After his neighbourhood was decimated in last year’s wildfires, Rob Lempert became involved in rebuilding.
On Cross Currents, he joins Mariana Rondon and Stella Ladi to explore how embracing uncertainty and co-creation can build more resilient responses to systemic risk.
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"Fear is part of who we are.”
In a new Cross Currents episode, Stella Ladi argues fear should be embraced, not dismissed, in policymaking. She joins Rob Lempert & Mariana Rondon to explore addressing systemic risk through co-creation.
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Will AI reshape the foundations of the public purse? Can fear be taken into account when managing systemic risk?
The February edition of Radically Rethinking Risk lands tomorrow.
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What if preventing catastrophic biological threats requires not just better science, but better collaboration across borders and communities?
In Cross Currents, Lalitha Sundaram, Shama Karkal, and Henry Willis explore the systemic risks facing global health security.
AI is not only transforming how economies grow; it is changing how states fund themselves.
Dr. Chris Cormack argues that while economic value is shifting away from employment to capital & intangible assets, tax systems remain anchored to taxing labour.
A photo of a river running over white rocks overhung by luscious green forest. Overlaid text reads: Cross Currents In-conversation.
Cross Currents is an ASRA network member-led conversation series with a simple aim: create space for nuanced, cross-disciplinary conversations that deepen understanding of the interconnected risks driving today’s polycrisis.
Watch the series on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Beyond the promise of AI’s productivity, another story is unfolding: fiscal fragility & geopolitical risk.
Chris Cormack argues early AI policy choices will shape whether the technology drives durable prosperity or systemic instability. Read The Rethink: www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret...
Radically Rethinking Risk is ASRA’s monthly newsletter for people who want to understand the intertwined roots of the problems our world faces and identify the best responses that can trigger positive cascades of change.
Radically Rethinking Risk is ASRA’s newsletter exploring the interconnected nature of today’s global challenges and the responses that can trigger positive cascades of change.
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"Fast-moving crises are often the visible crest of decades-long, slow-moving shifts."
New @resilience.org article argues that #SystemicRisk analysis can help us untangle the deep roots of our present crises and identify responses that trigger positive change.
www.resilience.org/stories/2026...
What if preventing catastrophic biological threats requires not just better science, but better collaboration across borders, disciplines, & communities?
Watch ASRA Network members explore the intersections & interactions in biosecurity risk in episode 4 of Cross Currents: youtu.be/MoGk0hfq1P4?...
@chathamhouse.org Sustainability Accelerator interviews Phil Tovey, our Director of Nature-Centric Approaches, on his life and work grappling with systemic risks from a more-than-human perspective.
accelerator.chathamhouse.org/article/phil...
#morethanhuman #systemicrisk
Portrait of Ajay Gambhir speaking on a panel at the UN's 80th anniversary celebrations.
A panel talk on planetary challenges – part of the UN's 80th anniversary celebrations.
People queue outside Central Hall Westminster to enter the UN's 80th Anniversary celebrations.
It was a privilege to participate in the UN’s 80th anniversary celebrations, where Ajay Gambhir, our Director of Systemic Risk Assessment, spoke about the renewed need for international coordination to address the interconnected #SystemicRisks facing our world.
Thanks @una-uk.bsky.social
Prof. Stella Ladi explores the impacts of the EU’s wave of deregulation on climate change and AI, arguing that the problem the Commission now faces is that the “simplification agenda” will most likely backfire because it'll satisfy neither citizens nor markets.
Image of an otter over a line drawing of the River Tone in South-West England. The title is the name of a new six-month project: "Risks beyond human eyes".
We’re bringing River Tone community members together to explore systemic risk through the eyes of otters, deer, earthworms, salmon – and the river itself.
Risks Beyond Human Eyes shows how #SystemicRisk assessment & response can move beyond human-centred models. www.asranetwork.org/insights/ris...
UNGA at 80: From 1946 to our future. Speaker announcement graphic with a photo of Ajay Gambhir, Director of Systemic Risk Assessment at the Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment. The event takes place on 17 January 2026, Methodist Central Hall Westminster.
Join a special event to celebrate 80 years of the UN.
A line-up of inspiring talks will explore how multilateralism can be renewed for the future. Our Director of Systemic Risk Assessment will take part in a panel on addressing planetary challenges.
🗓️ 17 Jan
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unga-at-80...
HIRING: Join our team as a Research Analyst examining the systemic risks of climate change.
We’re looking for a researcher to work on a major project focusing on the implications of exceeding the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal.
Learn more: www.asranetwork.org/news/job-ope... #climatejobs
A cartoon of a caterpillar on a branch and a butterfly flying in the air. The caterpillar says "How can I be you?" and the butterfly replies "By being you!"
What does it mean for an institution to transform with dignity, courage, & creativity?
We're choosing to model something we believe the sector desperately needs: the courage to transform strategically rather than fade slowly.
Learn more: www.asranetwork.org/news/inside-...
We don’t yet know what the outcomes of this transition will look like, and that uncertainty is part of the opportunity. After all, in nature, endings can disguise beginnings: a caterpillar dissolves into a chrysalis so a butterfly can take wing.
Read more: www.asranetwork.org/news/inside-...
4/4 🧵
Rather than slowly constraining the work or reshaping ourselves to chase funding, we are choosing to steward ASRA’s mission forward with intention, care, and openness to possibilities as they emerge.
3/4 🧵
This decision reflects both the realities of today’s funding landscape—where unrestricted support for small, niche nonprofits is increasingly scarce—and a deliberate choice with respect to responding to a changed and changing world.
2/4 🧵
A cartoon of a chrysalis hanging from a tree branch. A sign hanging to the right of the chrysalis says: metamorphysing, transmogrifying, transforming, transmuting, transfiguring, and more... The cartoon is by Hameed Khan and Eugenia Rojo.
Some news from ASRA…. 🐛🦋
ASRA has decided to transition the ownership and management of our assets, activities, and operations to others who share our purpose and can build on what we have achieved over the past two years.
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As our planet spins into another year, it’s a good moment to think bravely, flexing our imagination, to consider the kinds of changes that lead to transformation. 🐛🦋
Addressing #Systemicrisks creates an opportunity to redesign the systems that shape our lives. Watch ASRA Explores with Shama Karkal.
What drives societies to fracture or transform?
In episode one of Cross Currents, ASRA Network members explore the dynamics at play that can lead to a society’s collapse or transformation.
Watch it here:
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What does it really take to shift complex systems when communities are navigating overlapping crises & entrenched power dynamics?
Watch the honest and grounded conversation between ASRA network members David Jácome Polit @iclei.org & Ayan Mahamoud, IGAD on Cross Currents.
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In what ways might thinking about speciesism together with other social inequities or forms of oppression guide us toward a future where all beings thrive? 🐋 🎬
Watch episode 2 in our Cross Currents series on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/y10y8dGWKrg
Three solid white circles overlay the intricate veins of a green leaf. This is ASRA's Multiple Ways of Knowing principle, which encourages you to embrace a range of disciplines and worldviews to perceive, understand, and act on risk.
The ‘Multiple Ways of Knowing’ principle challenges the assumption that any single discipline or worldview can fully grasp today's #SystemicRisks.
Weave different perspectives into your systemic risk assessments: steer.asranetwork.org
What if collapse isn’t a single moment, but a messy, uneven process with winners, losers, & surprising forms of renewal? 🎬
In our inaugural episode of Cross Currents, Luke Kemp, Megan Shipman & Daniel Hoyer discuss themes from Luke’s book Goliath’s Curse.
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Cross Currents in-conversation – a photo of a river of cloudy blue water running and branching over white rocks, overhung by a lush green forest.
📣 NEW: We’re excited to launch Cross Currents, a new video series where ASRA network members get together to explore the dynamics, disruptions, and discoveries shaping our world. 🎬
Watch the first three episodes on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Thanks for compiling this excellent list @steipatr.bsky.social, and for including us!
Grey blue glacial ice overlap in shadowy shapes and spikes. A white circle overlays the centre of the image and to its bottom-left, hovers another smaller white circle. This is ASRA's Transformation principle card. It encourages you to address systemic risk in contextually sensitive ways as the world changes at magnitude and speed.
Addressing #SystemicRisk can become an opportunity to redesign the systems that shape our lives.
Learn more about our transformation principle: www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...
Read the story of Quito's sustainable urban transformation: www.asranetwork.org/stories/quit...
