNESCO Chair is concerned with the anticipation and imagination of social change and how to bring it about.
Its main activities are research, communication and cultivation of future skills and capacity building. Research partnerships, cross-institute teaching and the organization of events and global networking activities therefore form the core of its activities.
The UNESCO Chair enables people, communities, and organizations to:
- use futures to create a peaceful and inclusive world in line with the UNESCO goals,
- apply social innovation techniques to imagine, prototype and bring about a better future,
- and embed these skills in local communities and organizations.
Want to know more?
Feel free to contact us to receive the Chair's Progress Report (2021-2025) and learn about future projects.
