I am one of the fellows of the 2025-26 Bailey College of the Environment Think Tank on “Risk and Uncertain Futures: Responding to Global Disruptions”
Our world is being reshaped by forces such as climate change and the AI revolution, fundamentally altering our relationship with the environment—not only in physical terms but also in political, economic, and cultural ways. These transformations are generating new forms of risk and uncertainty while simultaneously presenting opportunities for innovation, adaptation, and creativity. How do societies conceptualize risk and plan for uncertain futures? How do political actors, scientific experts, and artists interpret and respond to a world defined by overlapping crises, and uncertainty? What methodologies are being deployed to quantify and price risk? How do our understandings of justice evolve as we encounter transformative forces and advocate for just transitions?