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Student Work: A Reality Check on Probability, Possibility and Plausibility
Welcome to another posting of student work from “Alternative Perspectives.” The class was a popular one and, in my view, the quality of work was [...]
Dr. Bishop helping HISD
In November of 2012, Houston voters approved a bond of $1.89 billion to replace and repair 40 schools across HISD. The new and renovated schools [...]
Alum Jason Swanson on Shell's Scenarios
Royal Dutch Shell's New Lens Scenarios By Jason Swanson Shell’s New Lens Scenarios mark the company’s 40th year of working with scenarios that anticipate the [...]
Design Futures
Looking for an awesome futures course to take this summer? Join Dr. Cindy Frewen of and Professor Grag Van Alstyne for Design Futures, a course that [...]
Dr. Bishop to Retire from UH
Dr. Peter Bishop From Dr. Peter Bishop: Colleagues, “All good things must come to an end.” So it is with my full-time appointment [...]
Miss the UH Futurists Gathering?
Dr. Oliver Markley has been kind enough to post an edited audio version of his presentation for our April 13 Designing Urban Futures gathering here. Don't [...]
Futurist: specialist or generalist?
A prospective student raised a question about specialization in foresight in a recent APF listserve conversation. This question is also a frequent one of our Houston Futures grad students. [...]
Alum Phil Gyford Interview by CBC's Spark
Dr. Bishop caught Phil Gyford (’00) on CBC’s Spark program on Sunday, Apr 14. Phil was being interviewed about data longevity and ephemerality, that some [...]
2013 UH Futures Meeting: Designing Urban Futures
Saturday, April 13 the University of Houston’s Futurists hosted the meeting City Making in the 21st Century: Designing Urban Futures. We had an amazing turn out of about 40 attendees...
What do we call it?
It’s been great to hear growing interest in developing the field and profession of _______, um, what do you call it? I looked at this [...]
Certificate Alum Passing it On!
Two of our certificate program alums, Joel Ticknor and Byron Anderson, have developed and are teaching foresight courses, at George Mason University and U of [...]
Journal of Futures Studies – featuring our own Futurists
Congratulations are in order for Houston's own Janet Faulkner and Christopher Manfredi, both published in the March 2013 edition of Journal of Futures Studies. The [...]