Projects - Civic imagination

Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination

London

At the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination we call what we do 'experiments', because it allows us to truly test things out, and fall flat on our faces sometimes.

SIMA Academy

Los Angeles

A global learning platform for inquiry, leadership, and civic imagination, powered by award-winning short documentaries from around the world.

Democracy 2076

United States of America 🇺🇸

Democracy 2076 provides strategies to inspire renewed faith in pro-democratic, pro-topian futures that moves people to action in service of a resilient democracy.

The Democracy Futures Project

The Democracy Futures Project is an initiative to develop the capacity of philanthropies to think long-term about American democracy.

Futurepolis

Berkeley, CA

What would democracy look like if it were being invented today, instead of in the 18th century? That’s the driving question of Futurepolis.

Here you will find in-depth articles (deep dives), interviews and other content related to our lines of activity (Future Culture, Democratic Innovation, Citizen Empowerment, Social Economy and cooperativism).

Ridiculously Hopeful Futures

California

Ridiculously Hopeful Future: a bold, slightly wild, and very optimistic project to transform how government social safety net programs are designed.

Center for Science and the Imagination

Arizona State University

Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination brings writers, artists and other creative thinkers into collaboration with scientists, engineers and technologists to reignite humanity’s grand ambitions for innovation and discovery.