Daniel Schimmelpfennig
Institution: University of Turku
Country: Finland
Daniel is a Creative Evolutionary Futurist. In the context of his work evolution is not understood as selection, but as intelligent and favorable design of structure and organization in complex systems. Generally speaking, his focus is on utilizing existing tools and methods from Futures Studies and associated fields, in order to make sense of possible, probable, plausible, and preferable images of the future. However, his futures research is not only about anticipation, but instead, it is specifically about strategic influence, as well as the design of alternatives, transformations and novelties in a systemic way, the visionary ideas yet to be realized, while comprehending the technological puzzle that eliminates opposite choices
Areas of expertise: gaming the future, hacking biology, deconstructing realities
Areas of expertise: gaming the future, hacking biology, deconstructing realities