Knowledge Hub

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Here you can find resources created through our project and curated external resources to delve deeper into the key concepts and practices of Future Narratives.

Explore storytelling and narrative at the personal, community and societal levels, futures thinking and Futures Literacy, and activation and facilitation with young people.

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  Stories in Seville: Online Workshops with Alim Kamara and Chené Swart

  Added: 28th August 2025

  As part of our first transnational workshop in Seville, participants joined online sessions with storytelling experts Alim Kamara and Chené Swart. Alim, a British-Sierra Leonean rapper and storyteller, shared how voice, movement, and authenticity can transform storytelling into a powerful… View
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  The Photo Album of Discarded Stories or a Universe of Stars

  Added: 28th August 2025

  By Jenni Schüßler In this reflective piece, Jenni Schüßler uses the metaphor of a childhood photo album filled with “discarded” images to explore how narratives shape our sense of self, past, and future. Drawing on insights from the Future Narratives… View
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  Why We All Need to Be More Futures Literate

  Added: 28th August 2025

  In our webinar, economist and futures literacy expert Dr. Stefan Bergheim showed why futures literacy is a vital skill for navigating complexity. Through a playful “party preparation” exercise, participants explored how everyday decisions reveal the mental models we use to… View
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  Framing the Future with Fiction

  Added: 28th August 2025

  In this webinar, Dr. Will Slocombe (University of Liverpool) explored how speculative fiction can expand our capacity to think about the future. Rather than predicting gadgets or breakthroughs, science fiction reveals the systems and consequences around them – “not just… View
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  Unlocking Agency Through Story

  Added: 28th August 2025

  In this webinar, creativity facilitator Ismet “Izzy” Mamnoon shared how storytelling can be a transformative practice for personal growth, empathy, and collective change. Drawing on tools like three-part stories and story mining, Izzy demonstrated how reflecting on our narratives helps… View
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  Imagining Futures Through Performance

  Added: 28th August 2025

  In this webinar, theatre-maker and futures thinker Pedro de Senna introduced Performance for Futures – a methodology that blends theatre and futures thinking to make alternative futures tangible, embodied, and emotionally resonant. Moving beyond charts and scenarios, the practice draws… View
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  Performance for Futures: A Futures Literacy Theatre Lab in Practice

  Added: 28th August 2025

  In our webinar, Pedro de Senna reflects on his pioneering Performance for Futures workshop held on the island of Lesbos in 2019 with unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors. Building on UNESCO’s Futures Literacy Lab framework, the project replaced conventional tools with theatre-based… View
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  Stories for the Future of Europe

  Added: 28th August 2025

  By young people living in Greece, introduced by Amerissa Giannouli This blog presents the imaginative work of 15 young people in Greece who took part in the Designing the Future of Europe programme, inspired by Futures Literacy and Future Narratives…. View
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  Education in 2050: A Future Narratives Lab

  Added: 27th August 2025

  by Jenni Schüßler, Machart This blog presents the outcomes of a Future Narratives Lab held in Krefeld, Germany, where young participants explored the role of education and mental health in shaping futures. Through the Futures Literacy Lab process (reveal, reframe,… View
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  The Magical Work of Narratives

  Added: 27th August 2025

  By Alicia Ocon, European Project Manager, Andalucía Acoge In this deeply personal reflection, Alicia Ocon explores how narratives—those told to us, those we tell ourselves, and those we dream—shape our sense of past, present, and future. Drawing from family memories,… View
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  Creating Narratives, Creating Realities

  Added: 27th August 2025

  By Natalia Italiano, Andalucía Acoge In this reflective blog, Natalia Italiano shares her personal journey into Futures Literacy and the transformative power of narratives. She explores how the stories we tell—whether societal, personal, or everyday—shape our perceptions, influence our decisions,… View
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  Back to the Future – Theatre as a Qualitative Enrichment of New Narratives

  Added: 27th August 2025

  By Mathias Huppenbauer Drawing inspiration from the film Back to the Future, this blog explores how time travel metaphors and Futures Literacy methods can help us rethink our past, present, and possible futures. Mathias Huppenbauer highlights theatre as a powerful… View