A recent paper published in the journal Nature Ocean Sustainability encourages us to engage with alternative visions of the future in order to rethink human-ocean relationships and guide decision-making on the high seas. Collectively held visions of the future can help to define goals and create a sense of what is possible and desirable. That way, they can shape the future, according to the study’s authors, including recent Centre MSc graduate Hannah Lübker and Centre researchers Andrew Merrie, Laura Pereira and Juan Rocha. A combination of science and creativityThe authors created future visions by combining computational text analysis of scientific literature, scenario building exercises and science fiction storytelling. They put emphasis on combining empirical data and creative approaches when creating their future visions.