Collaborative Futures is an academic
project which runs in partnership
between the Innovation School at
Glasgow School of Art (GSA) and the
Centre for Civic Innovation (CCI) at
Glasgow City Council over a four month
period. This project forms a significant
part of the Masters of European (MEDes)
final year of study at GSA, and is the third
iteration of Collaborative Futures with CCI
as the project partner.

This year’s brief Glasgow Food
Future(s): Neighbourhoods of
Innovation 2031 asked the project team
to explore the Glasgow food system
and the ways in which it impacts both
people and place in order to help inform
new social innovations for the city. The
project findings incorporate tangible,
future directions and opportunities
communicated as compelling narratives
to support and direct the ongoing work of
the CCI team.

The project builds on the successes
of last year’s Collaborative Futures
project, Glasgow’s Future(s) Stories;
Social Innovation & Participatory
Democracy in 2030, which explored
how citizens can become more involved
in decision-making processes that will
determine the future of the city.

Both projects have at their core an
exploration of social innovation and
speculative futures, storytelling as a
means to communicate ideas and invite
collaboration.