Futurizing, often operationalized through futures workshops methodology, is a participatory approach that helps stakeholders explore possible, probable, and preferable futures. It combines critical reflection with creative imagination to question present assumptions and open space for alternative pathways.
Typically, a futures workshop moves through phases of critique, visioning, and implementation, ensuring ideas remain both ambitious and actionable. By engaging diverse participants, the method surfaces tacit knowledge and builds shared ownership of change.
Futures workshops are especially valuable in education and innovation contexts where uncertainty and rapid transformation are the norm.The ENHANCE project, funded under the Erasmus+ Programme, leverages this methodology to strengthen forward-looking capacities in higher education.
Workshops provide a safe space to critically assess current challenges while imagining inclusive and sustainable futures. Participants translate visionary ideas into concrete pilots, roadmaps, and recommendations.
This process bridges the gap between long-term thinking and short-term decision-making. It also builds futures literacy, enabling participants to better anticipate change and act proactively. Through workshops, ENHANCE fosters collaboration, experimentation, and learning across borders.
Next year, the team, implementing the ENHANCE project in Lithuania, plans to organize training on how to use this method. If you are interested in such training, we will be happy to provide more information: egle.butkeviciene@ktu.lt.
