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How AI Is Augmenting Cities and What It Means for Houston
Guest Contributor: Lynn Chorn Part 1 of 2 Around the world, cities are using AI to be more responsive, more predictive, and less wasteful. Pittsburgh’s [...]
Nicci Obert Receives HDCS Staff Achievement Award
Department Chair Barbara Stewart, Nicci Obert, Andy Hines The Department of Human Development & Consumer Science, within which our Foresight program sits, initiated [...]
Making Futures Land: The Art of Communicating Foresight
There’s a gap between doing good foresight work and getting anyone to care about it, and navigating that gap is where the real challenge begins.
AfSA and the Future of African Space Governance
In a world shaped by geopolitical tension, technological competition, satellite dependence, and growing rivalry over data and infrastructure, the real question is no longer whether Africa will participate in space, but how it will govern its interests there.
2074 Community Bazaar haul
In the aftermath of that storm, the old infrastructure failed. People were left to find their own way. Our community's lifeways then began to be heard differently, their knowledge sought after for lessons, not as artifacts or displays of long-gone heritage.
Foresight alum Ashley Chiarelli to lead new strategy practice at Kirksey Architecture
We're excited to share that Houston-based Kirksey Architecture has hired U of Houston Foresight Alumna Ashley Chiarelli to lead a newly launched Strategy and Foresight [...]
Congrats to Fall 2025 Grads
Congrats to all our Fall 2025 graduates! We gathered some local students and alums, friends, and family and had a nice celebration at our favorite [...]
From Defuturing to Future-Making: The Power of Immersive Foresight
By Dr. Adam Cowart What is the value of bringing futures to life? There are many answers, but let’s start with how encounters with futures [...]
Prototyping Tomorrows: Our NEW Immersion Weekend
We're offering a brand spanking new IMMERSION WEEKEND! What if you could step into the future instead of just talking about it? We’re thrilled to [...]
Futuring the Pyrocene at RAND
Futurist Dave Bengston The Pyrocene is the age of fire in which we live. Coined by fire historian Stephen Pyne in 2015, the [...]
The Empathy–Identity Paradox: Holding Space for the Futures of Others
What does it mean to imagine a future that is not your own? As foresight practitioners, we are asked to inhabit the hopes, fears, and [...]
The Future of Market Research (and Maybe the Future of Foresight Consultancy)
Insight-led feels like a baseline for how businesses say they operate right now: in particular, design thinking has popularised the idea that to grow or [...]