Future Society Design Program

Future Society Design Program
  –Current and Upcoming Programs

Tohoku Transition to Future

Program Theme

This program aims to co–create a citizens–centered vision of a desirable future society around 2050 based on the Transition Design approach, a transdisciplinary approach aimed at addressing the many ‘wicked’ problems confronting 21st–century societies, such as climate change and economic disparity. It is becoming clear that solving wicked problems through only technological advancements is challenging because they are interconnected and always manifest in place and culture–specific ways. Under these circumstances, Tohoku University and participant companies will collaboratively develop a “north–star” vision for our society rather than technology. This effort encourages everyone to make a shared understanding of our desirable future and change their behaviors and socio–economic systems toward it.

Events

Treasure Hunting Workshop   [Jan. 27, 2025 Updated]
(January 24, 2025)

Tohoku Transition to Future: Future Society Design to Capture the “Worldview Transition”: The Activity Report Meeting of the 2024 Future Society Design Program
(March 21, 2025)

Organizers

Makoto Takahashi
(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)

Shuichi Ishida
(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)

Yasuhiro Fukushima
(Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University)

Masaki Iwabuchi
(Design Futurist, JPMorgan Chase & Co, USA)

Poster

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Co–hosted by

Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University