IFTF Foresight Talk: Foresight for Evolving Global Security: Participatory Processes that Meet the Moment with Pupul Bisht, Director of Foresight

Permacrisis. Polycrisis. Maybe you have your own term that describes the constant drumbeat of duress we find across the world. How is the futures field evolving to reframe and address the heightened risk of the next few decades? Pupul Bisht unpacks the Horizon 2045 project—an initiative spearheaded by N Square, Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Center for Complexity at Rhode Island School of Design—which seeks to end nuclear sanctuary by 2045. This ambitious research and action approach includes participatory futures research, interactive workshops with experts in domains like AI, democracy, aging, and health, a horizon scanning network, and speculative fiction about a post-nuclear world. Come learn with one of today’s most creative foresight strategists about her pioneering work in participatory futures.

Episode Notes:
https://nsquare.org/ (a network of innovators committed to ending the nuclear threat)
https://www.horizon2045.org/ (an initiative spearheaded by N Square, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and Rhode Island School of Design's Center for Complexity to secure our long-term future, starting with bringing an end to the nuclear weapons century)
Horizon 2045’s Framework for Change https://www.horizon2045.org/framework...
Decolonizing Futures Initiative https://www.decolonizingfutures.org/
Kaavad https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/15417... (a traditional Indian storytelling method)
African Digital Futures https://africanfutures.jwlfi.xyz/
Black Speculative Arts Movement https://www.bsam-art.com/
Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/tit... (a book by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson)
"Crossroads: Five Scenarios for Ending Nuclear Weapons" https://issuu.com/nsquarecollab/docs/... (a set of scenarios by N Square on what “ending nuclear weapons” might look like)
Peace Symphony https://www.horizon2045.org/far-futur... (a composition by Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky, inspired by J. Robert Oppenheimer)
Profusions Beyond Boundaries https://profusions2045.org/ (a participatory exploration of our shared understanding of the confluence of threats confronting the planet and of ideas that can challenge our preconceptions)
Democracy 2076 https://www.democracy2076.org/ (a project seeking to imagine a resilient, effective, and representative democracy for the next generation)
Pitching Peace Youth Music Challenge Winners https://www.youth4disarmament.org/pit... (music created for the Youth 4 Disarmament Initiative)


Learn about the variety of ways to learn foresight here: https://www.iftf.org/foresightessenti...

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