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ABOUT THE PROGRAMme

The Emerging Fellows Programme is designed to recognize emerging futurists and mentor them to develop their Foresight capabilities. It emphasizes authenticity and personal growth, aiming to help you discover and develop your unique voice through writing and community engagement. With its global reach, the program underscores the importance of embracing a foresight mindset and making it accessible through collaborative learning.

 

Over the two-year process, fellows will learn about foresight tools, develop their writing competencies on Futures issues, contribute to projects within the field, grow their networks of practitioners, and mentor successive cohorts to ensure the program's sustainability. Under the direction of Patricia Lustig, who has been the director of the programme since April 2021, fellows will write about their selected topics and work, with their essays featured on the APF blog.

Emerging Fellows 2024

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SUNEET PANSARE

United Arab Emirates

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GRACE OKUBO

Nigeria

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ELENA KRAFFT

United Arab Emirates

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amalia deloney

USA

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Rachel Magaji

Nigeria

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Wensupu Yang

United Kingdom

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Breaking Free from Sameness: Embracing Degrowth for Innovative Futures

Do you find that everything appears, feels, and sounds increasingly similar nowadays?

Over the past 5 years, I have noticed an increasing homogeneity in experiences, products, services and events. Whether it is our smartphone devices, city skylines, clothing brands or home interiors, the overwhelming sameness is deafening!

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Techno-solutionism is Not The Only Path to Innovation

A few months ago, while scrolling through my LinkedIn feed, I noticed a sudden but obvious rise in the use of the term "AI". Curious about the proliferation of AI as an adjective and an adverb, I decided to dig a bit deeper. I typed "AI" into the search bar and was flooded with profiles that had "AI" in their bios. Something stood out to me—these profiles were mostly of startup founders, and there was a clear pattern in how they described their ventures. 

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Jawn Lim

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Associate Professor Jawn Lim is a design futurist who enjoys bringing out the “Eureka” moment in others. At the Singapore Institute of Technology, he is the University-level module coordinator for Design Innovation, which trains about 3,500 students annually. Most recently, Jawn was a Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University’s Life Design Lab. As an innovation consultant, he delights in empowering companies from finance to hospitality, to think creatively. He frequently serves as an awards judge in branding, design, and technology. Concurrently, he is the Chief Design Officer at the Singapore Productivity Centre, Chair of the Advisory Committee at the Singapore Polytechnic’s Media, Art, and Design School, and a board member of Teach The Future. Previously, Jawn was an architectural designer with Frank Gehry. He holds an Advanced Certificate in Management, Innovation, and Technology from MIT and a Doctor of Design from Harvard.

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Patricia Lustig

Emeritus PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Patricia is a foresight, strategy and change consultant, and award-winning author.  She is an internationally recognised practitioner in foresight and strategy development, future thinking, scenario planning and innovation.  In her career she has worked for several blue-chip organisations before moving into consultancy.   She helps organisations develop insight into emerging trends, develop a successful strategy based on this insight and then implement the changes needed to carry the strategy out.  She has worked in Europe, EMEA, Asia and the USA and is multilingual. 

 

Patricia developed the programme with the Emerging Fellows in 2021 when she was asked to lead the programme.   It develops Fellows' ; foresight capability and helps them to communicate the importance of using foresight for better decision making.  She now supports the programme and mentors Emerging Fellows.

Emerging FellowS

2021-2023

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Emerging Fellows Program

Emerging Fellows INterviews

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Emerging Fellow PROGRAM

SPEAKERS 2024

Two-year Program

Guided program of 2 years process from 2023. 

Dedicated Mentors

Besides guidance from program director, a mentoring team will also support the development of Emerging Fellows.

Six Blogs

A total of 6 blogs of between 600-1000 words will be required.

Featured Content

A dedicated webpage on APF website for Emerging Fellows program works.

Monthly Gathering

Monthly fellows gathering with curated topics and speakers. All Emerging Fellows are encouraged to join in the monthly sessions and to network together.

Chance of Publication

A selection of articles will be produced in forms of e-publication. (developing)

Speakers 2023

Emerging Fellow PROGRAM

Maya van Leemput
Dr Cindy Frewen
Dr Peter Bishop
Josef Hargrave
Jordi Serra del Pinto
Dr Wendy Schultz
Jawn Lim Tze-hin
Dr Geci Karuri-Sebina, PhD
Richard Hames
John Smart

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Association of Professional Futurists

APF plays a unique role in the field of strategic foresight by defining the competencies of professional futurists, the knowledge base of futures studies they use and the standards by which their work can be evaluated.

The Association of Professional Futurists (APF) holds a membership with the Global Futures Society (GFS), an initiative by the Dubai Future Foundation. Through this membership, APF members are also considered part of the GFS network.

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