The 2025 APF Student Recognition awards were announced and, once again, we had some winners! It is quite an amazing set of projects. You can take a look at them here (and the Houston Foresight Awards as well!) Jen Stumbles WON FIRST PLACE!!! in the Master’s Individual category of this year’s APF Student Recognition awards [...]| Houston Foresight
The 1st Annual Houston Foresight Awards took place last year and the winners presented at the 2025 Spring Gathering celebrating our 50th anniversary. It’s high time we recognized them publicly! The individual winners were: Stephen Dupont with Profiles in Organizational Foresight Jess Robbins with Entangled Tomorrows: Harnessing Quantum Insight for Dynamic Foresight| Houston Foresight
When it comes to the world of golf technology, I’m not sure there’s a single product segment that has evolved further in the last five years than launch monitors. It wasn’t long ago that the only options for a launch monitor were Trackman and competing products that held price tags well into the five figures. But now [...] The post 11 Best Golf Launch Monitors of 2025 (At Every Price Point) appeared first on Breaking Eighty | Best Golf Courses and Golf Product Reviews.| Breaking Eighty | Best Golf Courses and Golf Product Reviews
The Future of Horizon Scanning: Embracing Emergence through Grounded Theory In a world defined by deep uncertainty and accelerating change, identifying signals of change won’t be enough. The future of horizon scanning will lie in Anticipatory Futures Intelligence; measured by how well we can engage with| Houston Foresight
Ecosistema prospectivo para la gobernanza anticipatoria On July 2025 the Centre for Foresight Studies of Cuyo (Argentina) and Centro ProspectivaChile launched Ecosistema Prospectivo para la Goberna…| Rafael Popper's Blog
Reshaping our approach to sustainable innovation has never been more urgent. Since our 2017 paper “Towards a more responsible sustainable innovation assessment and management culture in Europe” – w…| Rafael Popper's Blog
After months of enriching discussions, rigorous thinking, and truly international collaboration, we’re happy to share that our paper, “The Need for Synergy in Foresight Research for Healthcare and …| Rafael Popper's Blog
I’m speaking at the UCL Languages of the Future conference on 6th June, presenting a paper titled “Are we even talking about tomorrow? Uncertainty, agency, and the encounter with the su…| matt finch / mechanical dolphin
You know when it’s baking and the heat is just bouncing off everything, you step in the shadows and the temperature instantly drops ten degrees? It ain’t sticking around, just bouncing right back. Anyway, I withstood this onslaught for ten minutes at London Bridge station before cramming into a train full of half-cut sweaty football fans and heading home. As the train meandred between the rooftops of Bermondsey, I caught sight of, for no more than half a second, a seagull nesting in a chi...| The Bounding Box
The "sex team" from the Houston Foresight community just keep on rolling. What started as a Design Futures class that was first exhibited at a Spring Gathering was literally parlayed into a world tour. The next chapter, and I really appreciate that they took the time to| Houston Foresight
I’m pleased to be presenting at the University of Oxford’s Human-Algorithm Interaction Workshop 2025, on “Governing the futures you didn’t see coming: artificial intelligence scenarios“. Do join us in Oxford, 5-8 July, for an interdisciplinary event delving into the complex and evolving relationship between humans and algorithms. The annual workshop is a gathering of industry leaders, AI pioneers, … Read more Oxford Human-Algorithm Interaction Workshop 2025| matt finch / mechanical dolphin
On June 9th, I’m hosting a discussion about dual use technologies for Oxford’s Emerging Threats Group. A wide range of items are now recognised as “dual use”, capable of being employed for both civil and military purposes. From drones, robots, and software including AI to chemical and biological tools, the term has evolved beyond its … Read more Webinar: How Dual-Use Tech Is Redrawing the Global Power Map| matt finch / mechanical dolphin
The editorial team at Issues in Science and Technology invited me to submit a response to Ed Finn’s excellent recent article on using science fiction to stage conversations about science and technology policy. You can read my letter, “Looking Beyond the Ghost Scenario”, at the Issues website.| matt finch / mechanical dolphin
I’m pleased to be delivering two sessions as part of the University of Oxford’s contribution to the Right Here Right Now Global Youth Climate Summit, a 24-hour virtual event presented b…| matt finch / mechanical dolphin
"We are still here," cried special guest Morpheus at the UH 50th Anniversary Celebration from May 1-3. Higher education has not been kind to foresight programs. Ours is the first grad program dedicated to foresight to make it to 50 years. Many have come and gone over the years, and we had our own near-death-experience [...]| Houston Foresight
An amazing class of 18 grads crossed the threshold into the “real world” this academic year at Houston Foresight. It’s one of our biggest graduating classes ever, which is both good news (health program) and bad news (more people we miss!). We were able to celebrate with some of our grads who were able [...]| Houston Foresight
We have less than a month to go until our 50th anniversary Spring Gathering event and we want to make sure all our friends are there. We have a few spots left and have added space for 'Friends of Foresight' on the registration page. We'd love to have a few friends interested in learning more [...]| Houston Foresight
Houston Foresight alum, Daniel Riveong, is joinin g the APF Board. Daniel has over 11 years of experience in strategic foresight and previously spent more than 15 years in digital consulting. His foresight includes supporting organizations on challenges related to agri-food systems, democracy, and emerging technologies. The common thread throughout these two careers is his [...]| Houston Foresight
Last month, the APF Board elected new officers for 2025. Our very own UH Foresight alum Jeremy Wilken will serve as Co-Chair along with Abril Chimal and. They join UH Foresight alum Seth Harrell, who will continue his term as Treasurer. A Note from Jeremy (from the APF Compass Newsletter): "Hello APF, I’m grateful for [...]| Houston Foresight
The world is facing unprecedented convergence across seven domains, with over 1,700 interacting forces identified between 2025 and 2030. This convergence is complex and accelerates change, reshapin…| Reimagining the Future
The content outlines a framework to understand historical cycles of buildup and transformation. It highlights how systemic pressures lead to significant change, illustrated by past crises. Key conc…| Reimagining the Future
This Friday, the Foresight Club of the European Parliamentary Research Service hosts a presentation from Sophie Mitchell, Chief Communications Officer of Australia’s domain name regulator auDA. Sophie will talk about the 2024 auDA scenarios, looking at the future of Internet governance, which are just coming up on the first anniversary of their publication, and can … Read more auDA Scenarios @ European Parliamentary Research Service| matt finch / mechanical dolphin
The past few years have taught us a critical lesson: the future is unpredictable and often takes very unexpected turns, but that doesn’t mean we can’t prepare for it. In foresight, we don’t just explore one future, we prepare for many possible futures. Last year, one of the scenarios we examined in our masterclasses was […]| Rafael Popper's Blog
I’m truly humbled to share some very special news with you today. I have recently been recognised as one of the Top30 Futurists for 2025 by Global Gurus – a distinction that fills me with both prid…| Rafael Popper's Blog
The user’s Web browsing history is usually defined as a list of websites the user has visited, such as “google.com, facebook.com, reddit.com, bbc.co.uk, random-site.org, etcetc.org.uk”. On its own, it may seem innocuous. It turns out browsing history can be processed to| Security, Privacy & Tech Inquiries
It feels somehow timely that “The Ghosts We See From the Mountains“, a chapter co-written with the University of Galway’s Marie Mahon for the Routledge volume Crisis and Body Politics in Twenty-First Century Production, is now live online and open access. The chapter explores the useful intersection of Oxford-style scenario planning with issues of spatial … Read more The Ghosts We See From The Mountains: New book chapter available| matt finch / mechanical dolphin
I’m pleased to have been appointed to the Futures Council of the National Security College (NSC) at Australian National University. The Council is an international group of individuals with e…| matt finch / mechanical dolphin
The CFI Working Paper: ‘Action Roadmaps for More Resilient Research and Innovation Futures’ provides a forward-looking blueprint for shaping Europe’s next Research and Innovation (R&…| Rafael Popper's Blog
Abstract This Working Paper, prepared by the Centre for Foresight and Internationalisation (CFI) of the Technology Partners Foundation in Poland, introduces two scenarios, Fractured Futures&nb…| Rafael Popper's Blog
I had a great morning today; got up early, got in an early run, had a good breakfast, showered, and got to Starbucks right when they opened. Then I had a few hours of really productive work. All in all, a fantastic start to the week. And it was really pretty easy, but not because [...]Read More...| RyanWaggoner.com
“Wireless connectivity has become increasingly critical for different aspects of our lives, from keeping in touch, to getting around, to accessing a range of important services.” - Sir Patrick Vallance, former Government Chief Scientific Adviser. The Department for Science, Innovation …| Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning
