Collaborative Futures brought together a multidisciplinary team from across the Innovation School at GSA and the Centre for Civic Innovation (CCI) – comprising of two students studying on the Master of European Design programme; two graduates of the Master of Design Innovation programme; and two members of the CCI team – a graphic designer and service design-researcher. The team is diverse in cultural, academic and professional backgrounds, and share a collective interest in engaging communities and understanding the world for a better, more equitable future.

The project centred Glasgow’s food futures and what local neighbourhood ecosystems for Social Innovation could look and feel like in 2031.

Aligned to CCI’s emerging model for embedding design within neighbours in Glasgow, the team engaged with citizens to explore and co-design preferable future experiences for local communities, their cultures, and the places and spaces their inhabit.