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Alum Maria Romero joins KnowledgeWorks
Alum Maria Romero is joining the Strategic Foresight team at KnowledgeWorks as a Senior Manager. Maria is a professional futurist with expertise in strategic foresight, [...]
NEW 2020 Dates for the Foresight Certificate Seminar
Over the past year we have experienced extraordinary growth in interest in the UH Strategic Foresight Certificate Program. This year our April session sold out [...]
Using Causal Layered Analysis to Engage Emerging Leaders in Thinking About Houston’s Future
Moving towards greater collaboration between the Houston Foresight program and Center for Houston’s Future (CHF), Masters graduate alum Kimberly Daniels facilitated an afternoon foresight exercise [...]
Hannah Kim Wins 2019 Student Recognition Program
It is a great pleasure to announce that just-graduated Houston Foresight Master's student Hannah Kim won the Master's category for the year's APF Student Recognition [...]
Exploring the Built Environment for CII
Dr. Andy Hines, assistant professor and coordinator of the foresight graduate program led a team to explore “Future of Built Environment” over the fall semester. [...]
Houston Foresight Spring 2019 Newsletter
As we close out the Spring 2019 semester, it's a good time to reflect on some of the semester's highlights ,as they were captured in [...]
Student in the News: Mohammed Al Muhairi
A recent news story in Dubai featured the headline: Mohammed Al Muhairi prepares for the Master's journey with passion! Dubai police is sending the first [...]
2019 Spring Gathering Introduces the Future
Since we spend so much time and effort explaining what foresight is to people new to it, we thought it would be useful to spend a day reviewing our various approaches and strategies for doing so.
Forest Futures: High Tide in Dorchester
I recently saw a documentary on Dorchester County (Maryland Eastern Shore) and how sea level rise has impacted it. The Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, established [...]
August 2019 "Certificate XXII" Foresight Seminar Registration is OPEN!
Over the past year we have experienced extraordinary growth in interest in the UH Strategic Foresight Certificate Program. Our April "Certificate XXI" session sold out [...]
Forest Futures: Drones in the forest
How are drones being used to help manage forests? Is it local or world-wide? First, let's distinguish between drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), and Unmanned [...]
Book Review: Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright
Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright is a book about conceptualizing and creating a post capitalist society. Rather than a strong advocation for any [...]