Improve thinking about the future and make that thinking available through a variety of media for feedback to accumulate wisdom about the future for better decisions today.
Purpose
Improve humanity’s prospects for building a better future.
Vision
A global foresight network of Nodes, information, and software, building a global collective intelligence system recognized for its ability to improve prospects for humanity. A think tank on behalf of humanity, not on behalf of a government, or an issue, or an ideology, but on behalf of building a better future for all of us.
Accomplishments
System for people to think together about the future
— 70 Nodes (groups of individuals & institutions) connecting global and local perspectives
— Real-Time Delphi for rapid international assessment and feedback
Framework to understand and track global change
— State of the Future reports
— 15 Global Challenges updated continually on line
Educational contributions
— Over 300 Interns (since our founding in 1996) trained from over 30 countries
— Approximately 1,000 universities use The Millennium Project materials
— Millennium Awards that has involved over a thousand students from around the world
Inclusive and participatory system to measure global progress/regress
— State of the Future Index (SOFI) – Global and National Indexes
Largest collection of methods to explore the future
— 37 Methods, 39 Chapters, 1,300 pages, internationally peer-reviewed (Futures Research Methodology 3.0)
Global collective intelligence system on the future
— Bringing it all together in one online platform … The Global Futures Intelligence System
Previous Futures Research Studies
- African Futures Scenarios 2025, and UNDP workshop at the UN (1994)
- Millennium Project Feasibility Study final report (1995)
- Global Issues/Strategies four-round Global Lookout (Delphi) study (1996)
- Lessons of History (1997)
- Global Opportunities and Strategies Delphi (1997)
- Definitions of Environmental Security (1997)
- Futures Research in Decisionmaking (and checklist) (1998-99)
- Exploratory Scenarios (1998)
- Global Normative 2050 Scenario (1998)
- Environmental Security Threats and Policy Leadership (1998)
- Current/Potential UN military doctrine on Environmental Security (1999)
- Six Alternative Year 3000 Scenarios (1999)
- S&T Issues over the next 25 years (2000)
- Future Technological Implications for Society and the UN System (2000)
- World Leaders on Global Challenges; UN Summit (2001)
- Environmental Crimes in Military Actions and the International Criminal Court (ICC)––UN Perspectives (2001)
- Management Implications of Future S&T 2025 Issues (2001)
- New Military Environmental Security Requirements 2010-2015 (2001)
- Conunterterrorism Scenarios; Scenarios, Actions, and Policies (2001-2002)
- Global Goals for the year 2050 (2002)
- Future S&T Scenarios 2025 (2002)
- Emerging Environmental Security Issues for Future UN Treaties (2002)
- Monthly Reports: Emerging Environmental Security Issues (2002-2011)
- Middle East Peace Scenarios (2002-04)
- Early Warning System for Kuwait Oil Company (2003-04)
- Nanotech Military R&D Health/Env Research Prevention Priorities 2004-05)
- Future Global Ethical Issues (2004-05)
- Global Energy Scenarios (2006-07)
- South Korea SOFI (2006)
- Future of Learning and Education 2030 (2007)
- Global Climate Change Situation Room for Gimcheon, South Korea (2007-2008)
- Conceptual design for global energy collective intelligence (GENIS) (2008)
- Status of Government Future Strategy Units (2008)
- RTDelphi for UNESCO World Water Report (2008)
- WFUNA Human Rights (2008)
- Decision Criteria Evaluation of Global Environment Facility (2008)
- South Korea SOFI and South African SOFI (2008)
- Early Warning System PMO Kuwait (2008-2009)
- Potential Future Elements of the Next Economic System (2009)
- UNESCO World Water Scenarios project (2009)
- Future of Ontologists (2009)
- Future Hopes and Fears: a Kuwait Perspective (2010-2011)
- Latin America 2030 Scenarios (2009-2011)
- Egypt 2020 (2010)
- Changes to Gender Stereotypes (2011)
- Azerbaijan SOFI (2011)
- Future Arts, Media, and Entertainment: Seeds for 2020 (2011)
- Cooperatives 2030: Factors Impacting Future of Cooperatives and Business (2012)
- Egypt’s national Synergetic Information System (ECISIS) (2013-16)
- Hidden Hunger: Unhealthy Food Markets in the Developing World (2013)
- Vulnerable Natural Infrastructure in Urban Coastal Zones (2013)
- FUTURES Dictionary/Encyclopedia (English and Spanish) (2014)
- SIMAD and Lone Wolf Terrorism Counter Strategies (2014)
- Czech Rep., Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Visegrad Region SOFIs (2014-2015)
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Context of Climate Change (2015-16)
- Pre-Detection of Terrorism Strategies RTDelphi, NATO Workshop (2015-17)
- Future Work/Tech Real-Time Delphi Studies (9 RTDs 2015-2017)
- National Strategy Workshops (30) on the Future of Work/Technology (2017-2019)
- Work/Technology 2050 : Scenarios and Actions report (2020)
- COVID-19 Three USA Scenarios (using 5 RTDelphi studies for input) (2020)
- Future developments and new industries EY (2021)
- Robots 2050 (2022)
- Future of Life Institute completion Artificial General Intelligence 2045 (2022)
- Five UN Foresight Elements of Our Common Agenda; Results of a Real-Time Delphi Study (2022)