Welcome to the Futures Conference 2026!
’Sustainability, Temporalities and Futures’ is the 26th international Futures Conference of Finland Futures Research Centre and Finland Futures Academy, University of Turku.
This time we are excited to be able to organise the event together with Sustainability Transformations Doctoral Education Pilot – SusTra.
Futures Conference 2026 focuses on the critical theme of the sustainability transformation. This fundamental shift will renew societal and economic systems and practices, while also enhances human agency, well-being and quality of life. The conference emphasises the importance of temporality by asking what intergenerational decision-making within the limits of planetary boundaries means in practice.
The Call for Papers and Workshops as well as the conference website are now open. Do visit the site and start planning your conference trip to Turku. If you have any questions about the event and its arrangements, do not hesitate to contact our conference secretariat.
Share your latest research results and findings
We invite researchers, scholars, practitioners, decision-makers and students from universities, research institutes, companies, and governmental and non-governmental organisations to share the latest research results, findings and thoughts no later than 2 February 2026.
Save the date and place: 9–10 June 2026, Turku, Finland
The conference will take place on 9–10 June 2026 onsite at the University of Turku, Finland. During the forthcoming months you will find more details about the practical arrangement of the event on the conference website.
The registration will be open in January 2026. Full details about the registration fees will be available latest on November 2025.
’Sustainability, Temporalities and Futures’ focuses on the following questions and beyond:
• What perspectives are related to the fair and just implementation of sustainability transformation in society?
• How can we link long-term thinking with short-term practices to facilitate sustainability transformation in everyday life and decision making?
• What inspiring ways can we imagine sustainable futures?
• What do the ethical aspects of temporalities and sustainability mean in theory and practice?
• What significance and potential does culture have as a driver of sustainability transformation?
• What are the roles of art and different knowledge systems in sustainability transformation?
• How can decision-making and business practices be developed to better recognise and mitigate climate change, biodiversity loss, and the overconsumption of natural resources?
• How can alternative economic models – such as postgrowth or feminist economics – support sustainability transformation?
• What weak signals and wild cards can be detected in the sustainability transformation?
Sustainability, Temporalities and Futures 
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