Europe spent years negotiating, innovating and planning to solve its net-zero energy policy puzzle by 2050. Will Russia’s war on Ukraine reshape the future of energy in the continent?

What if the most interesting ideas are waiting to be unearthed amidst preposterous future scenarios that seem far-fetched, impossible or even ridiculous?

Will artificial intelligence bring an end to the traditional labour market? Fears of mass technological unemployment have a powerful impact on economical policies, but modern economic theory suggests that these fears might be misplaced.

As the cost of traditional building materials rise, the construction industry may learn that going green is shifting from being too expensive to do, to too expensive not to do.

Are you at the beginning of your foresight journey and looking for a way to get your team excited about foresight work? Learn how to organise and facilitate easy-going, engaging foresight sessions with this step-by-step guide.

Futures Platform’s Lead Futurist Dr Tuomo Kuosa analyses the war in Ukraine in relation to the periodic shifts in the zeitgeist, and discusses whether we may be on the cusp of major societal disruption.

Helsinki. Futures Platform, a growth company, founded by futurists, offering a world-leading library of future trends and a SaaS solution for strategic foresight, has taken a pivot from a classic start-up tradition: no more team hoodies.

Poor institutional performance, slow response to the global agenda, and increasing economic inequalities are among the main drivers causing a global decline in trust in public authorities and political leaders.

Futures Platform and Cyberwatch Finland have entered into a collaboration to produce an exclusive add-on content package on cyber security. Upon launch in March 2022 the package contains ca. 20 exclusive trend & phenomenon analyses, as well as three exclusive foresight radars.

In this interview, our Content Director and head of the futurist team, Dr. Tuomo Kuosa, tells about the process of analysing the global impacts of the Ukraine war. He also discusses which one has a more profound impact, the war or the Covid-19 pandemic, and explains the difference between forecasting and foresight.

The electric vehicle revolution has some battles it must win: improve mileage and increase production in the face of limited, difficult-to-acquire rare-earth elements used in current battery technology. How is the industry routing through and around these obstacles?

The fashion industry contributes more to climate change than international air and sea travel and shipping combined, yet it has largely managed to slip under the climate-watch radar – until now. A confluence of the pandemic, climate change awareness and technological advances is bringing more sustainable fabrics to the market than ever before.