Latest Conference News
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Collaboration with the SRI/SSD2024 Conference
Futures Conference 2024 is partnering with Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress / Sustainability Science Days 2024 (SRI/SSD2024), which will be held on 10–14 June 2024 in Helsinki and Espoo, Finland. SRI is the world’s largest annual event dedicated to sustainability research and innovation, bringing together over 2000 participants from around the globe. Our partners are… Read more
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Special Issue for the Futures Conference 2022 is published
The participants of the Futures Conference 2022 ”Planetary Futures of Health and Wellbeing” had the opportunity to submit articles and reports to a special issue of the Journal of Futures Studies, which dealt with the themes of the conference. The articles and reviews in this issue highlight the need for systemic change as well as… Read more
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Special Conference Issue on Empowering Futures
23rd Futures Conference focused on the wide variety of ways we see futures and how futures studies can empower people, societies, and organisations for creating more just and sustainable futures. ‘Empowering Futures – Long-term Governance, Democracy and Futures Research’ conference was organised during 14–15 June in Turku, Finland and on 16 June 2023 online. This… Read more
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Conference in co-operation with Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
This year we are happy to organize the conference together with the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Programme Director, Manager, Dr. Johanna Kohl and Senior Scientist, Dr. Terhi Latvala have joined also our Scientific Board for the conference. Welcome Johanna and Terhi! Luke is a research organisation operating under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry… Read more
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Call for Papers and Workshops is now open
The ‘Futures of Natural Resources’ international Futures Conference 2024 will create a cross-disciplinary science platform where participants can meet, share, and discuss the sustainable uses of natural resources in the future. The Futures Conference 2024 will be organised in hybrid mode. Conference day Tuesday 4 will be held exclusively in virtual mode. Thursday 13 and… Read more
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What are Futures Conferences?
Each year the Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC) and Finland Futures Academy (FFA) at the University of Turku organises its annual Futures Conference, an invaluable opportunity for meeting, exchanging and debating current topics related in futures studies and foresight. With approximately 200–350 individual participants attending from all over the world, international researchers, organisational delegates, business people and students convene to the FFRC annual conferences in the spirit of futures-oriented information, research, analysis and collaboration. Read more about the previous events.
2023
”Thank you for organizing such an enriching conference, brimming with insightful presentations and stimulating discussions. It was truly a remarkable experience and a platform for new learnings.”
2022
”I got good comments to my research, new ideas from keynotes and sessions, as well as new connections.”
”New participants brought fresher views and this is needed for the whole field.”
2021
”Well managed conference. Delightful to see so many interactive workshops included in the program.”
”Excellent virtual conference, well done for organizing it!”
Futures of Natural Resources
The global consumption of natural resources has accelerated since the industrial revolution, in pursuit of development and economic growth. With the emergence of climate and other ecological crises, it is now acknowledged that the rate and patterns of consumption are neither sustainable nor equitable. The vested interests, and related structures of economic and political power, play a central role in maintaining a status quo, characterised by short-term thinking and a priority on profit maximisation. Within these conditions, the perspective of the future of humanity and of the natural world on which we depend is marginalised. This prompt empirical, philosophical, policy and practice questions, on the social and environmental consequences of continuing this path, on the role and value of nature, and on what would a transformed relationship between humanity and natural resources look like?
Futures of Natural Resources 