Open Foresight Hub is a crowd‑sourced wiki that aggregates and organizes foresight knowledge, making reports, articles, books, multimedia and other publications about possible, plausible, and preferred futures publicly accessible. It enables anyone to browse, contribute to, and update summaries of emerging trends and scenarios, fostering collaborative analysis of the forces shaping the future. The platform serves researchers, policymakers, and enthusiasts seeking a comprehensive, openly curated foresight library.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Foresight research and scenario planning resources are scattered across disparate publications, making it difficult for practitioners, scholars, and policymakers to locate, compare, and build upon existing analyses of possible, plausible, and preferred futures.
Solution
Open Foresight Hub provides a wiki‑style platform that aggregates reports, articles, books, multimedia, and other foresight publications in a single, searchable repository. The site relies on crowd‑sourced contributions, allowing users to add and edit summaries, analyses, and scenario descriptions, which keeps the content dynamically evolving. By organizing material into collections and a compendium of publishers, the Hub enables efficient browsing of diverse perspectives on emerging trends and future scenarios. Open access and collaborative editing encourage a transparent, community‑driven knowledge base that supports both novice learners and experienced foresight professionals.
Target Audience
Primary users are foresight analysts, strategic planners, academic researchers, and policy makers who need a centralized, collaborative resource for future studies and scenario development.
Features
- Wiki architecture that supports open editing and version control mechanisms for community contributions
- Structured collections of reports, articles, books, multimedia, and other foresight publications
- Crowd‑sourced summaries of possible, plausible, and preferred futures with links to source materials
- Publisher directory linking each entry to its originating organization or author
- Search and filter tools for navigating topics, trends, and scenario categories
- Open‑access model that allows anyone to browse or contribute without registration barriers