Welcome to the Pardee Institute for International Futures

At the Frederick S. Pardee Institute for International Futures, we look to the past to inform the future, using knowledge to drive decisions toward better outcomes. This perspective is central to our work: it defines our mission to help people understand the global future, shapes the value we provide to a community tackling the world’s most consequential issues, and advances our vision of a more knowable future.

Our core work—developing data, tools, and analysis—builds knowledge that drives decisions and outcomes. It equips people with knowledge that we hope enables more intentional action today and more effective planning for tomorrow. The consistency of long-term trends reinforces a critical point: 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.