What is citizen science? What do you think of when you hear the word ‘science’? Do you think of high-tech laboratories with expensive equipment? Or,…
Earlier in May, Dublin was selected as one of four cities to pilot the implementation of the Digital Rights Governance Framework – a UN-Habitat…
Earlier in May, Academy of the Near Future teamed up with José Guerrero Vela from PhotoVoice Galapagos to deliver a two-part workshop series to…
Having reached over 1,000 TY students in our first year of school outreach, the Academy of the Near (ANF) team is planning our next phase of…
‘Design Your Future City’ (DYFC) Week was an exciting week-long innovation programme that ran from March 21 - 25th for Transition Year students to…
With the summer holidays quickly approaching, we’ve had an opportunity to reflect on the past 2021/2022 academic year here at the Academy of the Near…
This Wednesday marked our final workshop of the 2021/2022 academic year here at Academy of the Near Future. Transition Year and First Year students…
Academy of the Near Future is a collaboration based education programme, in partnership between CONNECT, at Trinity College Dublin, and the Smart…
Screenshot from co-design workshop Visioneers is the Academy of the Near Future's Transition Year programme, funded by Science Foundation Ireland’s…
Academy of the Near Future is a smart cities education programme being developed by Dublin City Council, Smart Docklands and CONNECT, the…