Strategic Foresight & Scenario Planning
Use trends, weak signals, and scenarios to support long-term organizational strategy.
University of Future Minds UNIVERSITY OF FUTURE MINDS FS / Department overview
Futures Studies
Futures studies does not predict one answer; it identifies change, builds scenarios, and improves long-term decisions.
Department codeFS
Study levelsBA · MSc · PhD
Learning modelCourses · labs · real projects
FS / 01
Scenario planning, technological foresight, trend analysis, policy design, and risk.
Specialist pathways
Choose your disciplinary depth
Each pathway shares the department foundation, then develops clear professional capability through studios, laboratories, and research.
Technology Foresight & Policy Design
Assess emerging technology pathways, governance choices, and long-term public effects.
Societal Futures & Systemic Risk
Long-term change across society, culture, economies, and systemic risk.
Core curriculum
A sequence from foundations to integrated practice
Scenario planning, technological foresight, trend analysis, policy design, and risk.
- 01CourseIntroduction to Futures Studies
- 02CourseTrend Analysis
- 03CourseScenario Planning
- 04CourseForecasting Methods
- 05CourseTechnology Foresight
- 06CourseSystems Thinking
- 07CourseRisk and Uncertainty
- 08CoursePolicy Design
- 09CourseSocial Change
- 10CourseFuture Economies
- 11CourseFuture Cultures
- 12CourseStrategic Foresight Project
Teaching & research platform
Futures Scenario & Policy Lab
Futures studies does not predict one answer; it identifies change, builds scenarios, and improves long-term decisions.
Academic leadership
Félicien Bernardo
费利西安·贝尔纳多Head of Futures Studies · Professor
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