“Globalisation is dead.” It is argued that the rise of populism, and its two most obvious successes – the Trump administration and Brexit – have proved it. “America First”, claimed…
Category: Foresight
Vaccine nationalism?
Nine months ago I wrote an article for the Journal of Future Studies looking at four alternative post pandemic scenarios. This was also later carried on the SAMI website. Although…
The Future of Cities - 4
In this final post on the Future of Cities, we examine the Political decisions that will shape their development. As we noted last time, the economic situation caused by the…
“Raising our game”: the EU’s new Strategic Foresight Network
On 18 and 19 November last year, the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) held its annual conference. “Thinking about the Future: Europe’s Road to 2030” took place entirely…
Reasonable Worst-Case Scenarios
We’re hearing a lot from Government about “reasonable worst-case scenarios” at the moment. At first sight it seems sensible. We need to think beyond the “base case” or “central case”,…
The Future of Cities
A key “megatrend” identified by SAMI and many others is increasing urbanisation, globally. This interacts with a great many other trends and forces in complex ways. In this series of…