Next Generation Foresight Practitioners

We're excited to announce 2023 Fellow Ammaarah Nilafdeen as the recipient of this year's NGFP $10,000 Prize. At the end of their fellowship year, fellows are invited to apply for a $10,000 fund to put towards scaling their project. This year, we received 16 brilliant applications from a cohort of 24, showcasing how fellows have progressed on their projects and how they plan to scale. It was an extremely tough decision to make for the judging panel, and we're deeply grateful to all fellows who have taken the time to apply. Ammaarah will work closely with communities on the ground in creating early-warning systems to combat anti-minority violence and incidents in Sri Lanka. We'll be sharing more about her plans and project soon. Congratulations Ammaarah ✨✨

Thank you for inviting us on your podcast to share about Space for Grief and why we approach this work the way we do. ♥️ It was wonderful to listen to and be alongside the others featured on this podcast as well. Thank you to Next Generation Foresight Practitioners School of International Futures (SOIF) for connecting us. Dubai Future Forum Alice Dimond Ziyan Hossain Calla Lee Fran Quintero Rawlings Madeline Chambers Denise Amelia Method Collective Mansi Patel

Today, we celebrated the end of the first year of the Next Generation Foresight Practitioners 2023 Cohort. But the journey has truly only just begun, starting with an announcement/re-introduction of my work: 📢 What began as a creative storytelling project on the side of my core freelance sustainability and climate justice consulting, is now the home of everything I do! HOW IT STARTED 🚀 The Climateverse began as a creative storytelling project: a fictional newscast—imagining a parallel dimension where humanity is taking bold, transformative action on climate and social justice. And I began the year as a mere freelance sustainability and climate justice consultant-facilitator, helping organizations align their strategies with the UN SDGs and working with communities to understand climate change and advocate for climate justice. As I learned more about futures and foresight through NGFP and the School of International Futures (SOIF), the more I understood that my sustainability work is inherently about "futuring," i.e. imagining and making sustainable futures possible. This realization and personal evolution fundamentally reshaped my approach, moving me toward a practice that uses futures as its core through-line. WHERE WE ARE NOW 🌎 I’m proud to introduce The Climateverse in its evolved form: a transformation lab and creative production studio. ✨ We combine futures and storytelling to offer strategic and creative advisory services, immersive workshops, and community-centered productions and events that challenge people young and old to radically imagine and co-create all of the climate just futures that are very much still possible. Looking forward, we’re committed to expanding The Climateverse’s reach and impact: 🚀 Our flagship newscast project is now rebranded to the Dispatch from Other Dimensions and will have a renewed look and feel in the new year. 🚀 Our Futurescapes zine in honour of the UN Summit of the Future will be launching soon, along with more community workshops and events, so stay tuned! 🚀 We are keen to work with mission-driven organizations to develop visionary strategic planning processes that center futures and foresight, community engagement, sustainability and long-term impact. If that sounds like you and your team, please do check out our new website and reach out to chat! https://lnkd.in/e4JEuPXD Thank you to everyone who has supported The Climateverse so far. I look forward to this next chapter and to seeing how The Climateverse continues to spark change, inspire engagement, and bring climate just futures to life. #FuturesThinking #ClimateJustice #TheClimateverse #StrategicForesight #ClimateAction #CommunityEngagement

Sharing some short reflections from using experiential futures to engage decision makers: 1. 🌱 Start small 2. 🧅 Policy makers are like Ogres 3. 🧨 Force a decision 4. 📙 What formats do decision-makers pick up? 5. 💬 Get officials into dialogue with new voices Check out the blog on School of International Futures (SOIF) website to learn more.... Thanks to Andrew Curry Cat Zuzarte Tully Léanna Siron Eva Oosterlaken and many more.

Shifting narratives is essential to shifting power. The stories we tell shape who holds power and who is left behind. How can we reframe these stories to build a fairer society? Evy Peña, #NGFP2021 Fellow and Forced Labour Awardee, works with SOIF on Sprout, a programme aimed at nurturing next generation leaders dedicated to children’s well-being and safety, with Ignite Philanthropy: Inspiring the End to Violence Against Girls and Boys. In her guest post, she introduces ‘Stories Through the Prism’, a tool designed to help movement-builders challenge surface narratives and reveal overlooked insights that can drive real change. By translating and amplifying these deeper truths, we can align our strategies with a vision for justice. Learn more about Prism on the SOIF blog: https://bit.ly/3zS6Pyy Next Generation Foresight Practitioners #socialjustice #movementbuilding #inclusion #diversity #equality

We’re excited to announce the 25 individuals and teams joining the #NGFPFellowship this year! The 2024 fellows come from 19 countries, bringing experiences from various backgrounds and sectors. This year, we welcome two projects under the inaugural Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Fellowship, in partnership with the DUBAI FUTURE FOUNDATION. We're also very proud of the 27 winners of the NGFP Young Voices awards, run by our partner Teach the Future. These youth, aged 12-17 years, are brimming with brilliant ideas! Along with the fellows, we welcome new members to our wider network. These are emerging foresight practitioners whose project ideas align with our mission to accelerate the transformative potential of the next generation of changemakers using foresight as a key tool to shape inclusive and equitable futures globally. Nearly 520 applications were received this year. We’d like to say a huge thank you to fellows, judges, funders, partners, supporters, advocates, team members and the extended community of NGFP who helped spread the word! Visit our website to learn more about the 2024 fellows and their projects: https://lnkd.in/dYqb4FeX #NextGenForesight #NGFP2024 #NGFPFellowship Small Foundation, Humanity United, Ploughshares, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Wellcome Trust, The Rockefeller Foundation, Omidyar Network, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Unorthodox Philanthropy, N Square

It was so great to see TRANSFORM, our custom futures methodology, do its thing and set the stage for seamless collaboration between students of different disciplines along the gastronomy and food value chain. If you're looking for ways to engage diverse stakeholders in real dialogue and collaboration - reach out <3 More about TRANSFORM here: https://lnkd.in/d845VztP

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