Futures Reframed Foundation

Futures Reframed is an international foundation that creates space for experimentation and innovation in the academic realm. We support projects that explore how science could otherwise be. Our main goal is not to reject or dismantle existing systems, but much more so: to open them up and to sketch alternatives to what is now the norm. In doing so, we seek out the edges and create new momentum. We believe that where things rub up against each other, new possibilities emerge. Our foundation is not-for-profit and volunteer-driven, led by scholars, for scholars. **What we do** We initiate and support experimental projects that explore what science could become. Each year, we select a small number of initiatives that: Dare to try something new, even when this is uncertain or still taking shape; Reflect on science with the aim of building more inclusive and imaginative systems; connect academic and non-academic forms of knowledge; contribute to a broader conversation about science in society. The first project we started is the scientific journal Futures Reframed: an open-access, peer-reviewed platform for futures thinking, anticipation studies, and futures anthropology. The journal has a double ambition. It opens space for experimental research in our respective fields and it challenges the norms of academic publishing itself. Futures Reframed sets out to show how science can be done differently: more open, imaginative and engaged. You can find or contribute to the Futures Reframed journal here: https://platform.openjournals.nl/FR Next projects will be announced soon, so follow us for more news, and please share your innovative ideas with us: what needs be done differently in the academia, and how could we do that? **Who are we?** We’re a collective of scientists from a variety of backgrounds, thinkers and do-ers who share one thing: the sense that things must, and can, be different. Bio's of our board members can be found on our website.