Scholarship is one way IFs is tested. IFs also develops through exchange with the communities that use, test and compare long-term scenarios. The team participates in academic networks, global forums and scenario-building processes that help refine assumptions, improve methods and connect IFs-based analysis to wider conversations about development, climate, governance and geopolitical change.

These engagements create opportunities to compare approaches, learn from other modeling groups, understand user needs and make IFs more useful to communities studying plausible futures. They also help connect Pardee’s model development work to the broader research and policy environments where long-term assumptions are debated and applied.

Examples include scenario and foresight communities where researchers and practitioners compare assumptions, methods, and long-term pathways.

International Futures (IFs) is Pardee’s open-source, integrated forecasting platform. It supports scenario-based analysis across connected human, social, natural, economic, and geopolitical systems.

IFs helps users examine how assumptions and structural trends may shape plausible futures across countries, regions and time horizons. It does not predict a single future. It provides a transparent framework for comparing pathways, testing assumptions and understanding trade-offs.

IFs includes: