helplessness. Futures Thinking can therefore be a pedagogical approach to hope and agency: not naïve optimism, but the ability to imagine alternatives and act toward them.
This last part is also the main message of the interview IJAB held with Antti Rantaniva, Project Manager at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk), Juvenia - Youth Research and Development Centre. Antti has developed a “Futures Coaches” methodology for youth workers on a local level. He presented the manual at the “Futures of Youth Work” workshop hosted by the European Academy on Youth Work in June 2025. Here is the interview: From local to international – futures thinking in Finland. Agenda Preparation: Scanning the present to find hints of the future In preparation for the topic of the DIY²-Lab in December 2025 the participants were invited to a short exercise with the title Signal Spotting - Scanning the present to find hints of the future : The participants were invited to note on a Padlet board trends, challenges and opportunities they see happening in the world right now that might indicate where society is heading (e.g. the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence). The results are visible on the Windows to the Future-Sandbox :
Picture 1: Window to the Future Sandbox
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