A workshop about health futures by Futures Collective Dundee

Martin Skelly; Chris Lim; Andrew Cook; Amy Rogers; Grant Ross; Suzanne Zaremba

doi:10.20933/100001410

A workshop about health futures by Futures Collective Dundee

Martin Skelly
, Chris Lim
, Andrew Cook
, Amy Rogers
, Grant Ross (Contributing member)
, Suzanne Zaremba (Contributing member)

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Abstract

This publication documents Health Futures, a speculative co-design project led by Futures Collective Dundee in collaboration with young people across the city.

Through a series of creative workshops, participants aged between early teens and young adulthood were invited to imagine, design, and prototype health innovations for the year 2049. The project employed speculative design methods—including futurecasting, artefact creation, and scenario-based thinking—to support meaningful youth engagement in health technology research.

Outputs included a range of conceptual artefacts, such as robotic companions, predictive wearable devices, and emotionally intelligent health tools, reflecting a broad understanding of health that encompasses emotional, social, and physical wellbeing.

The project challenges conventional Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) practices by guiding speculative co-design sessions in a non-clinical setting—specifically, public libraries—to foster inclusive dialogue about future healthcare. The zine captures both the design process and the resulting exhibition, highlighting the role of creativity, criticality and ambiguity in reimagining health futures and the importance of youth perspectives in shaping ethical, accessible, and imaginative health innovations. It includes detailed description and analysis of five prototypes, with visual and written interpretation of them by researchers and professionals in design and healthcare.

Futures Collective Dundee is a group dedicated to exploring alternative futures through speculative design. It’s a collaboration between researchers in Medicine and Design at University of Dundee.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Dundee
Publisher	Futures Collective Dundee
Commissioning body	University of Dundee
Number of pages	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20933/100001410
Publication status	Published - Apr 2025

Keywords

Health
Co-Design
speculative design
Health Futures
Public and Patient Involvement
Youth Engagement
Design Thinking in Healthcare
Futures Thinking
Digital Health Prototypes
Creative Methods in Health Research
Design-led Public Engagement
Library Innovation Spaces
Speculative Prototyping
Critical Making
Predictive Health Technologies
Emotional Wellbeing and Design
Health Literacy through Design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Arts and Humanities
Health(social science)

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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1 Abstract
1 Exhibition
1 Web publication/site

Exploring Sustainable Health Priorities with Young People Through Making and Exhibiting Speculative Health Innovations for the Future
Skelly, M. (Lead / Corresponding author), Cook, A., Rogers, A. & Lim, C., 22 Apr 2025, p. 25-27. 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

Open Access
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Futures Collective Website
Skelly, M. (Lead / Corresponding author), Lim, C. & Rogers, A., 1 Mar 2024
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
Health in the year 2049 - Futures Collective Exhibition
Skelly, M. (Designer), Cook, A. (Designer), Lim, C. (Collaborator) & Rogers, A. (Collaborator), 20 Jun 2024
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

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Exploring Sustainable Health Priorities with Young People Through Making and Exhibiting Speculative Health Innovations for the Future

Futures Collective Website

Health in the year 2049 - Futures Collective Exhibition

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