A storm is brewing in Asia, will Philippine cities transcend beyond the narrative of trauma and disasters? Is there an alternative future for Philippine cities or would it learn from the past to innovate, act and create the preferred story? Are current strategies enough to transform our cities or do we need to question our assumptions now of continued economic growth

The UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Sector, the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines, the Center For Engaged Foresight in collaboration with the City Government of Laoag, Northwestern University Laoag, Tamkang University Taiwan, the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, the International Society for Heal Being Studies, South Korea will hold the first forum-workshop on anticipatory thinking, strategic foresight and

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The World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF) in collaboration with Think City, the Right Livelihood College and the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies Tamkang University and UNESCO will hold a city future for city leaders futures course on March 30 to April 1, this year at the Cititel George Town Penang Malaysia. This workshop aims to familiarize participants with futures studies and

The latest Journal of Futures Studies (JFS) is out and happy to see my paper exploring the futures of the Panatag shoal published  in the Manoa School special edition. The Panatag shoal paper abstract here: Leading scholars of international relations argued that the West Philippine Sea dispute (South China Sea) was a tinderbox waiting to happen. Many analysts fear that the dispute

And so we "gamed" it, played with uncertainty and had a little bit of everything! Creative and experiential questioning, futures thinking and landscape, Schwartz scenario archetypes and causal layered analysis. For two days, the University Center for Research and Development (UCRD) introduced a number of futures research methods, discussed digital research, deconstructed some topics and their alternative futures. The end was to