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🗓 Date: November 4th and 5th, 2024
📍Location: Hochschulzentrum Fulda Transfer, Großer Seminarraum 3a, Heinrich-v.-Bibra-Platz 1b, Fulda University of Applied Sciences

Convenors:

• Claudia Wiesner (Fulda University of Applied Sciences)
• David Chandler (University of Westminster, UK)
• Pol Bargués (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)

Join us for a groundbreaking two-day workshop focused on Anticipatory Governance in the Anthropocene: Opacity, Cybernetics, and Resilience. This interdisciplinary event will explore the pressing question of how societies can govern in anticipation of future crises in a world where traditional cause-and-effect models no longer suffice.

As we face a growing polycrisis, marked by interconnected challenges such as climate change, conflicts, and natural disasters, anticipatory governance offers a way to act before crises unfold. However, in the complex, entangled reality of the Anthropocene, how do we develop policies that effectively address such issues? How do we open up the "black box" of societal responses, account for non-linear outcomes, and build resilience?

Key Themes:

• Opacity: Understanding the unseen complexities of societal and community responses to crises.
• Cybernetics: Exploring how systems theory can inform anticipatory governance and help societies transform in response to shocks.
• Resilience: Shifting the focus from crisis management to enhancing adaptive capacities in communities.

This workshop will bring together scholars and practitioners from across disciplines to discuss these themes and the role of self-organization in governance. You’ll gain insight into cutting-edge research and case studies on disaster response, community development, and peacebuilding.

We invite scholars, policymakers, and students interested in exploring how we can govern for the future in times of uncertainty.

Don’t miss the chance to engage with leading thinkers on this urgent and vital topic!