Reimagining rural futures through foresight and futures: a fellowship project
With the support of Next Generation of Foresight Practitioners and the School of International Futures
November 2023 - October 2024 (Ongoing)
Foresight & Futures, Strategic Design, Social Impact
How can we prepare our built-in systems for tomorrow’s climate disasters in rural, isolated, low tech and underfunded areas by tapping into participatory foresight and opening the door to new epistemological angles?
As a recipient of the Next Generation of Foresight Practitioners in 2024 by the School of International Futures, I am researching climate and just transitions as well as conducting an impact project on field and with a rural community in Spain. I am interested in exploring epistemological angles to knowledge generation and understanding the scalability of place-based interventions.
My project aims to co-create and develop a foresight framework – including a methodology and toolbox – to inform local climate disaster relief policy, social response and infrastructure, in climate risk areas in rural Spain. I am currently documenting my research journey and topics on my newsletter and am supported by a peer network of SOIF & NGFP members.
The intention is to create a toolbox, mindsets and practices that enable policy-makers, scientists and civic society to blend innovative co-creation practices, diverse voices and different data sources (predictive data, historical records, local knowledge, collective imagination and systems thinking, to name a few) to develop forward-thinking scenarios to understand the future and decide how we want to act on it, to make sure solutions are social, equal and systemic.
Meet our Fellows: 26 next-generation future-alert changemakers striving to change the world. The Next Generation Foresight Practitioner (NGFP) fellowship journey is designed to help change the status quo and democratise the futures and foresight field with diverse perspectives from younger generations, living in under-represented geographies and communities.
A DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE FOR MEMBERS IN RETAIL
Service Design, Experience Strategy
TELLING THE STORY OF SUSTAINABLE INVESTING WITH PEAKS
Communications Strategy
DEVELOPING NEW MODELS TAPPING INTO THE CREATOR ECONOMY FOR ADIDAS
Digital Strategy, Innovation Management
RURAL FUTURES AND PARTICIPATORY POLICY IN RURAL SPAIN
Policy Design, Social Impact
YOUNG CREATIVES COURSE FOR TEENS IN AMSTERDAM
Social Impact
