The World in 2050 – Designing Global Futures

The UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, in partnership with the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany, and UNESCO’s Futures Literacy and Foresight, Management of Social Transformations Programme, is pleased to announce the fourth edition of its Global UNESCO Chair Lecture Series “The World in 2050: Designing Global Futures”.

The international online series brings together leading scholars and practitioners from across the UNESCO Chairs network to explore major global transformations shaping the future, including technological change, sustainability, governance, artificial intelligence, and societal transformation.

Open to participants worldwide, the series will run from October 2026 to January 2027 and aims to strengthen foresight and anticipation capabilities and foster interdisciplinary dialogue on pathways towards sustainable and inclusive futures.

All lectures will take place online via Zoom.
Participation is free of charge.
Language: English
A certificate of attendance is available upon request to participants who have attended at least eight units and must be requested by 15.02.2027.