Glasgow Changing Futures - University of Glasgow

Shaping Healthy and Equitable Futures: Reflections for World Futures Day on 2 December Each year, World Futures Day invites individuals, institutions, and communities around the world to pause and consider the longer-term trajectories shaping our shared lives. Originating as a global in...

🌎 Today we celebrate World Futures Day (WFD), adopted by the @unesco.org General Conference in November 2021.

💭 To mark the day, @pmeierprof.bsky.social shares her thoughts on shaping healthy and equitable futures and reflections from Dubai Futures Forum.

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💷 The second round of the University of Glasgow’s GRID Civic Grant Fund will see 24 grassroots and community voluntary initiatives in Glasgow receive a share of upwards of £55,000 in funding.

📰Read the full story here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

@uofglasgow.bsky.social has partnered with The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice to launch Worthwhile Wardrobe.

🔄 To reduce waste, shoppers are encouraged to buy second-hand, with the option to return items and receive a discount

Find out more: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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Sign up now to join discussions about what a positive vision for the future of Glasgow, Scotland and the world might look like.

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Explore new insights into healthy, equitable and sustainable futures at the launch of ‘Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future’, with co-author Keir Milburn.

📅Thursday 27th November
🕐1-3pm
📍Room 102, Clarice Pears Building, University of Glasgow

👫 The Catalyst Lab is a unique, design-led knowledge exchange infrastructure aimed at transforming how our sector collaborates with external organisations and communities to tackle urgent, real-world challenges.

🤝 In this phase external stakeholders were invited to co-create future solutions to health inequality. Participants from both phases will then come together to identify points of divergence and opportunities to forge new partnerships.

A collage of photos depicting a design session using cards, post-it notes and building blocks.

🚀 Phase 2 of GCF’s Healthy and Equitable Futures Catalyst is under way: the first of four workshops took place on Monday at The Hunterian.

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#DesignThinking
#HealthEquity

📢 Register now for the Prevention Research 2026, 4-5 March, Birmingham

🔗 Go to: preventionresearch26.co.uk

Applications close TOMORROW – don’t miss out!

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UofG Internship opportunity 📣

Learn Together, a GCF-funded project, is recruiting for an intern to support with the development and delivery of workshops and training resources aiming to upskill researchers in engaging ethically with communities.

🚨 ICYMI @pmeierprof.bsky.social, GCF HEF Academic Lead spoke to @kezdugdale.bsky.social about public health modelling.

🎧 New episode of Spotlight, the podcast from @uofgpolicy.bsky.social and the @uofglasgow.bsky.social is available now: www.uofgspotlight.com

#PublicHealth #UofGSpotlight

GCF Sustainable Futures Academic Lead, Prof Jaime L. Toney and VP (Research & Knowledge Exchange), Prof Chris Pearce, joined academics from across Scotland, funders and policymakers at an event hosted by @scotlandbnz.bsky.social & SFC, Tackling the Climate Emergency.

#BeyondNetZero

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: IPCC Cities Reviewer Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Your expertise can help shape the IPCC Special Report on Cities! Join us in a webinar hosted by Wellcome and the University of Alberta on October 15, 2025 (15:00–16:00 GMT) on how health experts can ...

📢 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change seeks experts to review the first draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities.

🎟️ To learn more about becoming a reviewer, join the webinar hosted by @wellcometrust.bsky.social & @ualberta.bsky.social on 15th October: tinyurl.com/5x6xpxcf

Storytelling Through Photography: Climate Change and Mental Health Photo exhibition

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Storytelling Through Photography: Climate Change and Mental Health Photo exhibition

On Tuesday 7th October, an exhibition will be held at the @uofgarc.bsky.social showcasing entries from the student-led photography competition, Storytelling Through Photography: Making the Impacts of Climate Change on Mental Health Visible.

Building practice for a JUST future Activate the power of participation to tackle social, political and environmental challenges.

🧵 3/3 📹 The webinar will be recorded. Attendees get exclusive info on joining the Practice-Builders Network.
Questions? Email: justtransition@youngfoundation.org
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#JustTransition #Sustainability #SocialChange #Webinar #Democracy #ClimateJustice

🧵 2/3 Learn how communities of practice are driving real-world action in:
🗳️ Democratic innovation
💸 Social & solidarity economies
🏗️ Built & social infrastructures

Building practice for a JUST future Activate the power of participation to tackle social, political and environmental challenges.

🧵 1/3 🚨 Interested in building a just, sustainable future? Join the @manchester.ac.uk @justcentre.bsky.social & @theyoungfdn.bsky.social webinar on Oct 7! 🌍✨
Explore the new Practice-Builders Network mobilising changemakers across sectors.
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Display of materials from the catalyst workshops, including post-it notes, prompts and handwritten propositions.

🚀 The Catalyst Lab showcased design-led futures thinking for GCF's Healthy & Equitable Futures focus area at the ArtsLab Showcase today!
🔍 Insights from summer workshops with @uofglasgow.bsky.social staff
🤝 Next external partners tackle health inequality
🌍 Co-creating inclusive futures
#HealthEquity

🌟Don't miss out - only 2 more days to apply for this unique opportunity with GCF

As Professor Jaime Toney, GCF academic lead for Sustainable Futures, reminded us: “The future’s collaborative”.

Read our full report of the discussion here 👇 www.gla.ac.uk/explore/glas...

At last week’s GCF event, Sir Michael Marmot and an interdisciplinary panel of experts called for a multi-solving approach to tackle the interconnected global challenges of health inequality and the climate crisis.

Sir Marmot will be joined by Manira Ahmad, Chief Officer at Public Health Scotland, Professor Jaime L. Toney, Professor Rich Mitchell, and Professor Jude Robinson. The panel will be moderated by Professor Petra Meier.

...and it's sold out! There are no more tickets left for Multi-Solving for a Healthy, Equitable and Sustainable Future, today’s panel discussion with @michaelmarmot.bsky.social 🌍

Interested in supporting the programme? Find out more and apply!👇

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📣Job Opportunity – Glasgow Changing Futures Coordinator

GCF is looking for a data-driven person to lead on the development and management of processes and data-informed systems that will enable the delivery of our strategic programme.

🎧 Research Stories - a new podcast from @UofGlasgow.

Ep 1 features Prof Christina Young sharing how laser technology is uncovering the hidden stories in historic paintings.

🎙️ Listen now: www.gla.ac.uk/research/pod...

#ResearchStories #AcademicPodcast #ArtConservation

Coast-R Annual Forum 2025: Co-creating Resilient Coasts - Coast R Network 11-12 September 2025 University of Glasgow How can we work well together across interfaces to build more resilient coastal communities and seas? *Interfaces refer to working with communities of people...

At the @UofGARC from 11-12 September 2025, collaborators have the opportunity to come together to co-create resilient coastal futures through a mix of workshops, activities and discussions.

Register now – don’t miss out!

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⌛1 MORE DAY to sign up to join the Coast-R Network Annual Forum 2025: Co-creating Resilient Coasts. 🌊