Election campaigns focus on today’s pressures. But NZ’s biggest challenges span decades and may require new institutions.
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Climate activism shouldn’t just be about boycotts and protest – it’s also a chance to imagine a different future.
Andrew Roff’s debut novel, Here Are My Demands, looks forward to an imagined future – but seems more concerned with now.
Salvage is a heartbreaking, life-affirming Australian dystopia that centres human connection – as the rich search for ways to escape and the poor salvage what they can.
Philosopher Immanuel Kant teaches us that even amid turmoil, it is possible — and necessary — to work toward a freer, more just future.
Climate change, biodiversity loss and resource depletion are not isolated problems — they are part of an interconnected web of crises that demand urgent and comprehensive action.
Using films like “The Matrix,” a sociology course examines how factors beyond our control shape the world we live in − in fact and in an imagined future.
The future and its possibilities are something that you actively co-create with others. New research suggests that imagining together makes you closer and more connected to them in the here and now.
Science fiction can be thought of as a film negative of history – a back door into what used to worry people and what gave them hope.
Political scientists describe the age we are living in as “post-political”. This controversial concept refers to a noted lack of political alternatives on a global scale.
People who hold higher levels of hope will be less likely to experience symptoms of depression. Shared hopes are also important for expectations of national and international futures.
We thought after the worst of a global pandemic, young people’s outlook for the future might have improved. Our survey shows they’ve actually gotten worse.
A therapist shares advice for harnessing your stress over climate change and other environmental harms and putting it to work.
Many people think their destiny is written on the stars. It is not.
There may be humans who look more or less like us in the year million, but they won’t be alone.
Your great grandchildren are powerless in today’s society, but the things we do now influence them, for better or worse. What happens when we consider them while we make decisions today?
Moving around cities will change in the future as new technologies like self-driving cars gain wider adoption. Science fiction can give us a glimpse into these futures.
Your background and life experiences seep into the mind’s eye, quietly shaping whether you believe your dreams can come true.
What might our future look like? Together, these speculative fiction stories offer a First Nations response to this burning question.
A new ‘protein roadmap’ produced by CSIRO reveals foods set to fill fridges by 2030 as health, environmental and ethical concerns push consumers away from meat.
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