School of International Futures

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We help policy-makers and business leaders make strategic choices, manage risk and create future-ready organisations.

What we do

SOIF’s project and advisory services can help you position your organisation to take advantage of new opportunities while protecting you against shocks and surprises.

Gain insight about your future environment: spot upcoming trends and issues, risks and opportunities, and the new players in your field.

Build your capability: strengthen the skills of your senior decision-makers and staff, so they can create and lead future-ready organisations

Access latest expert advice: inform your good practice through our research, innovation and thought leadership

Connect and mobilise with others: draw upon, and support in turn, our wider community of practice and networks of change-makers to co-create a better future.

The School of International Futures is a treasure that anybody interested in managing for the future should not miss.
Director, Strategic Foresight Initiative
Atlantic Council
Very professional. Well designed and organised. High quality of faculty.
Scenario Planning Team
Shell Global

Gain insight

If you are looking for insights, whether the implications of particular issues, a strategic review, or seeking new sources of competitive advantage, our consultancy projects and custom events can help you.

  • Explore the implications of themes or issues coming up on your radar
  • Conduct a strategic review
  • Rapid horizon scans or deep dives
  • Strategic navigation of possibilities, scenarios and options
  • Risk assessment and management – developing mitigation and response plans
  • Projects to drive innovation or build sector vision
  • Consultative projects to engage your stakeholders

Featured case studies

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Future of Aviation 2035 IATA

A twelve month project exploring aviation out to 2035 with implications for IATA’s strategy today. This project combined a horizon scan with interviews and workshops to develop four scenarios for the future of the industry. Insights and implications have been used to inform IATA’s internal strategy as well as that of individual airlines.

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Global Governance HM Government, UK

SOIF designed and facilitated a series of five roundtables, culminating in a high-level discussion on “the future of global governance” between senior UK Government officials and leading figures from outside government.

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Capacity building UN-Habitat

SOIF were commissioned to advise UN-Habitat on how to build their internal foresight capability and integrate foresight into their work. As part of the project SOIF delivered workshops, training and developed a foresight handbook.

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Hydrocarbon Risk

Immersive scenario project to help senior corporate team understand and explore worst case scenarios at a regional level in Africa, to identify risks, develop mitigation plans and key indicators, as well as understand opportunities over a longer-term horizon

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