SOIF is delighted to announce the first cohort of Next Generations Champions. This leadership group of 16–30 years olds is part of the National Strategy for the Next Generations Programme, which seeks to develop a refreshed, more participative and more future-facing National Strategy for the UK. …

Written by Steven Kenney As the Director of the Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI) at the Middle East Institute (MEI), it was exciting to convene recently our first annual “Futures Forum.” One reason was the high level of interest both from very distinguished speakers and from a global audience — attention…

Written by Natasha Brian Politics is rife with short-termism driven by the next election cycle and the latest tweetstorm. Given this harsh reality, what can we do to encourage members of the public, parliament and policymakers to consider the long-term effects of new legislation? Examining this situation All Parliamentary Party…

Written by Peter Glenday In September, we’ll be kicking off our next 10-week virtual training course in strategic foresight. …

Written by Andrew Curry, Glenn Lyons and Charlene Rohr.

Written by Anne Pordes Bowers and Peter Glenday Originally published in the OECD Observatory for Public Sector Innovation blog COVID-19 has underlined the importance of thinking systemically about the future, even though our institutions are not well structured or incentivised to do this. …

Lewis Lloyd writes: Last month, the UK government published its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy (IR). …

Julie Jenson Bennett and Anne Bowers write: Last year, UK Research and Innovation asked the School of International Futures to consider options for the future model of their public dialogue programme, Sciencewise. As we blogged back in May, we explored leading examples of public engagement around the world for the…

Huge sums are being spent on recovery from Covid and the green transition, which will impact the lives of millions — This article is written by Miguel Poiares Maduro, director of the Future Forum of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Professor at Universidade Católica and the School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute, and Cat Tully, founder of SOIF, the School of International Futures in London.