Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

Anbefaling af forankring af foresight i dansk politikudvikling. Hvis Danmark skal stå stærkere i mødet med langsigtede og komplekse samfundsudfordringer, i en usikker verden, kræver det ikke alene politisk vilje, men også mod og institutionelle rammer, der gør langsigtet ansvarlighed mulig i praksis. I dette policy brief præsenterer vi en central anbefaling, som konkretiseres i formuleringer til et kommende regeringsgrundlag: • Regeringen vil institutionalisere hensynet til fremtidige generationer i dansk politik ved at systematisere inddragelsen af langsigtede konsekvenser og foresight i lovforberedende analyser og politiske beslutningsprocesser. • Regeringen vil nedsætte et udvalg, der skal belyse, hvordan foresight og hensynet til fremtidige generationer kan forankres institutionelt i det politiske system, hvorefter regeringen vil tage stilling til udvalgets anbefalinger. Det er vores håb, at dette brief kan bidrage kvalificeret til de forestående regeringsgrundlagsforhandlinger og styrke drøftelserne om, hvordan hensynet til fremtiden og fremtidige generationer kan forankres mere systematisk i politiske beslutningsprocesser. Fremfor at pege på én færdig model for forankring af foresight, er ambitionen at understøtte regeringens videre arbejde ved at igangsætte et grundigt analysearbejde af mulige institutionelle løsninger. Med FN’s Fremtidspagt og Erklæring for Fremtidige Generationer, som Danmark har forpligtet sig til, samt EU-Kommissionens strategi for intergenerationel retfærdighed er der ikke blot et solidt fundament for national udvikling og implementering – der er også konkret viden og metoder at bygge videre på. Det er netop denne kobling mellem internationale forpligtelser og national implementering, vi i Fremtidskoalitionen arbejder for at etablere. Daria (Dasha) Krivonos - Thor Svanholm Gustavfson - Nicklas Larsen - Toke Hanghøj - Casper Skovgaard Petersen

Join us for Future Days as it returns for its third consecutive year under the theme Currents of Tomorrow. We are thrilled to partner with Future Days again this year, as the festival travels to Copenhagen for the first time. The festival will be taking place at the iconic Royal Danish Playhouse during Copenhagen Design Week (10–12 June). Under the theme “Currents of Tomorrow”,  Future Days 2026 programme will convene the world’s leading voices working at the intersection of creativity, systems design, and foresight. Inspired by the city’s waterways, Currents of Tomorrow uses water as a guiding metaphor: many streams meeting, interacting, and creating something new. Through talks, labs, exhibitions, rituals, and shared experiences, Future Days explores the undercurrents shaping design, society, governance, and collective imagination — grounding bold ideas in practical tools, methods, and actions for navigating what comes next. By exploring five themes shaping our collective future: Back to Connection, Water Commons, Infrastructures of Imagination, The Living Lab, and Economies of Meaning. The festival features talks from global experts, participatory labs and exhibitions from leading international organizations, and curated site visits where participants engage in practical and creative approaches to building better futures. We hope to see you there! Uri Casademont - Meri Sahade - Lovisa Volmarsson - Thor Svanholm Gustavfson - Toke Hanghøj

Listen to the new episode of the FARSIGHT Podcast 🎧 We are joined by Andrew Maynard to discuss phase shifts, technological risk, and the accelerating LinkedInification of human expression. Andrew Maynard is a scientist, author, and Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions at Arizona State University. He writes the "future of being human" substack and co-hosts the Modem Futura podcast. The hosts, as always, is Casper Skovgaard Petersen and August Leo Liljenberg

“When can you come to Australia?” Ten months ago when I became an Associated Partner with the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, that’s one of the first things I said to Simon Fuglsang Østergaard. This month we made it happen! Simon accompanied our CEO Daria (Dasha) Krivonos Down Under. It’s safe to say nothing went exactly according to plan this week. (It’s an interesting time to fly literally across the world.) And at one point Dasha smiled and said, “isn’t that what we teach?” But one thing did go as expected and that’s the exceptional unlocker that CIFS has given the 100+ people we engaged this week. Whether in our foresight course, private workshops or public speeches, the best feedback I continue to hear of CIFS is this: “This can help us.” Thank you everyone who engaged so enthusiastically with us this week, to our gracious hosts and event organizers, to Dasha & Simon for being so much fun to hang out with and to the Institute for your support in making this happen.

This week I joined ABC colleagues for a full-day Futures & Foresight Bootcamp – and it was one of the most engaging days I've had in a long time. The session was run by Simon Fuglsang Østergaard, Joanna Lepore, and Daria (Dasha) Krivonos from the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS), and they are exceptional at what they do. They brought rigour and warmth in equal measure, and a genuinely provocative lens on what it means to think strategically about the future – not as prediction, but as practice. The bootcamp was a primer in foresight as a strategic discipline: questioning assumptions, challenging 'business as usual' thinking, and building confidence in sitting with uncertainty. One of the highlights was working through 2x2 scenario matrices – a hands-on, creative way to surface and discuss the critical uncertainties we may face. Simple as a tool, but remarkably powerful in getting a room of people thinking differently and talking honestly. In a media environment moving as fast as ours, the ability to think in longer time frames isn't a luxury – it's a necessity. Carving a full day out of a busy schedule isn't easy, but this was absolutely worth it. #StrategicForesight #Futures #Leadership #ABC #CIFS

Had a wonderful conversation with Casper Skovgaard Petersen and August Leo Liljenberg last week for the FARSIGHT podcast while I was visiting the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies! the episode is now out - listen here or wherever you get your audio hits: https://lnkd.in/ggrEuWwp (And apologies to all the hard sci fi fans that I probably upset with my opening comments!)

Thank you Sydney! 👏 We had 28 brilliant, curious participants in our first Applied Strategic Foresight course in the southern hemisphere. We currently live in the midst of a tectonic geopolitical shift. How do organisations prepare strategically when the operational landscape is in flux? That's what we teach in our course. It's not about predicting the future. It's about learning how to recognize biases, imagine (perhaps unwanted) future scenarios and learning how to be more comfortable in uncertainty. Thank you to all the participants for welcoming us with open arms, and for playing along and challenging and being challenged. A big shout out to Joanna Lepore. Associated Partner of the Institute and local Australian. You've been brilliant! We will continue to take the course abroad. Stay tuned for info on where the next off-campus course will take place. - and in the mean time, you are welcome to join the course in Copenhagen. P.S. Yes, that is our CEO Daria in the background, making bunny ears (kangaroo ears?) on our Head of Foresight Simon. Manya Lind - Karoline Sofie Lee