News

This section provides an overview of foresight-related news that may be relevant to those involved in strategic foresight within TU Delft.

Voorbeeld D&I nieuws lookup

Grey Rhinos

Beyond that, the university has established a foresight and innovation unit to assist and advise colleagues who want their work to have a perspective on the future. EUA’s Thomas Jorgensen talks to Gert-Jan Scheurwater about managing foresight, risks to universities and the specificities of technical universities.

Navigating complexity: Strategic foresight for Engineering education

For centuries, technology-based innovations and the engineers who invented them have been pivotal drivers of social and economic progress – creating new possibilities and solving new problems. The same is no less true today, indeed the diversity of challenges to be encountered and the technology-based possibilities for addressing them are much greater than ever before.

Future of globalization (Dutch only)

Nieuwe publicatie Toekomst van globalisering: over afhankelijkheid, global commons en het niet-wereldwijde web

We Should Have Anticipated Higher Education’s Grey Rhinos

Grey Rhinos are defined as “highly probable, high impact but yet neglected” systemic disruptions; they are not random surprises (like Black Swan events) but occur after clear warnings and accumulating evidence.

Spotting Grey Swans Using Foresight for Strategy Development in Academia

How can universities adopt more flexible and adaptive approaches to strategy development? Gert-Jan Scheurwater reports on TU Delft’s progress in introducing foresight as a tool to tackle this challenge.

Share this page: