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27/09/2026

VOICES OF WISDOM: REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE

How do we imagine a future we have yet to experience?

Students take this question beyond the classroom by listening to people whose experiences offer valuable insights into change, uncertainty, and possibility.

Their conversations reveal hopes worth pursuing, concerns worth considering, and lessons worth carrying forward.

The future may be uncertain, but the choices shaping it are already being made today.

🎬 A Futures Thinking Project

26/09/2026

WISDOM FOR TOMORROW | VOICES OF WISDOM

The future is often imagined through new ideas and emerging possibilities—but wisdom from lived experience also has a place in shaping what comes next.

In this student documentary, conversations become opportunities to reflect on change, uncertainty, hope, and responsibility.

By listening to different perspectives, students discover that futures thinking is not only about asking “What might happen?” but also “What can we do today?”

🎬 A Futures Thinking Project

Congratulations to Prof. Jezreel Larry R. Caunca, Director of the NWU PhilForesight Institute and Assistant Department H...
26/09/2026

Congratulations to Prof. Jezreel Larry R. Caunca, Director of the NWU PhilForesight Institute and Assistant Department Head of the Social Sciences and Humanities Department, on the successful publication of his research article:

“Awareness and Insights of Sangguniang Kabataan Chairpersons in Laoag City for Enhancing Sustainable Agriculture, Ensuring Food Security, and Promoting Climate Action”

Published in the International Review of Multidisciplinary Research (IRMR), Vol. 1 No. 11 (2026), the study examines the awareness, engagement, and futures-oriented perspectives of Sangguniang Kabataan Chairpersons in Laoag City, highlighting youth leadership in sustainable agriculture, food security, climate action, and anticipatory governance.

The NWU College of Arts and Sciences celebrates this contribution to scholarship, youth governance, sustainability, and futures thinking.

Congratulations, Prof. Caunca! Continue advancing research today and shaping more sustainable, resilient, and futures-ready communities.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.67167/vertex.409

20/09/2026

Futures in Practice: How Futures Thinking Will Shape Us as Students

Our images of the future influence our actions in the present. Through contrasting narratives of feared and preferred futures, students explore what creates hope, anxiety, and uncertainty—and how imagining desirable futures can become a starting point for meaningful action.

18/09/2026

Futures in Practice: How Futures Thinking Will Shape Us as Students

Not every future begins with us. This film examines how family, culture, education, technology, and society shape students' assumptions about what their lives are “supposed” to become. By uncovering these inherited expectations, students ask which futures they want to preserve, challenge, or reimagine.

By BA Political Science 3A Students

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