Future Foresight Forum guides present-day decisions by anticipating uncertain and complex futures

Future Foresight Forum for generating anticipatory knowledge and strategic foresight that equips decision makers with the tools to navigate complex uncertainties and shape sustainable futures. We work where facts are unclear, values are in conflict, stakes high, and decisions urgent.

Through cutting-edge research and systemic foresight, we identify long-term trends, discover plausible and potential futures, engage plural perspectives to drive societal action towards transformative change.

Helping build effective governance in the face of an uncertain future

Enabling responsible research and innovation in emerging technologies

Injecting strategic foresight into public policy and technological decision-making

Democratising technological decision- making to enable the social shaping of technology

Anticipate

Generate insights through horizon scanning, mega trend analysis, user studies, and ethnographic fieldwork.

Engage

Collective sense making, using Technology Foresight Groups (TFG), scenario workshops, knowledge synthesis, and imagination walks.

Iterate

Use iterative and adaptive methods through visioning and back-casting, iterative consultations, and stakeholder interviews.

Innovate

Use innovative foresight methods such as personas, and speculative storytelling to foster meaningful societal dialogue.

User Journeys with Generative AI
Navigating the Future of Work and Society (2024): This project engaged 22 professionals—from designers and freelancers to journalists and researchers—to explore how they are experimenting with, adopting, and negotiating genAI tools in their daily workflows. These conversations provided real-world insights into how genAI is reshaping labor, creativity, and professional identity. By mapping user experiences, aspirations, and anxieties, the project builds a human-centered foundation for thinking critically about the long-term societal and economic shifts driven by AI.
AI on the Ground
Through this project, we undertook an expansive mapping of India’s AI ecosystem, by examining the existing AI-based products and services across 9 key sectors.

The project covered more than 70 types of AI use across these sectors, and provides an overview of possible benefits, challenges to adoption, and potential harms across these sectors. Based on this analysis, the project presented key policy pathways for AI in India that can shape societal trajectories of AI towards an equitable, safe, and just technological future.
Work 2030: Scenarios for India (2018)
This project examines how AI and automation will reshape jobs in India by 2030. A Technology Foresight Group comprising experts from academia, government, industry, and civil society identified key drivers of change, focusing on 4IR technology adoption and social cohesion. Through a structured scenario-building exercise, the study explores how these factors will influence labor markets, economic structures, and social inclusion. The findings outline strategic policy pathways to promote equitable technology adoption, decent work, and economic resilience.

Talking about Transitions: Can Digitalisation and AI Accelerate India’s Energy Transition?

5:00pm IST, Monday, Aug 12 2024

The discussion looked beyond technology’s promissory hype, focusing on how AI can enhance grid management and energy optimisation, while also addressing deeper issues like governance, political economy, and data integrity.

PULL PULL(People’s Urban Living Lab) is a platform for co-creating, testing and implementing climate solutions in the real-life and real-use context of India’s mid-sized cities. Our work focuses on developing comprehensive climate solutions, including equitable pathways to net-zero and building resilience of vulnerable communities.

CALL The Climate Adaptation Learning Lab (CALL) is an innovative, community-driven initiative that brings together researchers, practitioners, and local communities across the Global South to learn, co-create, test, and scale climate adaptation solutions in real-world contexts.

Monsoon Academy Monsoon Academy® is a tech-enabled learning platform for India and the developing world. It equips individuals with climate and sustainability skills, supports transitions to green jobs, and connects professionals with mentors and employers.