Art and imagination in the response to social crises. By Barbara Adams. Barbara is a sociologist whose interdisciplinary research looks at how knowledge is produced and political action is initiated through art and design projects. Barbara co-edited the book Design as Future-Making and is co-editor in chief of the journal…

Colleagues from UNHCR’s Innovation Service reflect on the launch of the new innovation learning programme targeting mid-level and senior managers in UNHCR. Thank you all for joining this round table on the launch of the Innovation Service’s Regional Innovation Programme! To get things started, please introduce yourselves. Emilia: I’m Emilia…

A strategy for delivering supplies quickly while minimizing the environmental impact. By Ben Safari, Head of UNHCR’s Supply Management Service Living through the war and genocide in Rwanda when I was in my 20s brought me a very deep sense of humanity. My first contact with the UN Refugee Agency…

The process centered on the lived experiences of organizations led by people who experienced forced displacement. By Amy Lynn Smith — Independent Writer + Strategist Organizations led by people who have experienced forced displacement make remarkable contributions to their communities, but they face considerable challenges. Structural, attitudinal, and legal barriers…

By Deji Bryce Olukotun Deji Bryce Olukotun is the author of two novels and his fiction has appeared in seven different book collections, including Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). His novel After the Flare won the 2018 Philip K. Dick special citation, and was chosen…

By Sofia Kyriazi (Associate Innovation Officer) and Catherine Schneider (Associate Innovation Officer). You might have heard the analogy that data is the new oil, a resource that can be exploited, extracted, and used to produce limitless wealth, with nothing to be heard of its consequences. Of course, this analogy is…

Leah Zaidi is an award-winning futurist and worldbuilding expert who works with companies and countries to design their future. She is a Research Director at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, and the Founder of Multiverse Design, an art and design practice in Toronto. She specializes in strategic…

A speculative encounter and correspondence on the future of displacement, belonging, un-belonging, and deep time. Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay is Associate Professor in Global Culture Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. He leads the international research group CoFUTURES. …

For UNHCR’s Innovation Service, shifting gears has inspired new ways of thinking about the way work gets done. By Amy Lynn Smith — Independent Writer + Strategist Nathalie Rami walked into the UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR’s) Headquarters to begin her new position as Deputy of UNHCR’s Innovation Service in October…