The Aarhus University CIFS Unesco Chair in Anticipatory Leadership & Futures Capabilities has been active in many academic and community engagements over the past two years. The report below summarizes the key events

The Chair has consolidated anticipatory methods into graduate courses at Aarhus University and provided professional community training for the Asian Development Bank, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Network Partnerships for Future Generations in Africa, among others, providing training sessions and workshops for more than 500 participants

The chairholders have contributed to academic publications in journals such as Futures & Foresight Science, and participated in developing foresight programs, including the Future Generations Forum where the Chair contributed to the Wales Protocol for Future Generations. We have integrated futures literacy and foresight into the curricula of secondary and tertiary educational institutions, including the Parsons School of Design, the Danish National School of Performing Arts, and Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College.

The Chair has hosted, organised, and participated in over 30 public and civic engagements and civil society mobilisations, including a Futures Philanthropy initiative in collaboration with Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association, which extends the reach of futures literacy and foresight into philanthropy and civil society.

To further anticipatory governance, the Chair has illuminated futures concerns, generally and politically, of Danish citizens through the development of a national survey: the Futures Barometer. It has also been preparing for the 2024 UN Summit of the Future, for which it has received special accreditation to participate. The Chair has also assumed a board position in the Network of Institutions and Leaders for Future Generations.