CEF is PhilFutures Co-convenor
The Center for Engaged Foresight as a co-convenor together with the Philippine Society of Public Administrators (PSPA), the Development Academy of the Philippines Graduate School of Public and Development Management (DAP-GSPDM), and the University of the Philippines – National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG) recently launched the Philippine Futures Thinking Society (PhilFutures). Dr. Lizan Perante-Calina of DAP and
What is Futures Thinking? Why Futures Literacy?
Futures thinking is not about crystal ball gazing or prophesizing to predict the future but rather it is a transdisciplinary or meta-approach to studying possible, probable, and preferable futures. Futures thinking is a rational, creative, reflective, and contemplative process of engaging citizens to be aware of and question their ways of knowing the future to create contingencies, alternatives, and strategies to
PhilForesightX: Anticipating Emergence from the World After
What are the possible, direct, and indirect (positive and negative) outcomes of COVID-19 to US-Philippines relations and crisis preparedness? What is the full impact (near-term, medium-term, long-term) of the COVID-19 pandemic to the Philippines (i.e., idea, nature, society, politics, economics, culture, technology)? What could the Philippines' new normal look like?What are the emerging issues of Philippines-US relations, and crisis preparedness