SOI-067 Understanding Megatrends

Domain
Instructor Roberto Poli
Modality In presence
Duration 6 hours
ECTS 1
Period Second semester
Dates

21/03/2023 at 17:00 - 19:00
28/03/2023 at 17:00 - 19:00
30/03/2023 at 17:00 - 19:00

Details Course Code: SOI-067

Course objectives

Megatrends refer to a coordinated series of changes that have been going on for many years and promise to last for a long time ahead. Megatrends are so deeply embedded in the overall functioning of the world that the mere idea of trying to reverse one seems implausible.

The course presents some basic aspects of Futures Studies and analyses three different megatrends using data from demography, geopolitics, and urban planning. Students will be asked to discuss the data and figure out possible solutions.

Texts

Working with the future, Bocconi University Press, 2019
(also in Italian: Lavorare con il futuro, Egea, 2019)