Futures Studies: Exploring Sustainable Futures

Education facts

Code: 1GV213

The course provides an introduction to future studies to study the future of society, the physical world, mechanisms of change, or forces driving change. Here, the methodology is presented as an interdisciplinary system-based way to study and analyse patterns of change in the past, identify driving trends and extrapolate possible alternative scenarios. The emphasis is on the future in the medium (5-20 years) and long-term perspective (>20 years).

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree of at least 180 credits. Participation in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development 10 credits, Sustainable development: worldviews and visions 5 credits, as well as Society and environment 10 credits. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Futures Studies: Exploring Sustainable Futures

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 18 January 2027

  End date: 21 March 2027

  Pace of study: 33 %