Shape Tomorrow Together returns with new opportunities for challenge-led collaboration

This autumn, Leeds Institute for Societal Futures will launch a new phase of Shape Tomorrow Together (STT), our framework for addressing complex societal challenges through collaborative research and innovation. 

The challenges facing society are too complex for any one organisation, discipline or sector to tackle alone. STT brings together researchers, communities, policymakers, industry partners and people with lived experience to explore these challenges and co-produce responses, drawing on different forms of knowledge, expertise and experience. 

Through STT, Leeds Institute for Societal Futures supports co-produced, transdisciplinary and challenge-led approaches, creating opportunities for ideas, partnerships and research to grow into innovation, policy, practice and positive societal change.  

Further details, including the priority challenge questions and opportunities to get involved, will be released shortly. Keep an eye on future Leeds Institute for Societal Futures' comms for the full announcement. 

Want to see what emerged from last year's programme? Explore the projects supported through Shape Tomorrow Together 2026/27 and the partnerships that helped bring them to life.