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Helping decision-makers steer long-term change

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We use long-range analysis, modeling, and scenario thinking to make complex futures more understandable for policy and planning.

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International Futures

International Futures (IFs) is a sophisticated and comprehensive forecasting modeling system that we use to forecast long-term change and development in 188 countries worldwide. IFs brings together data, system dynamics, and human insight to explore "ambitious but reasonable" scenarios - futures that are both possible and plausible.

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Development Analysis

Where forecasting meets foresight. We model scenarios across a range of cross-cutting issue areas, including education, health, infrastructure, and poverty, providing an empirically-grounded view of how global systems might evolve over time. Analysis ranges from the global to subnational level and from assessing broad risks and trends to exploring focused challenges.

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Geopolitical Analysis

Many of the most consequential changes in international affairs are difficult to see clearly in the moment. Diplomatic behavior often escapes notice unless it appears in a summit, a crisis, or a headline. Through data-building, tool-building, and analysis, Pardee’s geopolitical datasets help make some of those harder-to-see dynamics more legible.

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Sharing our body of work is central to the Pardee' Institute's mission to build a more knowable future and democratize access to it.

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With IFs, we aim to enhance the mental models that underpin pivotal decisions influencing sustainable human and social development worldwide.

Our Research Approach

In a world shaped by overlapping pressures, short-term analysis is often not enough. Long-horizon, systems-based work helps:

Clarify which trends are durable

There are elements of the future that we can anticipate and prepare for. These dependable trends provide structure and clarity, offering guardrails and illumination as we navigate possible future paths.

Illustrate the ripple effects of change

We map and measure the interconnected outcomes and relationships among scenarios and illustrate the likely downstream effects and trade-offs of each.

Identify effective policy strategies

We identify and shape interventions based on our understanding of systemwide ripple effects to drive intentional outcomes.

We creatively imagine and answer "What if?" questions about our world.

We work at the intersection of foresight and forecasting, using empirical analysis and integrated modeling to explore how global systems may change over time. Rather than predict a single future, we illuminate plausible pathways, test assumptions, and help people think more clearly about long-term change.

We develop data, tools, and strategies that make it easier to understand how development, climate, governance, and international affairs interact across time and systems. At the center of our work is International Futures, or IFs, our open-source integrated modeling platform. IFs helps users explore how changes in one domain can shape outcomes in others, supporting more informed planning amid complexity and uncertainty.
We serve a global community of policymakers, researchers, international organizations, development practitioners, students, and others seeking a clearer understanding of the global future.

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