Urban Futures Lab

Future-proof your city with strategic foresight for urban resilience

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While cities are incubators for innovation, 80% are unprepared for current challenges, resulting in cascading crises. Our research with urban decision-makers revealed they lack confidence in their policies, rely on outdated methodologies, and struggle to access relevant data for forward-thinking urban planning. Policymakers operate with outdated information and limited foresight tools. This costs cities up to €60M yearly. Existing solutions fail to meet the urgent need for actionable, future-oriented insights.

Urban Futures Lab provides foresight as a service specifically for urban challenges. Unlike traditional consultancies, we combine computational data analysis tools, horizon scanning to identify emerging trends and speculative scenario planning that help policymakers visualize and prepare for multiple futures.

Our team has expertise in urban and computational design and emerging technologies. We’re at the intersection of design, data science, and urban strategy – the cross-disciplinary approach needed to address complex urban challenges.