Futures Thinking
How can we think about possible futures in a co-creative way and thereby gain useful insights for the present? At ZHdK, we systematically engage with Futures Thinking and use our disciplines as a creative force.
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Futures Thinking at ZHdK
An active engagement with Futures Thinking takes place in teaching, research and continuing education. Futures Thinking is also offered as part of ZHdK's service portfolio.
Example insights
Making possible futures accessible, tangible and negotiable is a key part of Futures Thinking. Some ZHdK examples and interim results below.
![[Translate to English:] Digitalrat ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2022-2023): Zusammenfassung](/file/live/ef/ef7091ebc4d88b1180da5733efa9f7eca7a1e78c/medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] Digitalrat ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2022-2023): Zusammenfassung")
![[Translate to English:] Digitalrat ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2022-2023): Zusammenfassung](/file/live/ef/ef7091ebc4d88b1180da5733efa9f7eca7a1e78c/monoc-medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] Digitalrat ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2022-2023): Zusammenfassung")
![[Translate to English:] Atelier Futures 2 (2023): Geschichten über die Zukunft](/file/live/66/6651923d1615fa1fb901c06f84f91cc3f6a7054f/medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] Atelier Futures 2 (2023): Geschichten über die Zukunft")
![[Translate to English:] Atelier Futures 2 (2023): Geschichten über die Zukunft](/file/live/66/6651923d1615fa1fb901c06f84f91cc3f6a7054f/monoc-medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] Atelier Futures 2 (2023): Geschichten über die Zukunft")
![[Translate to English:] Atelier Futures 1 (2022): Zukunftswand](/file/live/df/df325a26e41dc73fd2dba0a9a7d177ed9f2bc3d5/medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] Atelier Futures 1 (2022): Zukunftswand")
![[Translate to English:] Atelier Futures 1 (2022): Zukunftswand](/file/live/df/df325a26e41dc73fd2dba0a9a7d177ed9f2bc3d5/monoc-medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] Atelier Futures 1 (2022): Zukunftswand")
![[Translate to English:] Digitalrat ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2022-2023): Flipboard](/file/live/41/41b914dacb3e06df4a342696ca61b135371a8b03/medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] Digitalrat ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2022-2023): Flipboard")
![[Translate to English:] Digitalrat ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2022-2023): Flipboard](/file/live/41/41b914dacb3e06df4a342696ca61b135371a8b03/monoc-medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] Digitalrat ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2022-2023): Flipboard")
![[Translate to English:] ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2024): Podcast](/file/live/d1/d1bf0edc1d07b5ddb15e1f7d0e1c6c8dc7480e3c/medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2024): Podcast")
![[Translate to English:] ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2024): Podcast](/file/live/d1/d1bf0edc1d07b5ddb15e1f7d0e1c6c8dc7480e3c/monoc-medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] ZHdK+Zukunftsdenken (2024): Podcast")
![[Translate to English:] ViVisions (2021): Szenario Inverted Campus](/file/live/80/80d020cb93bdf9bf95c103947c0f918f8749e2fa/medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] ViVisions (2021): Szenario Inverted Campus")
![[Translate to English:] ViVisions (2021): Szenario Inverted Campus](/file/live/80/80d020cb93bdf9bf95c103947c0f918f8749e2fa/monoc-medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] ViVisions (2021): Szenario Inverted Campus")
![[Translate to English:] ViVisions (2021): Zukunftszeitung](/file/live/57/57f2389068ebf92d0a866fe9e566b158f3cd8f86/medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] ViVisions (2021): Zukunftszeitung")
![[Translate to English:] ViVisions (2021): Zukunftszeitung](/file/live/57/57f2389068ebf92d0a866fe9e566b158f3cd8f86/monoc-medium.jpeg "[Translate to English:] ViVisions (2021): Zukunftszeitung")
Contacts
Digital Council
Renato Soldenhoff, Project Leader
Susanne Schumacher, Chair of the Digital Council
Other contacts
Jonas Petermann, CAS Crafting Futures & Summerschool
Katrin Stowasser, Research ZCCE