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Resources
Futures literacy & foresight: using futures to prepare, plan, and innovate
2023
UNESCO
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What Is ‘Futures Literacy’ and Why Is It Important?
On overcoming blind resistance to change and poverty of the imagination.
By Nicklas Larsen, Jeanette Kæseler Mortensen & Riel Miller.
Futures Literacy Labs & Projects
- Capacity to Decolonise (C2D). Building Futures Literacy in Africa
- Egyptian youth rethink the future of wellbeing in 2050: report of the futures literacy lab-novelty, online, 21-24 July 2020
- Evaluating and improving the use of the future for identifying and choosing dynamic opportunities: narrative report
“Futuring peace in Northeast Asia” is a series of virtual dialogues dedicated to the role of youth in the future of Northeast Asia
Global Futures Literacy Design Forum: catalogue of learning-by-doing labs, also available in French
- How do we identify great opportunities? A Knowledge lab to evaluate and improve the use of foresight in addressing societal challenges: a reflective report
UNESCO Futures Studio: Why foresight and futures thinking matters?
Webinars on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR):
Publications
Transforming the future: anticipation in the 21st century
2018
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Evaluating and improving the use of the future for identifying and choosing dynamic opportunities: narrative report
2015
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How do we identify great opportunities? A Knowledge lab to evaluate and improve the use of foresight in addressing societal challenges: a reflective report
2015
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