ECI: Dr Monika Zurek (Lead), Dr John Ingram, Roger Sykes
External consultant: Jim Woodhill
The Foresight4Food Initiative explores how foresight – a key tool for governments, business and civil society to better understand future risks and opportunities – and scenario analysis for the global food system could be improved. The Initiative has been designed and delivered by the Food Systems Transformation Group at the University of Oxford since 2017.
Our work
The initiative is a collaboration of science institutions, international agencies, platforms and coalitions, and development organisations working together to transform food systems through:
- Analysis and synthesis of the drivers, trends and future scenarios for food systems;
- Enhanced methods and tools for foresight and scenario analysis;
- Stakeholder dialogue, informed by science, about the future of food systems; and
- Improved decision-making for healthy, sustainable and equitable food systems
How food systems change over the coming decades will have profound global implications for our health, economic and social wellbeing and the environment. Globally, we are on an unhealthy, unsustainable and inequitable path compounded by the risks and uncertainties of climate change. To help drive change we need a deeper understanding of how the future might unfold and more insight about the options for taking action – before crises hit.
The Foresight4Food initiative is currently looking for new partners and funding to continue our work. If you'd like to get involved please contact Monika Zurek, Lead, Food Systems Transformation Group: monika.zurek@eci.ox.ac.uk
