This joint report from the UN Futures Lab/Global Hub and the International Science Council (ISC) explores how strategic foresight is being applied across the Global South. Featuring 14 case studies, the report illustrates how diverse actors, from community organizations to government bodies, are using futures thinking to address real-world challenges and support inclusive, long-term decision-making….
Abstract: Today’s institutional leaders face a shifting landscape of challenges. View from the Top: Academic Leaders’ and Funders’ Insights on the Challenges Ahead explores the complex issues academic leaders and funders face, their preparedness to tackle them, and the strategies they’re developing to ensure long-term success for their institutions. Developed from interviews of over 100…
Presentation from Mu Rongping from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. To Johor, Malaysia INGSA Workshop 2017
A Royal Society of Canada Position Paper Executive Summary: We live in an epoch of human history when social, technological and environmental changes are accelerating in ways that increase exponentially the complexity of policy-making and regulation. It is therefore more urgent than ever for governments to obtain sound expert advice before acting, especially in formulating…
Over the past decade, the use of scientific expertise to advance diplomacy has achieved a number of successes in furthering peace, security, and prosperity. Yet there have also been reversals in important areas that until recently had seen progress. Reviewing developments in arms control, poverty reduction, global health, science and innovation policy, climate change, sustainable…
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