All the work on this site has been developed as part of funded research projects carried out both in the UK and in Sweden.

The ESRC ‘Educational Futures’ Seminar Series (2008–2010) — in collaboration with Carey Jewitt, Mike Sharples, Richard Sandford, Simon Mauger — which led to the development of the ‘agency/uncertainty’ matrix.

The UKRI/AHRC ‘Connected Communities’ Leadership Fellowship (2012-2018) — where Bryony Enright’s empirical research provided important insights into the significance of time in structuring relationships, and offered connections with Michelle Bastian and Johan Siebers that provided essential theoretical resources.

The Anticipation Rockefeller Bellagio Meeting (2013) — which provided an important seedbed for reflecting on the role of change and time in imagining futures.

The Brigstow InstituteFunded, ‘Educating the Temporal Imagination’ project  (2020) — in collaboration with Solveig Roth and Penny Hay — which led to the development of the clay workshop.

The Brigstow Institute Funded ‘Woven Earth/ Cultivating Interdependence Between Land and People’ project (2020) – in collaboration with Miriam McDonald and Rob Owen – which supported a growing attention to the rhythms of the natural world.

The British Academy ‘Times of a Just Transition’ Global Convening Programme (2023-2026) — in collaboration with Michel Alhadeff-Jones, Jason Allen-Paisant, Daniel Barber, Michelle Bastian, Diana Alexandra Bernal Arias, Heeten Bhagat, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Frida Buhre, Daniela De Fex Wolf, Peter De Souza, Catherine Dussault, Diana Eriksson Lagerqvist, Arturo Escobar, Gabriella Gomez-Mont, Håvard Haarstad, Andrew Hom, Nomi Claire Lazar, Luke Kaplan, Nomusa Makhubu, Bronwen Morgan, Sidney Muhangi, Ruth Ogden, Alison Oldfield, Zarina Patel, Matthew Scobie, Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Johannes Stripple and Astrid Ulloa — which has provided a supportive collegiate community for interrogating these issues over three years.

The ESRC Funded Centre for Sociodigital Futures (2023-2027) – which supports Keri’s theoretical work on time and futures and provides partners and sites for exploring this empirically. 

The BA Knowledge Translation Award ‘Visualising Time’ (2024) — in collaboration with Phil Tovey, The Department for Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Defra) —which led to the early iterations of the time cards and the ‘When are we?’ game.

The ESRC Impact Acceleration Award (2024–2025) – in collaboration with the Environment Agency, The Bristol and Avon Water Catchment Area, Professor Penny Johnes — as well as a range of other contributors — which led to the further development of the ‘When are we?’ game.