We're proud to announce our second Imagination Fellowship program, in collaboration with Leonardo/ISAST, exploring Planetary Health Futures! Applications are due by June 2.

Read CSI’s Joey Eschrich over at Future Tense on the space-opera videogame trilogy Mass Effect, and its obsession with transportation and infrastructure: slate.com/technology/202…

We need creative stories that envision positive climate futures—ones to work towards, not prevent against. Ed Finn (@Zonal) and Joey Eschrich of ASU CSI and Future Tense discuss why climate optimism is a necessary tool. ☁ Read more: bit.ly/3Zktf2c

C. S. Lewis writes science fiction. Africanfuturist cinema. A new collection edited by Chinelo Onwualu. Read the latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter, featuring writing from @jennahanchey + @ek_wagner! mailchi.mp/asu.edu/imagin…

ASU's Leonardo Imagination Fellowship, virtual and open to people everywhere, designed to support the development of all kinds of digital-media projects, is call for applications! I have been working with ASU for several projects and cannot recommend it more! DDL: June 2!

.ASU CSI, New America and Slate’s partnership is making waves in Hollywood, catching moviemakers' attention with its innovative storytelling. Future Tense's “This, But Again,” is being adapted into a film to be directed by actor Ben Stiller: ow.ly/c0yt50OuZjv

Join us June 14 at 9am Pacific for “Reimagining the Future of [X],” a conversation featuring Annalee Newitz is @[email protected], Tobias S. Buckell, August Cole, Amy Johnson, PhD, Tory Stephens 🌱 + Kevin Bankston! Learn more and register (it’s free): csi.asu.edu/calendar/event…

Congratulations to @AtGreenblatt, whose Future Tense Fiction story "If We Make It Through This Alive," about a road race across a future U.S. reshaped by climate chaos, is a finalist for the 2023 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (alongside a number of other amazing stories)!

Can science fiction help us navigate the challenges of the 21st century? Read + listen to CSI's Ed Finn, along with Gerry Canavan (parody) and Ytasha Womack ... Champion for Humanity, pondering that question and more on CBC Radio: cbc.ca/radio/spark/sc…

Delighted to be partnering with CoFutures on this virtual conference! You can watch the livestream at conference.cofutures.org/2023-participa….

Love to see ASU CSI works in the wild! Phillip M Crosby discusses Paolo Bacigalupi’s “Efficiency” from the collection at #unbuilding23. You can download the book for free from ASU CSI’s website! csi.asu.edu/books/cities-o…

ICYMI: Watch the video of our event “Reimagining the Future of [X],” part of our Applied Sci-Fi Project! Featuring Annalee Newitz is @[email protected], Tobias Buckell, August Cole, Amy Johnson, PhD + Tory Stephens 🌱: youtu.be/3QRTm7zUlGo

Watch the latest CSI Skill Tree, featuring the science fiction roleplaying game CITIZEN SLEEPER 2 | OUT NOW!, with developer Gareth Damian Martin | Jump Over the Age + author, researcher, and solarpunk editor @pheebs_w: youtu.be/DYn25fNA0Pk

Supporting veterans in transition: Marine veteran & ASU CSI’s Bob Beard launched the Veterans Imagination Project to empower veterans with future thinking and collaborative imagination skills. Learn more from the current cohort: ow.ly/LSWk50P8Pky

Our friend + collaborator andres martinez reflects on the difficulty of thinking precisely about the future, and the dangers of nostalgia and unrelenting gloom: slate.com/technology/202…

1960s Peruvian speculative fiction. Nier: Replicant. Preparing journalists to cover artificial intelligence. Read the latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter, featuring writing from Mateo Díaz Choza and Devan Hakkal! mailchi.mp/asu.edu/imagin…

We're excited for the debut collaborative science fiction novel from The Nova Aera Collective. 8 writers and artist at Arizona State University came to imagine a compelling futuristic world 'Nova Aera'. syllble.com/the-nova-aera-… ASU CSI @jennahanchey Syllble Studios Fabrice Guerrier Ed Finn

It's Frankenstein Day, folks! Celebrated every year on 8/30 to honor Mary Shelley, who was born #OTD in 1797. A good opportunity to re-up our beautiful edition of her classic novel, expanded with essays & annotations: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262533287/… (#OpenAccess edition available)

This summer, our Solar Tomorrows Fellows created learning materials for all ages about solar tech and opportunities in AZ. Read more over at ASU News and check out the materials for K-12, informal and lifelong learning + journalism: news.asu.edu/20230911-globa…