Announcing the Launch of the Planetary Civics Inquiry! RMIT University are thrilled to introduce the Planetary Civics Inquiry, founded by RMIT University, Dark Matter Labs, Politics for Tomorrow, and RISD Center for Complexity. lnkd.in/d7ctYBF6

Set up a Regen Folks Starter Pack... Please share as I couldn't find many on here yet... #regen #biomimicry #biophilia #permaculture #placemaking #RegenAg all welcome!

#RegenTourism with @lorettabellato.bsky.social Pod & resources - insights and explanations on regen tourism #regeneration #podcast #regenerativechangeagents #livingsystemspotential #regenerativetourism #regenerativeagriculture open.spotify.com/episode/4csz...

@bsc-cns.bsky.social is looking for a director for its new AI Institute. If you are interested in coordinating the research of 50+ researchers across 4 different scientific departments, in a leading HPC institution, consider applying! www.bsc.es/join-us/job-...

What is the role of libraries after AI? Do they build their own LLMs? What might be the sustainable business models for a civic data-driven infrastructure? It surely changes their license to operate… @katecrawford.bsky.social

From the Atlas of AI to a timeline of Empires. The next turn in @katecrawford.bsky.social and Vladan Joler’s mapping of technologies entanglement with labour, minerals and power… calculatingempires.net

And let’s assume that we have to take the position that ALL new products and services are Environmentally Unready unless proven otherwise.

How do we create opportunities to understand Social Readiness? And probably more importantly Social Unreadiness? Jan-Hendrik Passoth (person on screen). What methods does Design have…

€100m Horizon fund opening in 2027 specifically for the humanities and social sciences to address the tech determinism that currently drives fundamental research. Start planning consortia!

invited to speak in Kracow, where lack of trust seems to be a cultural disposition. If Paulina Lenik is right that “trusting individuals tend to interact more, are relatively more eager to enter relationships and thus encounter valuable learning” then a collaborative futures is going be tough…

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Under the assumption that Technology Readiness Levels won’t get us through the transition with equity and less extraction, what are the barriers for demanding Social and or Environmental Readiness Levels to become part of innovation grants? #CETEF2024

Countries must set aside differences and agree climate finance deal, says German minister #Climate

Toilet roll followers will be pleased to see that normal service has resumed… toiletroll.chrisspeed.net Thanks to Evan @designinformatics for his plumbing skills

How does the university of the future (present) respond to ‘the weaponisation of grain’ and other political and economic entanglements with ecological systems? Maja Gopel #universityofthefuture @UoE_EFI

“The problem with the notion that nature is indestructible is this: it is wrong. Once economists accept that they are mistaken on this count, it could revolutionize the way in which we calculate economic progress” Dasgupta, 2021 via Maja Gopel #universityofthefuture @UoE_EFI

“Every market is the result of an Institutional mind set” paraphrasing Maja Gopel asking questions of what and how universities teach & research that which perpetuates our destructive economics. What does the x-curve mean for universities? #universityofthefuture @UoE_EFI

Let’s recover the idea that a university plays a vital role within enabling and empowering agents of change within social, environmental and economic systems. Kick ass provocations from Maja Gopel #universityofthefuture @UoE_EFI

“The capacity to create untried beginnings from which to evolve fundamentally new way of living, when existing ecological, economic & social conditions make the current system untenable” Stockholm Resilience Centre via Maja Gopel how many harvests are there left? @UoE_EFI

So many crossovers in conversation with Steven Drost and presentation from Maja Gopel on ‘script dependency’ & the x-curve. Script dependency is perhaps our adherence to established ways of doing things, and the x-curve asks us to anticipate the new. @UoE_EFI x @EdinburghUni

“As human bodies become increasingly entangled with technology, how do we maintain agency, creativity and empathy?” @tkoterwas collaboration with @emmabrea , Atul Kumar and AI for @CreateInf

Bounce and Feel. @tkoterwas @emmabrea , Atul Kumar and AI (with audience prompts) for @CreateInf

Build and Destroy. Performers and AI connected in a feedback loop via bodily data and tactile sensation. @tkoterwas with @emmabrea , Atul Kumar and AI for @CreateInf

"Who decides what order is and what order looks like? Do people need to be led? Who decides that people need to be led?" Questions from Sharon Anyiam @UoE_EFI on reframing anarchy away from disorder, and both a call and action toward change #PowerTrip

"They see me as black, but they don’t see the steam punk" Dr Tiffany R Holloman @TippSkies on what 'they' don’t see, and what they don't. Inspirational words to take courage and grasp the right to make it better @UoE_EFI #PowerTrip

"The storm is here, take shelter" Dinah Mahmoud @thefacipulator on the agony and anger of all indigenous people who continue to stand under a flag that misrepresents them. An outstanding voice asking questions of leadership deep into @UoE_EFI #PowerTrip

Dr Katucha Bento @RaceEDS guides us all on 'Leaning into the Meta-physics of Liberation'. Staying with the many uncomfortable positions of leadership across Institutes including @UoE_EFI brilliant conversation #PowerTrip

"What does black history month look like in academia?" Phoenix Nacto on asking questions of @UoE_EFI "Is it a check box? Is it a couple of panels and conversations? Who is it for - for black students?" Strong and timely questions for leadership within the academy #PowerTrip

“Flames do not cast shadows…” “When emancipation comes, what do you want to be?…” “Courage is a half remembered song…” Stunning performance through a unique collaboration between @pippamurph and @timtimtmi @UoE_EFI #FutureofLeadership #Leadershipthroughcollaboration

“Institutions use the term Futures to overlook the problems of now” @timtimtmi recovering a critical question for @UoE_EFI how do we stay in the moment, which model of time underpins our Institute & how does inform our Future of Leadership? With @pippamurph and @pat_err

Connecting the coordinates across questions of leadership @gavinesler.bsky.social chairs the #EdinburghFuturesConversations from accountability to participation, leadership and the lived experience, and the challenges of media and misinformation @UoE_EFI

“There is a critical continuum between accountability and civic participation that a good leader must uphold” paraphrasing Talat Yaqoob transparency, humility and co-production are characteristics that increase the likelihood of equity @UoE_EFI #EdinburghFuturesConversations

“We’re still processing the fallout of extreme optimism that gave us heroes” paraphrasing Elif Safak on the need for new leaders with the emotional intelligence to acknowledge the decline of democracy, the decline of diversity @UoE_EFI #EdinburghFuturesConversations

On expecting leaders who can revisit ‘success’, ‘development’ and ‘growth’ Maja Goepel we need new leaders who can dare to see, dare to be human, dare to say that things aren’t working, and dare to speak against tyrannies @UoE_EFI #EdinburghFuturesConversations

A leader is “someone able to chart a journey forward, but able to also be led” Alicia Garza on the expectations that we might expect for a leader in the 2020s after the cult of the celebrity leader @UoE_EFI #EdinburghFuturesConversations