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Everyone’s A Little Bit Biased
Contributor: Mushfiqa Jamaluddin Ask any futurist and they’ll agree that to do our work well, we need to be aware of our biases to ensure [...]
Challenges Worth Anticipating as a Gen-Z Futurist
Here’s three challenges worth anticipating for both young, aspiring futurists and those invested in youth foresight as well as how the UH Foresight program addressed them.
2023 Spring Gathering: Images of the Future Recap
Nearly 100 students, alumni, and friends of the University of Houston Foresight program met in Houston for the 2023 Spring Gathering to investigate Images of [...]
Congrats to UH Foresight APF Student recognition winners!
"Students who do outstanding work deserve recognition for that work, and institutions that develop outstanding students also deserve recognition." - APF
Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Leedberg
I first inquired about the Foresight program back in 2013. I was working at Shell at the time and without even knowing the Shell/Foresight connection I was intrigued. [...]
Student Submission: What Stays the Same: Finding emerging issues in human needs
Where the future is intrinsically unpredictable, human needs are relatively and consistent over time.
Student submission: Futures and Grief
Something I realized midway through my journey in the Foresight program was that every time the future shifts on us there is grief... As consultants, we’re watching the horizon for these shifts in the future that will undoubtedly come in one fashion or another and we’re asking others to trust us to help them prepare, to see, and to move.
It’s here: SG 2023: Images of the Future AGENDA
What purposes do images of the future serve? How are images of the future most effectively communicated? How are images of the future constructed? [...]
Jan Foresight Seminar: Together Again!
Say hello to the Professional Certificate in Foresight class of Jan '23, the first seminar class we've had in person since COVID!
Living Between Myth and Metaphor: New Article by Adam Cowart
Our own adjunct professor Adam Cowart was recently published in the Journal of Futures Studies. Living Between Myth and Metaphor: Level 4 of Causal Layered [...]
Introducing Our New Foresight Advisory Board
We're pleased to introduce our new Foresight Advisory Board. They are going to help with the next program strategic plan, as the program moves into [...]
Foresight Student Keith Willeford wins First Place Critical Issues in Energy
Giant congratulations goes out to current foresight student Keith Willeford for winning UH's Critical Issues in Energy writing competition. The Prompt Rising electricity prices, increasing [...]