Education Sites

In the section education sites, we present education programmes, related to foresight, forward-looking activities and future studies. The short description introduces these programs and by clicking on the screen shoot the education website will open.

Australia

Futures Studies – University of Sunshine Coast

The Future Studies Course has four parts: Futures Methods and Techniques, Strategic Foresight Leadership, 20th Century and Beyond: A History and Sustainable Futures. Click on the screen shot and you will get futher information.
Program:Futures Studies
Contact Person: Professor Greg Hill, mail: SHEinfo@usc.edu.au
Address: Locked Bag 4 Maroochydore DC QLD 4558 AUSTRALIA
Type: Course at University
Community: foresight

Austria

Future and Trend studies, Corporate Foresight – Department for Economic and management studies

The seminar “Corporate Foresight” shows practical the possibilitys and confines of trend und future studies in and for companys.
Program:Zukunfts- und Trendforschung – Corporate Foresight
Contact Person: Helga Wannerer, mail: helga.wannerer@donau-uni.ac.at
Address: Krems, Austria



Finland

Finland Futures Academy

At the Finland Futures Academy there are different courses about future and foresight. Click on the screen shot and you will might find the right course for you.
Program: Futures studies education
Contact Person:Hanna-Kaisa Aalto, mail: hanna-kaisa.aalto@tse.fi
Address: University of Turku FI-20014 University of Turku, FINLAND
Type: Summer Courses
Community: foresight
Date: 24. – 27. March 2012
Type: Seminar
Community: Business

Germany

Foresight and Integrated Assessment -Technical University Dresden

At TU Dresden you get an overview about bases and methods of Foresight und Integrated Assessment and deep knowlege about possible applications of selected approaches.
Program: Foresight and Integrated Assessment
Contact Person: Prof. Dr. J. Schanze, mail: J.Schanze@ioer.de
Address: Helmholzstraße 10 01069 Dresden Germany
Type: Module
Community: Technology

Master in Future studies – Free University Berlin


Zentral aim of the course about future studies is to deeply improve youre knowlege about different concepts and methods of future stundies.
Program: Master in Future studies
Contact Person: Reinhard Urbanke, mail: reinhard.urbanke@fu-berlin.de
Address: Thielallee 50, 14195 Berlin
Type: Master
Community: Foresight

Hungary

Business Futures Studies – Corvinus University of Budapest

The goal of the course “Business Futures Studies” is to teach students some business-related components of Futures Studies (FS) that enable them to support complex business development decisions with forecasting. Hence the problems are observed and solved in a multi-folded and action-oriented way; ie. from different angles and levels both of economics and business. This way by the end of the course students will be able to look at down-to-earth business problems from a wider and future oriented perspective.
Program: Business Futures Studies
Contact Person:Gergely TYUKODI, mail: intoffice@uni-corvinus.hu
Address: Budapest,Hungary
Type: Course at University
Community: Business

South Africa

MPhil in Futures Studies – University of Stellenbosch Business School

The M.Phil. (Futures Studies) serves the needs of individuals, groups, organisations and government departments that must understand possible changes in their long-term future and respond accordingly.
Program:MPhil in Futures Studies
Contact Person: Lynnette Ferreira , mail: la@sun.ac.za
Address: Private Bag X1 Matieland, 7602
Type: Module
Community: different divisions

Taiwan

Department of future studies – Fo Guang University

On Fo Guang University you can explore the trend of national politics, economy, culture, society, and environment. Future Studies is recognized a mainstream of knowledge system in the 21st century; thus, cross-field integration, instead of traditional field or course-based instruction is implemented in the curriculum.
Program:Department of future studies
Address: No.160, Linwei Rd., Jiaosi , Yilan County 26247, Taiwan(R.O.C.)
Type: Course at University
Community: different divisions

Tamkang University – Graduate Institute of future Studies

There are different courses about future and foresight. You can do ungraded coure courses, future certificates and graduede courses. Click on the screen shot for further information.
Program:Futures Studies in many divisions
Contact Person: Flora Chia-I Chang, mail: ab@oa.tku.edu.tw
Address: Danshui, New Taipei, Taiwan
Type: different Typs of Courses
Community: different divisions

United Kingdom

Exploring the Future, Shaping the Present – Manchester Business School

The course on Manchester Business School is aimed at people whose work is liable to affect the future of business, government or Non-Governmental Organisations, sponsors of foresight projects, foresight practitioners, entrepreneurs, senior managers and company directors.
Program: Exploring the Future, Shaping the Present
Contact Person: Prof Ian Miles, mail: ian.miles@mbs.ac.uk
Address: Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6 PB, UK
Date: 25 – 29 June 2012
Type: A course for sponsors and practitioners
Community: business

Futures training courses – UK Government Office for Science, Foresight Unit

There are three courses on offer, looking at different futures analysis concepts and techniques. The first is for beginners, the second is for those who want to develop the ability to develop scenarios and use them, and the last one is for those who have some experience of futures methods and wish to learn more about applying them to policy.
Program: Futures training courses
Contact: horizon.scanning@bis.gsi.gov.uk
Address: Foresight Horizon Scanning Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET
Type: one-day courses
Community: Government policymakers and analysts, business, NGO community

Graduate Diploma of Management – Swinburne University of Technology

The purpose of the graduate diploma year of the Master of Management in Strategic Foresight is to deepen the student’s understanding, begun at Stage 1, of the fundamental nature and central role of human consciousness in foresight work. This is done through examining its functioning – through practicial, experiential and reflexive approaches – in a variety of contexts, including:

  • during the undertaking of more advanced methodologicial work
  • in the generation of forward views
  • in intensive individual and group-based knowledge-seeking activities

The graduate diploma has been developed to provide more advanced insights into the changing nature and futures/foresight implications of the global system, and to embrace new conceptual and operational territory.
Program: Graduate Diploma of Management (Strategic Foresight)
Contact:mail: postgrad@swinburne.edu.au
Address: PO Box 218 HAWTHORN VIC 3122
Type: Diploma Course
Community: Business

USA

Certificate in Strategic Foresight – University of Houston

The graduate program in Futures Studies at the University of Houston offers a one-week introduction to Strategic Foresight for working professionals. The course covers the basics of futures thinking and the techniques for long-term forecasting, including scenario development, and strategic planning, including leadership and change management. The Certificate is offered in January and May each year in Houston, Texas. The course is also offered occasionally in Europe in collaboration with the Destrée Institute in Namur, Belgium.

Program: Certificate in Strategic Foresight
Contact Person: Dr. Peter Bishop, mail: pbishop@uh.edu
Address: Houston, Texas
Date: January and May each year
Type: Continuing education course at the University of Houston
Community: Future Studies



Introduction to Futures Studies – University of Houston

The Introduction to Futures Studies is the first course in the graduate program in Futures Studies at the University of Houston . It introduces students to the whole field of futures studies and strategic foresight. Topics include a history of the field, systems thinking, social change and a review of the techniques of long-term forecasting and planning, including scenario development, strategic planning and change management. The course is offered both on campus and online simultaneously every Fall semester, beginning in August and ending in December. Online students participate in class through the computer-based learning platform. Students who successfully complete the course also receive the University’s Certificate in Strategic Foresight. A recent syllabus for the course is available here.
Program: Introduction to Futures Studies
Contact Person: Dr. Peter Bishop, mail: pbishop@uh.edu
Address: Houston, Texas
Date: August – December each year
Type: For-credit course at the University of Houston
Community: Future Studies


The Future of Commerce – Regent University

Topics include current issues in commerce, the principles of strategic foresight, innovation, and creativity to examine what the future of commerce may be like. This course includes the preparation of future scenarios 10-20 years ahead that describe what types of products, services, distribution systems, and financial models might be in use given the probable combination of economic, technical, education, societal, demographic, and political driving forces. The focus is to build businesses that fit well into the future paradigms of commerce.
Program: The Future of Commerce
Contact Person:Bruce Winston, mail: admissions@regent.edu
Address: 1000 Regent University Drive Virginia Beache VA 23464, USA
Type: Course at University
Community: Business

University of Hawaii – Department of Political Science

In “Politics of the future” on University of Hawaii you learn something about delineating boundaries of discipline, approaches to knowledge employed by political scientists, empirical and normative theory, problems in theory–building, validity and reliability in research design and philosophy of science applied to political science. It serves as the introductory core course for students of the Alternative Futures MA option in the Department of Political Science, and for anyone else interested in learning what futures studies is and is not.
Program: Politics of the future
Contact Person: Jim Dator, mail: dator@hawaii.edu
Address: 2424 Maile Way, Room 632 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Date: 24 August -16 December 2011
Type: Course at University
Community: politics