WTMC Spring Workshop “Endangered Futures”

From 8 to 10 April 2024, WTMC will organize the next WTMC Spring Workshop on ‘Endangered Futures’.

Currently, societies all over the world grapple with a number of crises triggered by climate change, the loss of biodiversity, geopolitical tensions and societal polarization. Some even speak of an age of ‘polycrisis’ in which human presence on planet Earth is seriously endangered. Instead of simply adopting such a cataclystic rhetoric, this workshop invites participants to take one step back and look at the topic of ‘endangered futures’ from an STS perspective. Studying the creation, evolution and reception of ‘futures’ and ‘crises’ in different societal domains have been vital topics of STS research for decades. Together with colleagues who have developed different takes on the issue, we will take stock of rich past and ongoing research in the field. Moreover, we will use the workshop as a platform to engage participants and lecturers in a critical discussion on how STS scholarship on ‘futures’ can function as a productive intermediary or means of intervention in a world full of tensions.

Please note that the workshop is being organised as an on-site, residential event at Study and Conference Center Soeterbeeck in Deursen-Dennenburg. Attendance to the three full days is mandatory.

Confirmed Speakers

Confirmed speakers at this workshop are: Josie Chambers, Corelia Baibarac-Duignan, Kim Hendrickx  Joppe van Driel, Vincent Lagendijk, Evelien de Hoop