Foresight 3.0 Indonesia
NEW EVENT
‘Foresight with monsters’ – how to run cities, regions and countries in an age of populist power-grabs:
An interactive seminar with Prof. Yanuar Nugroho *
Monday 27th April 3-5pm: UOM Humanities Bridgford St, 1.69-1.70
The dynamics of populism run deep, and are maybe now driving the ‘world order’ to the edge of chaos. The previous mindset of strategic planning and evidence-based policy may struggle, with big implications for the social sciences…
This session starts with Yanuar’s story – “working closely with the government of a transitioning country started when Indonesia was (yes, past tense) democratic, upholding meritocracy, then entering the turning point when democracy was backsliding .. until today, when we are experiencing ‘another Trump’ in Indonesia. I decided to leave public office december 2024, going back to civil society, working with many groups trying to fight for democracy…”
Can a new approach – a) overcome the populists – (b) build new bridges – or (c) create new forms of shared intelligence? To explore this we use new methods from the Foresight-CHAI (‘collective human-artificial intelligence’) toolkit – harnessing AI to enable humans to get their act together.
*Prof. Yanuar Nugroho is a social activist, senior academic, and practitioner in public policy, governance, and innovation: including Centre for Innovation Policy & Governance (CIPG) Jakarta, Driyarkara School of Philosophy Jakarta, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore, Ministry of National Development Planning (2022-2024), Lee Kuan-Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Honorary Fellow University of Manchester UK, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Executive Office of the President, Republic of Indonesia (2015-Oct 2019), etc.
CONTEXT
Foresight 3.0 Indonesia contributes to the ongoing program led by Dr Yanuar Nugroho for the Ministry of National Development Planning, in collaboration with the Nalar Institute (https://nalarinstitute.com/) and Centre for Innovation Policy & Governance (https://cipg.or.id/en/).
The Foresight 3.0 approach extends the mainstream foresight methods – and also helps to apply and embed them into practice. The key is to unlock the emerging ‘collective futures intelligence’, with a wider stakeholder community, deeper layers of value, and further horizons of transformation. This works on dual tracks – both within the foresight process itself, and for the users and society around.
All these raise profound questions on the rebalancing of global South and North: de-colonization and emerging forms of sustainable development – as in the graphic here from Deeper City .
A good example is the report on the experimental demonstration for interactive education in foresight and the ‘collective futures intelligence’ – at Gadjah Mada University – August 7th – Foresight in Public Policy.
FORE-WISE INDONESIA PROGRAM 2023
The Indonesia program 2023 included these events with Joe Ravetz / Yanuar Nugroho:
- 3rd August: keynote on ‘planning for uncertainty’ at icpeu.teknik.ub.ac.id/speakers/, University of Brawijaya, Malang
- 4th August: Global peri-urban special issue launch, hybrid / University of Brawijaya, Malang
- 7th August: demo of interactive education: ‘Foresight for and as policy’: shaping the future with the synergistic approach’: Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta: Foresight in Public Policy report
- 8th August: book launch on ‘The Road to Nusantara’ at National Research & Innovation Agency, Jakarta
- 9th August: public lecture at National Research & Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jakarta
- 10th August: presentation at Indonesian National Technology Day, Jakarta
For related events and background see the www.manchester.ac.uk/synergistics/foresight-3-0-theme/ – and the source text on Deeper-City: Collective-Intelligence-and-the-Pathways-from-Smart-to-Wise
The applications to Indonesian national development are very topical –
- Climate change impacts and responses, in a highly challenging region
- National urban / spatial development in the world’s largest archipelago
- Smart systems development with new forms of governance / public service
- Context of rapid social / economic / cultural transformation.
The graphic here from Deeper City shows the potential synergistic pathways for the global South-North balance…
