Ed Finn

Imagining a Writer’s Toolkit for Hopeful Climate Futures from Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination

Fresh off the wire: a toolkit for speculative fiction writers interested in imagining hopeful climate futures: climatefictionwritersleague.substack.com/p/imagining-...

What happens when an imminent threat becomes the centerpiece of culture? This question is at the heart of ‘Return to Sender’ by Sarena Ulibarri, our latest #freefictionfriday piece, and part of Our Radioactive Neighbors, CSI’s latest collection. Get a copy here! 🔗 : csi.asu.edu/books/radnei...

Our Radioactive Neighbors - Center for Science and the Imagination A collection of fiction, nonfiction and art that explores how sharing space with a facility for storing nuclear waste might shape a community's future, guided by insights about land, justice, governan...

Excited to share our latest book!

Technically grounded, hopeful futures tackling a pernicious challenge: the ethics and practicalities of storing nuclear waste. Check out Our Radioactive Neighbors online and download your free copy!

Read it here:
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary

Oh were you at that faculty meeting too?

Immerse friends, family — or yourself — in climate futures over the holidays » Yale Climate Connections 12 works of climate fiction for the climate warriors on your gift list.

Thank you to @climateconnections.bsky.social for featuring our book Climate Imaginatjon alongside We Will Rise Again and a whole slate of excellent-looking new climate futures books for your reading pleasure! yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/imme...

Searching for Hopeful Climate Futures in the Present Join Future Tense online to discuss a new book, Climate Imagination: Dispatches from Hopeful Futures.

In case you missed it, video from our book launch conversation for Climate Imagination: Dispatches from Hopeful Futures is now live: www.newamerica.org/future-tense...

On the Urgency of Climate Change, Creating Hope in a Crisis, and the Limits of Western Storytelling It’s genuinely difficult to cultivate a hopeful perspective on the climate crisis, and prospects for climate action, in 2025. While I was writing this introductory note, COP30, this year’s United N…

A new roundtable on climate futures featuring our Climate Imagination authors Vandana Singh, @libia.bsky.social, Gu Shi, and Hannah Onoguwe, along with my co-editor Joey Eschrich:

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A copy of "Climate Imagination: Dispatches from Hopeful Futures" edited by Joey Eschrich and Ed Finn on a plain background. The cover features a dreamlike illustration of a green field beneath a blue and cloudy sky.

"Climate Imagination," edited by Joey Eschrich & @edfinn.bsky.social, brings together global voices to share stories of resilience and inspire hope for positive climate futures through short speculative fiction, essays, and visual art. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255366...

Climate, Hope, and the Global Community: A Conversation with Ed Finn and Joey Eschrich by Arley Sorg Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Glad to see this interview with me and Joey Eschrich live on @clarkesworldmagazine.com today! Topics include: our new Climate Imagination book, my itinerant upbringing, the mysteries of editing, and our good fortune in working together for over a decade!
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Join us on Thursday, December 4, at 10 AM for a virtual conversation exploring how fiction can help shape our vision of better social policies. Moderator @edfinn.bsky.social will join @drkarenlord.bsky.social , @annaleen.bsky.social , Malka Older, and Craig Calhoun.

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Climate Imagination When we think of climate, the stories we tell about the future are often catastrophic: megastorms, crop failures, and heat waves loom over us, sending a sign...

OUT TODAY! Very excited to share our new anthology Climate Imagination with the world.

CAPITALISM: If you order directly from the publisher in the US today, December 2, 2025, you can receive a 30% discount using the code MITP30. Perfect for those larger stockings.

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How to imagine a climate future you want to work toward An interview on climate anxiety and community health. Plus: What’s “carcinogen”? + How to get your immune system in tip-top shape

🤔How can we decrease our anxiety about the future?

🔮"If we want to change the future, we need to change the story we’re telling about the future," says @edfinn.bsky.social , the director of ASU's Center for Science and Imagination, in his conversation with @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social.

In a recent interview for the Siemens Xcelerator Community, author and Professor @edfinn.bsky.social joins David Erhard and Bill Johnston in examining the critical role that imagination plays in helping us solve complex, modern-day challenges.
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🤖Can today’s science fiction become tomorrow’s guidebook for change?

🎙️TPN founder Zachary Karabell & TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas sat down with @edfinn.bsky.social the visionary behind @imaginationasu.bsky.social & academic director of Future Tense, to talk about it

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One to One - Future Cities: Tori Herridge meets Gisela Detrell - BBC Sounds Could designing a city on Mars help us live better here on Earth?

Ooh! Another chance to catch my mini-series on Future Cities on Radio 4!

Last night I spoke with @GiselaDetrell cities on Mars, and what that can teach us about the future of urban life here on Earth

catch up: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Next up (18/09) it's @edfinn.bsky.social

Happy birthday Matt! You’re off to a strong start!

Can Flavor Make Scientific Sense? Cooking is an inherently technological process. Will automation take the human touch out of culinary experiences?

And don't miss the response essay by home-team champ Christy Spackman on the science of flavor

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The Middle What happens when a chef’s job is taken over by a robot? Explore how the mechanization of labor could transform the restaurant industry.

Fresh futures still hot from the oven! Check out @erinkwagner.bsky.social's new Future Tense Fiction story "The Middle," a tale of fine dining, automation and labor politics in the shadow of climate chaos. Delicious!

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In the latest episode of the Federal News Network’s “What’s Working in Washington?” CSI Founding Director @edfinn.bsky.social joins entrepreneur Jonathan Aberman in examining our ever-revolving relationship with AI.

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YouTube video by The Foresight Institute Ed Finn On How Science Fiction Inspires Real-World Innovation

The Existential Hope Podcast
Ed Finn, founding director of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination, explores the impact of storytelling on our ability to envision and create better futures and more hopeful narratives. 🌈
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AI: Friend or foe? The answer may not be that simple.

Check out the latest episode of “We Mean Business”, where @edfinn.bsky.social examines the role and future of AI in storytelling, art, and marketing.

Check it out at the link below!
🔗https://businessjournalism.org/2025/05/ai-and-art/

AI’s evolving role in art, storytelling and marketing | The Reynolds Center In this episode, Ed Finn talks about imagination in the context of technology and the potential for AI-generated marketing to connect with audiences.

A conversation about AI and creative work with ASU Cronkite student journalist Ananya Bhargava. Thanks Reynolds Center for the conversation!

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Sometimes writing a book chapter feels like holding an egg with a teaspoon while running the mile, except that you also need to do it in a way that nobody else has ever done it before.

#AcademicSky #HigherEd 🧪🎢 ⚛️

Starting to suspect that the prize for reading all the bad news is just…more bad news?

In this episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social and Brendan O’Connor unpack the science of imagination — how we use memory to build futures, how stories help us connect, and why imagination is essential for navigating a complex world.

🎧 Tune in now on: csi.asu.edu/podcast/

If I'm reading this right, Trump has terminated $363,420,951 in existing NEH grants - literally a drop (0.000054%) in the federal budget, but of immense impact on the communities and people and disciplines which receive them. Utterly vile.

How do you govern the unknown? 🤔

On this week’s episode of The Imagination Desk, @edfinn.bsky.social sits down with @aarathikrishnan.bsky.social, to talk about why imagination is essential — not just for artists and storytellers, but for decision-makers, too.

🎧 Listen now: lnkd.in/grTZXaRy

This was such a great conversation!