https://doi.org/10.1177/1946756718786325 World Futures Review 1–9 © The Author(s) 2018 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1946756718786325 journals.sagepub.com/home/wfr Article Introduction The future is a central aspect of education. Nonetheless, schools continue to be strongly past-oriented. Although many teachers strug- gle to help students think about their futures, teachers themselves are often unaware of both the theories and methods of Futures Studies and do not know how to conduct a Future Laboratory in their classroom. This article presents the Future Laboratories organized by -skopìa, a recently established start-up of the University of Trento, in both lower intermedi- ate and high schools. The Difference between “Future of” and “Future in” As a first step it is useful to distinguish two different ways to use the future, which we label “future of” and “future in.” The first case, “future of,” usually includes technical exer- cises that require in-depth specific knowledge. If one is interested, say, in the future of mobil- ity, one should collect information on what is happening in the automotive sector (from elec- tric and flying cars to autonomous vehicles and drones). The future of the educational system is another example of “future of.” How should the systems of primary and secondary educa- tion change in the coming decades? What are the active forces influencing their develop- ment? Some forces are already quite visible and indicate precise directions of develop- ment: demographic changes, changes in the labor market, or those of information technol- ogy. Other forces are less clear and allude to changes that may go in completely different 786325WFR XX X 10.1177/1946756718786325World Futures ReviewEmanuelli et al. research-article 2018 1 -skopìa, Trento, Italy 2 University of Trento, Italy Corresponding Author: Roberto Poli, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, 26, Verdi Streeet, 38100 Trento, Italy. Email: roberto.poli@unitn.it Future-Labs in the Classroom: The Experience of -skopìa Chiara Emanuelli 1 , Rocco Scolozzi 1 , Francesco Brunori 1 , and Roberto Poli 1,2 Abstract During the past three years, -skopìa[EDUCATION], the educational branch of the recently established start-up of the University of Trento, -skopìa, has conducted an extensive series of future laboratories in the classroom, working in particular with students aged twelve years old (second year of “medie inferiori”) and fifteen years old (second year of “medie superiori”). Future labs follow an explicit protocol (initial and final tests, three major steps, respectively, focused on the past, the future and the present). Teachers wanting to conduct a lab in their classroom must attend a preliminary training course. Furthermore, all the labs are monitored by -skopìa. Keywords futures laboratories, educational system, training course, visions of the past, jump into the futuro, back to the present