CULTIVATING ANTICIPATORY CAPABILITIES FOR LEARNERS AND LEADERS THROUGH FUTURES LITERACY, FORESIGHT, SOCIAL  IMAGINATION AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP.

Nicklas Larsen is a leading futures practitioner, educator, author, and public speaker dedicated to strengthening the political and cultural representation of future generations. From the Asian Development Bank to the Philanthropy Europe Association and Parsons School of Design, he builds imagination infrastructures and equips leaders and learners with the skills to anticipate change, navigate uncertainty, and use futures to inform the present.

As Head of Impact and UNESCO Co-Chair in Futures Capabilities at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, Nicklas champions the Institute's mission to democratise and integrate futures literacy through and across the arts, culture, education, philanthropy, and policy. He is also:
 

• A founding Steering Committee member of the Danish Coalition for Future Generations

• Curator at the Soon Lab for Possible Futures at Thoravej 29, initiated by the Bikuben Foundation

• Faculty member at Parsons School of Design in Paris

• Lead for Teach the Future Denmark

• Member of the Network of Institutions and Leaders for Future Generations

• Coalition partner with the International Federation for Red Cross' polycrisis think and do tank

• Advisory board member to the Danish National Museum