Welcome to the Pardee Institute for International Futures

Our Mission, Vision, and Values

• Mission
  Mission: We build and use data and tools to analyze our complex world and the long-term dynamics of change in human, social, and natural systems. We share our resources with policymakers, academics, and others seeking to improve the ways we contemplate and plan for the global future. 

  
  
   

• Vision
  Vision: Increased knowledge for future wellbeing 

  
  
   

• Values
  Values: 

   Interconnectedness:  Bringing together ideas and people to build knowledge    

  • We analyze the world as a deeply connected system by bringing together insights from multiple academic fields 
  • We interact with policymakers, academics, and students to build and support communities of users of our data and models and to broaden our own perspective 

  Understanding:  Mapping and measuring how the systems of the world interact 

  • We strive to better understand, represent, and communicate how human, social, and natural systems dynamically interact 
  • We work to make our complex models transparent and intelligible 

  Integrity:  Committing to openness, honesty, and trustworthiness 

  • From our modeling assumptions and tools to the way we work with others, we strive to be as open and accessible as possible 
  • We deliberately communicate the limitations of our work as well as its strengths