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Inauguration des UNESCO-Lehrstuhls an der PH NÖ
In the presence of Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner, the UNESCO Chair in Learning and Teaching Futures Literacy in the Anthropocene was officially established on 13 May 2024 at the University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria in Baden. In his keynote speech, Jan Zalasiewicz introduced the hard facts of the Anthropocene, which need to be translated into the language of the students, as Rector Erwin Rauscher emphasised. This requires imagination and narration. Developing educational programmes that strengthen the power of imagination and using positive futures narratives for this purpose is the central task of the UNESCO Chair of Carmen Sippl (Chairholder) and Karin Tengler (Co-Chairholder) with the team of the Centre Futures Literacy of the PH NOW – who cordially invite for cooperation.
To the press release of the PH NÖ incl. photo album
To the press release of the state of Lower Austria
Discourse on Futures Literacy
Various groups, from futurologists and educators to politicians and designers, are concerned with Futures Literacy as a "future shaping competence". Whether Futures Literacy has now become an "umbrella term" and what the theoretical basis of this political pedagogy actually is was discussed in the interdisciplinary panel "The many faces of Futures Literacy" (chaired by Christian Dayé/TU Graz, Carmen Sippl & Karin Tengler/UNESCO Chair in Learning and Teaching Futures Literacy in the Anthropocene) at the STS Conference at TU Graz on 7 May 2024 in eight lectures and with numerous international participants – and laid the foundation for discussions and cooperation to further clarify the concept.
Save the date: inaugural event on May 13, 2024
Warm invitation to the inaugural event: On May 13, 2024, the UNESCO Chair 'Learning and Teaching Futures Literacy in the Anthropocene' at the PH NÖ will be solemnly inaugurated by Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner and Secretary General Martin Fritz/ÖUK. Anthropocene researchers Jan Zalasiewicz and Reinhold Leinfelder will speak about 'Futures in the Anthropocene,' Carmen Sippl (Chairholder) and Karin Tengler (Co-Chairholder) will discuss 'Our wonderful workshop of futures' with writer Melanie Laibl.
Thinking Futures in Tartu
How can futures be taught in the classroom? At the University of Tartu in Estonia, futures thinking is already anchored in the curriculum of the teacher training programme. Carmen Sippl and Ioana Capatu from the UNESCO Chair in Learning and Teaching Futures Literacy in the Anthropocene visited colleagues from the Erasmus+-CNL project at the Institute of Education at Tartu University in April 2024 to share their experiences. In the workshop "Arts of Survival: Crazy Futures", they were able to get to know an exciting approach that is carried out in the teacher training programme as part of a seminar on Futures Thinking. Emanuele Bardone and Liisi Pajula confront the students with utopian and dystopian triggers for a possible future. The participants think together about the resulting consequences for the education system of the future. The aim is to be able to imagine alternative futures and develop resilience with a view to an uncertain future. The title of the workshop is based on the motto of Tartu as European Capital of Culture 2024.
UNESCO Chair at the University College of Teacher Education in Lower Austria
With effect from March 1, 2024, the UNESCO Chair in Learning and Teaching Futures Literacy in the Anthropocene will be established at the University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria. Chair Carmen Sippl and Co-Chair Karin Tengler aim to anchor Futures Literacy in teacher education. Networking activities, training sessions, and research projects are planned for this purpose.
