After his neighbourhood was decimated in last year’s wildfires, Rob Lempert became involved in rebuilding. On Cross Currents, he joins Mariana Rondon and Stella Ladi to explore how embracing uncertainty and co-creation can build more resilient responses to systemic risk. youtu.be/JYTRaVEs3jE?...

"Fear is part of who we are.” In a new Cross Currents episode, Stella Ladi argues fear should be embraced, not dismissed, in policymaking. She joins Rob Lempert & Mariana Rondon to explore addressing systemic risk through co-creation. youtu.be/JYTRaVEs3jE?... @rand.org @plataformacipo.bsky.social

Will AI reshape the foundations of the public purse? Can fear be taken into account when managing systemic risk? The February edition of Radically Rethinking Risk lands tomorrow. Sign up: mailchi.mp/4e32e64a25e7...

What if preventing catastrophic biological threats requires not just better science, but better collaboration across borders and communities? In Cross Currents, Lalitha Sundaram, Shama Karkal, and Henry Willis explore the systemic risks facing global health security.

AI is not only transforming how economies grow; it is changing how states fund themselves. Dr. Chris Cormack argues that while economic value is shifting away from employment to capital & intangible assets, tax systems remain anchored to taxing labour.

Cross Currents is an ASRA network member-led conversation series with a simple aim: create space for nuanced, cross-disciplinary conversations that deepen understanding of the interconnected risks driving today’s polycrisis. Watch the series on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Beyond the promise of AI’s productivity, another story is unfolding: fiscal fragility & geopolitical risk. Chris Cormack argues early AI policy choices will shape whether the technology drives durable prosperity or systemic instability. Read The Rethink: www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret...

Radically Rethinking Risk is ASRA’s newsletter exploring the interconnected nature of today’s global challenges and the responses that can trigger positive cascades of change. Sign up: mailchi.mp/4e32e64a25e7...

"Fast-moving crises are often the visible crest of decades-long, slow-moving shifts." New @resilience.org article argues that #SystemicRisk analysis can help us untangle the deep roots of our present crises and identify responses that trigger positive change. www.resilience.org/stories/2026...

What if preventing catastrophic biological threats requires not just better science, but better collaboration across borders, disciplines, & communities? Watch ASRA Network members explore the intersections & interactions in biosecurity risk in episode 4 of Cross Currents: youtu.be/MoGk0hfq1P4?...

@chathamhouse.org Sustainability Accelerator interviews Phil Tovey, our Director of Nature-Centric Approaches, on his life and work grappling with systemic risks from a more-than-human perspective. accelerator.chathamhouse.org/article/phil... #morethanhuman #systemicrisk

It was a privilege to participate in the UN’s 80th anniversary celebrations, where Ajay Gambhir, our Director of Systemic Risk Assessment, spoke about the renewed need for international coordination to address the interconnected #SystemicRisks facing our world. Thanks @una-uk.bsky.social

Prof. Stella Ladi explores the impacts of the EU’s wave of deregulation on climate change and AI, arguing that the problem the Commission now faces is that the “simplification agenda” will most likely backfire because it'll satisfy neither citizens nor markets.

We’re bringing River Tone community members together to explore systemic risk through the eyes of otters, deer, earthworms, salmon – and the river itself. Risks Beyond Human Eyes shows how #SystemicRisk assessment & response can move beyond human-centred models. www.asranetwork.org/insights/ris...

Join a special event to celebrate 80 years of the UN. A line-up of inspiring talks will explore how multilateralism can be renewed for the future. Our Director of Systemic Risk Assessment will take part in a panel on addressing planetary challenges. 🗓️ 17 Jan www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unga-at-80...

HIRING: Join our team as a Research Analyst examining the systemic risks of climate change. We’re looking for a researcher to work on a major project focusing on the implications of exceeding the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal. Learn more: www.asranetwork.org/news/job-ope... #climatejobs

What does it mean for an institution to transform with dignity, courage, & creativity? We're choosing to model something we believe the sector desperately needs: the courage to transform strategically rather than fade slowly. Learn more: www.asranetwork.org/news/inside-...

Some news from ASRA…. 🐛🦋 ASRA has decided to transition the ownership and management of our assets, activities, and operations to others who share our purpose and can build on what we have achieved over the past two years. A thread 1/4 🧵

As our planet spins into another year, it’s a good moment to think bravely, flexing our imagination, to consider the kinds of changes that lead to transformation. 🐛🦋 Addressing #Systemicrisks creates an opportunity to redesign the systems that shape our lives. Watch ASRA Explores with Shama Karkal.

What drives societies to fracture or transform? In episode one of Cross Currents, ASRA Network members explore the dynamics at play that can lead to a society’s collapse or transformation. Watch it here: youtu.be/GfwRDKF_c-o?...

What does it really take to shift complex systems when communities are navigating overlapping crises & entrenched power dynamics? Watch the honest and grounded conversation between ASRA network members David Jácome Polit @iclei.org & Ayan Mahamoud, IGAD on Cross Currents. youtu.be/1NbfW_cIlC8?...

In what ways might thinking about speciesism together with other social inequities or forms of oppression guide us toward a future where all beings thrive? 🐋 🎬 Watch episode 2 in our Cross Currents series on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/y10y8dGWKrg

The ‘Multiple Ways of Knowing’ principle challenges the assumption that any single discipline or worldview can fully grasp today's #SystemicRisks. Weave different perspectives into your systemic risk assessments: steer.asranetwork.org

What if collapse isn’t a single moment, but a messy, uneven process with winners, losers, & surprising forms of renewal? 🎬 In our inaugural episode of Cross Currents, Luke Kemp, Megan Shipman & Daniel Hoyer discuss themes from Luke’s book Goliath’s Curse. youtu.be/GfwRDKF_c-o?...

📣 NEW: We’re excited to launch Cross Currents, a new video series where ASRA network members get together to explore the dynamics, disruptions, and discoveries shaping our world. 🎬 Watch the first three episodes on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Addressing #SystemicRisk can become an opportunity to redesign the systems that shape our lives. Learn more about our transformation principle: www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri... Read the story of Quito's sustainable urban transformation: www.asranetwork.org/stories/quit...

NEW: ASRA Explores non-human sanctity with @tom-oliver.bsky.social. Watch Tom, Professor of Ecology @uniofreading.bsky.social, explain why we need to encompass the more-than-human world into our #SystemicRisk assessments if we want to protect our biosphere and collective future. #morethanhuman

Systemic risks intersect and create feedback loops across scales: planetary, global, regional, and local. 🌎 Our Cross-Scale principle encourages you to examine these intersections to identify critical points of intervention at all scales. www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...

Join us for the Climate & Nature Risk Practitioner’s webcast exploring the key themes on nature risk from the second Climate Financial Risk Forum paper. Ajay Gambhir from our team will speak alongside @nicolaranger.bsky.social, Sandy Trust & Jheryl Cabey. Register: www.garp.org/event/cfrf25...

HIRING: Join our team and take the lead on promoting and supporting others to use our new #SystemicRisk tool STEER. We’re looking for a highly motivated systems thinker and capacity-builder who can host and provide training. 👉 Apply by midnight 7/12/2025: www.asranetwork.org/news/job-ope...

Ajay Gambhir, our Director of Systemic Risk Assessment, was the special guest on edie’s #COP30 Covered podcast episode “Are we moving the needle on climate adaptation?” Listen here:

How do we make really good decisions when we don’t – and can’t – know for sure what’s going to happen? Watch our latest ASRA Explores… episode with Robert Lempert, @rand.org, where he unpacks decision-making under deep uncertainty. Watch in full: youtu.be/c-HKBQwW0ks #dmdu

When leaders act with compassion, they can guide the transformative action needed to protect our planet from escalating systemic risks. Our ‘Compassion’ principle prompts you to carefully consider the concerns and needs of all stakeholders when assessing risks. www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...

Last week, we were thrilled to host Prof. Thomas Homer-Dixon for a presentation and discussion about the findings of @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social Polycrisis Core Model (PCM), a system-of-systems analysis of our global future. Watch the recording: youtu.be/FKaFmv0sMzI?... #polycrisis

🎧 New podcast episode with @Sarah Hendel-Blackford, our Director of Systemic Risk Policy & Response, interviewed by Darren Swanson for the Towers of Hiva podcast.

We can't know all the ins and outs of the highly complex, global, and interconnected #SystemicRisks we face. So why do traditional risk assessments and responses act as if systemic crises can be fully understood? Stay humble with our Uncertainty principle: www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...

EVENT: Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon will guide us through insights from the @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social Polycrisis Core Model – a framework for understanding how today’s overlapping global crises interact to shape our future. 🗓️ November 6 👉 Register: unfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, our Executive Director Ruth Richardson, explores how today’s #polycrisis demands a systemic approach to risk. Read the commentary: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @springernature.com

Facing a confluence of systemic agricultural crises, a transformative farmer-led response was launched in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. 🌱 APCNF Initiative demonstrates a scalable model for regenerative agriculture & community-led development. Read more:

“Who wins and who loses?” isn't an explicit question that’s often asked in #SystemicRisk assessments. But it should be. In ASRA Explores, Alice Ruhweza explains why it’s so important to consider how risks & responses affect people in different ways. Try it yourself with STEER steer.asranetwork.org

Our new tool STEER helps policy teams understand how digital threats intersect with energy infrastructure, financial systems, and governance, and more – identifying immediate actions while building long-term resilience. Explore the open-source tool: steer.asranetwork.org #AI #systemicrisks

Crises don’t unfold in a linear fashion. Risk assessments shouldn't either. Systemic risks are dynamic, interactive and interdependent. They have unintended consequences and provoke trade-offs when designing responses. Learn more: www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...

HIRING: Are you interested in #nonhuman research? We’re looking for a research analyst to support the research and development of understanding, assessing, and responding to #SystemicRisk beyond human ways of knowing. Deadline: Wednesday 22 October Learn more:

Systemic risks don't wait their turn. Our new tool STEER helps policy teams understand how today's crises cascade and compound, and to assess their responses. Strengthen your risk preparedness with STEER: steer.asranetwork.org #systemicrisks #tippingpoints #globalrisks

Our new tool STEER supports policy teams to go deeper into the structural nature of the risks we face, built on a legacy of past decisions, and work on transformational responses. Explore the open-source tool: steer.asranetwork.org

“Systems thinking isn’t just useful; it’s an imperative. David Jácome Polit, @iclei.org, was an early adopter of STEER, our new #SystemicRisk framework. He explains how STEER offers a blueprint to practice systems thinking and make more effective decisions.

Just launched! STEER: A new systemic risk framework that helps you ask the right questions about #SystemicRisks & spot gaps in current approaches so you can act with confidence. Explore STEER: steer.asranetwork.org

New Global #TippingPoints Report warns that our rapidly warming world is approaching critical ecological thresholds. ASRA's Ajay Gambhir is one of the authors – he urges governments to integrate tipping points into their #SystemicRisk assessments. 👉 global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...

Risk assessments aren’t just safeguarding procedures - they’re opportunities for change. Our "Collective and Individual Agency" principle emphasizes the power of whole-of-society participation and collective action for a more equitable & healthy future. www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...

New event: We’re excited to host Prof. Thomas Homer-Dixon for a presentation on @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social Polycrisis Core Model, a system-of-systems analysis of our global future. 🗓️ Date: November 6, 2025 ⏰ Time: 17:00 GMT 👉 Register: unfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #polycrisis