What we do
We initiate and support experimental projects that explore what science could become. Each year, we select a small number of initiatives that:
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Dare to try something new, even when this is uncertain or still taking shape;
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Reflect on science with the aim of building more inclusive and imaginative systems;
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connect academic and non-academic forms of knowledge;
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contribute to a broader conversation about science in society.
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Our foundation is not-for-profit and volunteer-driven.
Our board brings together people from different disciplines and walks of life. Some work within universities, others far outside them. We don’t share a single field, but we do share an attitude: critical of how some aspects of science currently work out, hopeful about what academia could become.
Founders
Dr. Roanne van Voorst
Chair of the foundation
Futures Anthropologist; Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam; Editor-in-Chief of Futures Reframed.
Dr. Tessa Cramer
Board member
Professor Designing the Future at Fontys University of Applied Sciences; sociologist and futurist. Editor-in-Chief of Futures Reframed.
Board members
Arash Abizadeh
Board member
RB Angus Professor of Political Science and Associate Member of the Department of Philosophy at McGill University.
Julia Watson
Board member
Landscape architect; author of Lo-TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism; principal of a studio focused on Indigenous design strategies.
Arjun Appadurai
Board member
Professor Emeritus of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University; renowned anthropologist and globalization theorist.
