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DAISY_HorizonEurope

@daisyproject.bsky.social

🌀 At #IASC2025, a panel chaired today by Alex Franklin & @ilkhom-soliev.bsky.social from DAISY spotlighted how media, gender, governance, and commons intersect with biodiversity. From news to nature-based solutions—research met action across scales. #SocietalTransformation #Commons #Biodiversity

XX Biennial Conference June 16-20, 2025 | Amherst, MA, USA

Regenerating the Commons: Addressing Pressing Concerns Through Learning about the Past and Innovating into the Future

2025.iasc-commons.org

June 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM

Technische Universität München

@tum.de

Our university receives funding by the
@dfg.de for four renewed and three newly approved #ClustersofExcellence!👏Research areas include #energy, #quantumtech, #health, and #societaltransformation. Congrats to all researchers involved! go.tum.de/844846 🎉

@wissenschaftsrat.de
📷 @prolehre.bsky.social

TUM to receive funding for seven Clusters of Excellence

In future, seven Clusters of Excellence at TUM and its cooperation partners will be funded.

go.tum.de

May 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM

Akinee

@akineem.bsky.social

🧐 #PeterLeyden on Free Think #Futurism #Ai #CleanEnergy #Bioengineering #SocietalTransformation
youtu.be/-zoCpFfOH04?...

2025: The end of our world as we know it | Peter Leyden

YouTube video by Freethink

youtu.be

October 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM

INVEST Research Flagship Centre

@invest-flagship.bsky.social

One week left to join INVEST Conference 2026! So far, around 180 participants have registered, and the programme features more than 100 presentations across a wide range of topics related to #inequality, #humandevelopment, and #societaltransformation.

Register now!

invest.utu.fi/conference/

INVEST Conference 2026 - INVEST Research Flagship Centre

Building equal societies: from scientific findings to societal transformation.

invest.utu.fi

April 14, 2026 at 7:24 AM

Alef Trust

@aleftrust.bsky.social

In the new peer-reviewed article, ‘The Seeds We Sow: From #Polycrisis and -Isms to Interbeing and #SocietalTransformation’, Professor #ChristineWamsler explores how spiritual and scientifically grounded approaches can strengthen resilience, and restore connection,

🌍 doi.org/10.47061/jas...

July 22, 2026 at 6:24 AM

Journal of Futures Studies

@jfsfutures.bsky.social

jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How can the novel #futures method 'Paradox Probing' help us explore #transformativefutures for #peace? How does peace materialize in #society, in spaces – especially in the new emerging #societaltransformation? Find out in this insightful article by Sirkka Heinonen,

Teasing Paradoxes to Explore Transformative Futures of Peace * Journal of Futures Studies

This paper discusses the outcome of a methodologically innovative foresight exercise. A Futures Clinique was conducted to address paradoxes of peace. For the purpose, a novel method of 'paradox probin...

jfsdigital.org

June 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM

SquaredTech

@squaredtech.bsky.social

Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Make Work Optional Soon #ElonMusk #AI #FutureOfWork #SocietalTransformation
www.squaredtech.co/elon-musk-ai...

"Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Make Work Optional Soon"

Elon Musk predicts AI will make work optional and money irrelevant within 10 to 20 years, transforming society and productivity.

www.squaredtech.co

November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM

JPI Climate & MAGICA bridging the gap between science and policy

@jpiclimatemagica.bsky.social

Huge thanks to our speakers, participants & our colleagues from #JPIClimate & #MAGICA for their hard work behind the scenes & to our hosts @belspo.be

Look out for our post event write-up for more insights.

#Equinox #ClimateEconomics #ClimatePolicy #SocietalTransformation