Next week, we’re joining Global Sustainability’s webinar to discuss its “#Polycrisis in the Anthropocene” special issue. Our Executive Director will present ASRA’s paper: “Principles for Just and Effective Systemic Risk Governance”. 🗓️ 2 October 🎟️ Register:

To address the risks we face, we must challenge ourselves to ask & answer the questions: risks for whom & from what, when, & where? Our justice principle prompts you to account for the experience of vulnerable communities, making equity key to your risk analysis. www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...

We joined some of the makers of the first-ever UN Global Risk Report to discuss its impact last week. Alongside @worldacademy.org and @unesco-bridges.bsky.social, we considered the report’s 4 future scenarios, methodology, and future development. Learn more:

We’re speaking at the Systemic Risks Conference, organized by the University of Hamburg, tomorrow (Sept 24). Our team will present ASRA’s approach to #SystemicRisk assessment & response. Watch online: www.fnk.uni-hamburg.de/2-research/r... @janasillmann.bsky.social

“The current risks are a problem because we have a narrative…that is in a way attuned to things that are eventually destructive in the long-term…power, profit and money.” Tackling #SystemicRisks requires rethinking the system according to @gkostakos.bsky.social Co-Founder of @foggsorg.bsky.social.

What would change if you took a nature-centric approach to risk assessment and future planning? Our principle of non-human sanctity prompts you to account for the interconnected & interdependent nature of our planet. www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...

“If we tell better stories, if we find a way to mainstream the things we talk about… more ordinary people who are not necessarily climate experts will understand it better because people understand stories.” Arekpitan Ikhenaode, Youth Climate Movement of the UNFCCC.

A new GARP Climate Risk Podcast episode looks at why understanding the connections between risks is key to responding to them. 🎧 Ajay Gambhir, our Director of Systemic Risk Assessment, joined Jo Paisley to discuss our new #SystemicRisk assessment framework. Listen here: www.garp.org/podcast/navi...

What if the most important intelligence is already inside the building, just not inside the boardroom? In an era of mounting systemic threats, investors can no longer rely on traditional risk assessment. Read The Rethink by @pdiviews.bsky.social www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret...

“We live in capitalism and many of the topics we talk about are clearly linked to that…might we need a completely other system? – Florian Ulrich Jehn Hear two powerful ways to address #SystemicRisks from ASRA network members @edwardrcarr.com & Florian Ulrich Jehn.

What if you had to account for people, non-human species, ecosystems AND future generations in your risk assessments? The Universal Responsibility principle challenges us to assess #SystemicRisks & design responses that are accountable to people & ecosystems. 👉 www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...

New episode of @disordershow.bsky.social interviews our Executive Director, Ruth Richardson, on interconnected risk. Recorded during our symposium, @janekinninmont.bsky.social also speaks with the fascinating @laramani14.bsky.social & @catalinajaime.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/5DZA...

“The future is something that we create collaboratively.” Lewis Akenji from the Hot or Cool Institute asks three questions that encourage us to picture the future we want, and to identify the systemic risks we must address to get there. Filmed at our #CurrentsOfChange symposium by Clara Carbajo.

Thanks to @laramani14.bsky.social, @catalinajaime.bsky.social and Ruth Richardson at @asranetwork.org for speaking to me about their amazing work at the Currents of Change symposium earlier this summer. Lots of useful food for thought for us at @una-uk.bsky.social.

“If you’re willing to see knowledge, if you’re willing to look at justice through other lenses and perspectives, it’s easier to understand how systems function...” — Rishika Das Roy, India Climate Collaborative Filmed during our #CurrentsOfChange symposium. #systemicrisk #socialjustice

We are facing the rise of a novel systemic risk called ‘bullshit risk’. In the latest edition of our Rethink series, Nick Silver argues that bullshit not only permeates & pollutes public discourse, but becomes reality & policy, creating a new #SystemicRisk. www.asranetwork.org/news/on-the-...

Excited to share a new Nature Communications paper from the @asranetwork.org. The co-authors, including Cascade Institute’s Megan Shipman and Thomas Homer-Dixon, present a new framework to assess and respond to interconnected and compounding global risks. 📖 Read here: www.doi.org/10.1038/s414...

📣 NEW paper in Nature Communications! The paper introduces a novel methodology to assess interconnected risks that can cascade and compound across systems, offering a much-needed blueprint for assessing risks driving today’s #polycrisis. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.nature.com

“Complex system science can help us to learn to think in that breadth beyond the narrow silos in which most of us have been educated.” Arthur Lyon Dahl, International Environment Forum, offers his insight on addressing #SystemicRisks during our #CurrentsOfChange symposium.

“A lot of what I noticed is being focused on in systemic risk…is major extrinsic things. But the way in which that impacts & engages with the patterned behaviors & assumptions, explicit & tacit, around human communities’ decision-making systems is really critical.” — Kirsten Dunlop, Climate KIC

Huge congratulations to ASRA Network member Luke Kemp on his new book ‘Goliath’s Curse: the history and future of societal collapse.’ The book explores why past civilizations collapsed and how we can save our own from the same fate. Learn more: www.penguin.co.uk/books/321192... #SystemicRisk

What does it really mean to put justice and future generations at the heart of #SystemicRisk responses? Watch two powerful speakers from the #CurrentsOfChange symposium explore this question in depth. 📽️ Full talk on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ3t...

New commentary by Ajay Gambhir, ASRA's Director of #SystemicRisk Assessment, for @undp.org report. Ajay unpacks the systemic risks that threaten development efforts and advocates centering systemic resilience over economic efficiency for a new development story. 👉 www.undp.org/sites/g/file...

The systems meant to support us—social, financial, political, environmental—show deep signs of strain, trust is eroding & risks are accelerating. We asked a panel of experts at our #CurrentsOfChange symposium: What will it take to meet this moment? Watch full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVHT...

We ran a futures exercise using the ParEvo method to imagine novel responses to #SystemicRisks between 2025–2045. The insights were both sobering & inspiring. ParEvo is a group exercise to produce a branching structure of storylines about what could happen. 👉 www.asranetwork.org/insights/ima...

New @undp.org report calls for a rethink of development governance to make countries more flexible, inclusive & risk-informed. Development orgs must adopt a multi-objective resilience approach so all development boosts readiness for #SystemicRisks. www.undp.org/publications...

New article on #SystemicRisk thinking and action by ASRA’s Sarah Hendel-Blackford on Prevention Web @undrr.bsky.social. Discover what we learned from eight ambitious pilots to test our new approach to systemic risk assessment. Read the critical insights: www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit...

New article: “Critical Responses to Global Systemic Risk in an Era of #Polycrisis” by our Executive Director, Ruth Richardson. Changing how society perceives & responds to #SystemicRisk is critical to turning complexity into opportunity.

In response to social inequalities, COVID-19, and other pressures, Amsterdam adopted the Doughnut model in 2020. The city’s systemic risk response offers a replicable pathway for other cities. It’s a worthwhile read, especially as it’s London Climate Action Week.

Earlier this month, we hosted #CurrentsOfChange, ASRA’s first global symposium bringing together 250+ transdisciplinary leaders to face today’s #SystemicRisks. In this video, our team shares what made it special, what moved them, and why “honest hope” isn’t just a motto - it’s a mindset.

🧵 What does it take to support better decisions on complex, interconnected risks? At #CurrentsOfChange by ASRA, we joined global experts to explore how to address systemic risks more effectively. A few highlights from the conversation 👇 bit.ly/4jPldbR

After a full few days, our #CurrentsOfChange symposium has come to a close. But the striking ideas, different ways of thinking & open spirit brought to the symposium by its participants and speakers will stay with us. A huge thanks to everyone involved. Let's keep the momentum going! #systemicrisk

We’re pleased to announce a new collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on a policy brief that reframes risk for multilateral development banks. Jordan Schwartz, Vice President, IDB, gave the closing keynote at our #CurrentsOfChange symposium this morning. Stand by for more.

We’re thrilled to partner with superFUTURES on an exhibition of ‘future artefacts’ & speculative films at our #CurrentsofChange symposium. Nature’s Depot, led by Gem Barton, is a research-led spatial futures project, devised in collaboration with DEFRA. Learn more: superfutures.rca.ac.uk

📣 Demo launch of STEER: A new tool to assess and respond to #SystemicRisks. STEER combines two core pathways: Systemic Risk Assessment and Systemic Risk Response. These work together to guide users from insight to action through a structured, evidence-based process. 🧵 1/2 #CurrentsOfChange

Christiana Figueres, former UNFCCC Executive Secretary & co-host of climate podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social called for leaders to be both humble and courageous at ASRA's #CurrentsofChange symposium this morning. Watch a clip from Christiana's brilliant speech. 📽️

Want to learn about our #RiskComm workbook or the new Joining Forces network for academics & practitioners in Risk communication with @lr-foundation.bsky.social #IPUR @laramani14.bsky.social? Talk to @leonorsierra.bsky.social and Sam ElBadry at the #CurrentofChange symposium @asranetwork.org.

Poet Ben Okri on Becoming the Change kicks off the #CurrentsofChange conference @asranetwork.org. Looking forward to 2 days of learning from wide range of people & bringing that thinking to @Riskknowhow.bsky.social. About our responsibility on Earth: "we are here to transform and be transformed"

"We need to cultivate a heightened awareness if we are going to become warriors of humanity's best future." - Poet Ben Okri's powerful words at our #CurrentsOfChange symposium. He says "The best and wisest use of our time apart from fighting injustice is dreaming a new future & working towards it."

We tend to think of ourselves as sealed-off individuals. The exhibition ‘Breathing with the Forest’ challenges us to reconsider the boundaries of our bodies to feel how inextricably embedded we are in a web of life. Created by Marshmallow Laser Feast. Showing at our #CurrentsOfChange symposium.

We’re excited to open the doors to our #CurrentsOfChange symposium today! Over the next couple of days, 250 people from diverse disciplines and 50 different countries will gather together to attempt to better understand #SystemicRisk & surface ways to do so. Watch this space for the highlights.

Yesterday, our Executive Director, Ruth Richardson, spoke in a fascinating session on ‘Understanding systemic risk in the age of #polycrisis’ at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction #GPDRR2025. Thanks @undrr.bsky.social for organising! Watch here: globalplatform.undrr.org/conference-e...

We’re nearly there. This weekend, the first-ever transdisciplinary, global symposium dedicated to action on systemic risk takes place in France. We’ll be sharing insights, video highlights, and artistic collaborations from the #CurrentsOfChange symposium here. www.asranetwork.org/news/current...

We look forward to speaking at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction next week. Sarah Hendel-Blackford will share our new approach to tackling risks using a #SystemicRisk lens. Watch this space for more updates on our cutting-edge framework, which is in development. @undrr.bsky.social

We’re excited to take part in GARP 2025 Climate & Nature Risk Symposium. Ajay Gambhir, our Director of Systemic Risk, will discuss nature, climate, risk, uncertainty, & modelling with Erica Thompson and Lou Munden of TMP. 🗓️ 3–4 June 👉 Learn more and register: www.garp.org/event/2025-c... #GARPCNR

Event: Fragile states & the governance of global catastrophic risk. @cser.bsky.social seminar will share findings from a study in fragile states that explores how people perceive catastrophic risks. Our network member @carnscheidt.bsky.social will speak. 🗓️ 28 May docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Southern Voice is launching Global South Perspectives (GSP), a platform spotlighting bold ideas, critical insights, and lived experiences from across the Global South. Join their launch event on May 29:

Most policy tools rely on predictions. But in today’s uncertain world, these forecasts can lead to poor decision making. Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty offers an alternative way to navigating tumultuous times. Paper by our network member Robert Lempert. www.rand.org/pubs/perspec... #DMDU

Inequality’s role in driving crises is a plotline of our world that has played out throughout history. 📖 In our latest Rethink blog, historians and ASRA Network Members, Daniel Hoyer and Rachel Ainsworth, examine historical cycles of #inequality and crisis. www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret...

Case Study: The Zimbabwe Friendship Bench is a grassroots initiative that trains elders to provide mental health therapy in safe, public spaces. By focusing on vulnerable groups, it tackles systemic mental health challenges tied to poverty, conflict, and HIV. www.asranetwork.org/stories/zimb...