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SCENARIO PLANNING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Workshop Questions

  • What is a foresight approach and scenario planning as a foresight method?

  • Why is it important for the participants to understand and practice it?

  • How does it work?

  • How does one apply the theory into practice?

Day 1 Information

This 2-hour session is meant to enable participants to have a common background context from which to do scenario planning. This session provides an introduction to scenario planning and the larger field of futures and foresight work and establishes common ground for participants to be able to do the scenario planning successfully.

Day 2 Information

This 4-hour experiential workshop will include the concepts and process for how scenario planning can be useful in the academic sector. Participants will be going through hands-on activities through the different methods introduced in the scenario planning process. They will learn frameworks to identify trends and scan horizons, select key uncertainties to work with, and develop multiple scenarios to explore their focal issue. The session will round up with a segment on translating scenarios to strategies.