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Futuring – How do you “make” the future? A journey through time and into dealing with uncertainty. We all look to the future to make decisions in the present. For example, whether to take an umbrella when the weather is bad or to start thinking about our next summer vacation at the beginning of the…

The Brilliant Failure Project International partnerships often involve a lot people, resources, money, different languages and culture. In fact, in such settings, there are heaps of things that may go wrong. Our team of researchers agreed that while you cannot avoid failure, we at least want to learn from it. But how? We asked people…

Demokratie x Kunst – Ein Design-Jam zur Demokratie der Zukunft Wir alle orientieren uns an der Zukunft als Grundlage von Entscheidungen im heute. Schon jetzt erleben wir: Es bleibt wohl kein Stein auf dem anderen stehen. Doch wie kann es weitergehen? Welche positiven Ideen und Modelle zum Erhalten, Weiterentwickeln und zur Pflege der Schweizer Demokratie…

The Library for a Happy Future The Library for a Happy Future is a place to find inspiration, draw strength and meet with others. Together we seek to assemble a collection of positive visions for the future and answers to the question of how we can find enthusiasm and while responding to our challenges. How…

A Shared Land – Participatory Planning in Buffer Zones Buffer zones play a major role in bridging the divide between conservation and inclusive development. Historically, the buffer zones were introduced as a neutral area between countries or two areas of domination. From today’s conservationist perspective, they could be understood as a pilot area to demonstrate…

The Science Kitchen – Algae and Seaweed “The way to a man’s and woman’s heart goes through his stomach”, so the saying goes. The physical and intellectual food served in the science kitchen stands as a proposal of how to integrate joy, empathy and sensory pleasure with scientific urgency and knowledge in the field of…

Culture as a Lever for Transformation A Planetary View of the Systemic Relevance of Art and Culture During the last two pandemic years, arts and culture struggled for political recognition as “systemically relevant” sectors of society. Since then, the discussion about the role of the cultural sector and the usefulness of artistic works for our…