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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.
Welcome
Emerging Fellows 2025
Emerging Fellows 2024
SUNEET PANSARE
United Arab Emirates
GRACE OKUBO
Nigeria
ELENA KRAFFT
United Arab Emirates
amalia deloney
USA
Rachel Magaji
Nigeria
Wensupu Yang
United Kingdom
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.
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 facilitates the Emerging Fellows programme for the APF and is a board member. She is wants to develop more foresight capability and help Fellows communicate the importance of using foresight for better decision-making.