Lawlor-Morrison, Natasha, Tsay, Han-Huei (Crystal) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4959-0411, Kofinas, Alexander, Jerez Jerez, Maria, Chow, Candice and Klakurka, Jan (2026) Future Tense: tension mapping as a foresight tool for higher education. In: Advance HE International Lifelong Learning Symposium, 21st May, 2026, Online.

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Abstract

In a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world, anticipating the future demands more than environmental scanning. This workshop introduces Tension Mapping — a scenario planning methodology grounded in the discipline of Strategic Foresight. Unlike traditional tools, Tension Mapping surfaces tensions, generating unfamiliar and distinctive scenarios. Its defining innovation is free-choice variable selection: participants choose which tensions to explore, revealing the values and assumptions that shape how we imagine — and create — the futures we inhabit. Participants leave with plausible implications for generative AI in higher education and a practical foresight tool applicable to research, strategy, and decision making.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Other)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	tension mapping, foresight methodologies, higher education, STEEPV, Generative AI
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > L Education (General) T Technology > T Technology (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Greenwich Business School Greenwich Business School > Executive Business Centre Greenwich Business School > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) Greenwich Business School > School of Business, Operations and Strategy
Last Modified:	13 May 2026 14:11
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/53386

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