Aarathi Krishnan
Strategic Foresight Advisor at UNDP
Strategic Foresight Advisor at UNDP. Tech and Human Rights Fellow at Harvard Kennedy Carr Centre. Affiliate at Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University.
My work focuses on designing anticipatory institutions and systems so that we might reimagine more flourishing and equitable futures for all people. I work at the intersection of development/humanitarian futures, strategic foresight, and systems/complexity thinking. 

I am currently the Strategic Foresight Advisor for UNDP Asia Pacific, where my focus is on designing and institutionalising strategic foresight through an applied systems approach in order to improve anticipatory capacities and decision making, so that we can effectively see, manage, and respond to short and long-term risk signals, policies and investments. 

I am also an Affiliate at Berkman Klein Centre for Internet and Society at Harvard University as well as a 2020-21 and 2021-22 Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Carr Centre for Technology and Human Rights. My research focus is on Foresight and Decolonial Tech Ethics in Humanitarian Tech Governance. 

I have previously supported a range of international humanitarian organisations on embedding institutional foresight and global strategy to drive institutional and systems transformation, including the UN Resident Coordinators, UNV, the World Bank, UNHCR, MSF, ICRC and IFRC . 

I am inherently curious about how things work and about why things don't - and how do we need to shift these underlying assumptions that we don't necessarily talk about - to actually drive change. I push and provoke on issues of inclusion, intersectionality, power and privilege - and how these come together in ways that influence our drive to do good. 

See more of my work on www.aarathikrishnan.com
UNDP
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Strategic Foresight Advisor
New York, United States
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Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
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Affiliate
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Harvard Kennedy School
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Technology and Human Rights Fellow
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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World Economic Forum
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Expert Advisor - Technology and Social Justice
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The Art of Values-Based Innovation for Humanitarian Action
Stanford Social Innovation Review
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Let us talk about the 'I'
GAHI - Global Alliance for Humanitarian Innovation
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Futures and Organisational Transformation
IARAN
What does it take to be futures fit?
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Humanitarian aid is going wireless, autonomous and communal
Fast Company
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Using the future to meet the needs of affected communities
School of International Futures
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Localization and the future of INGOs
ACFID
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Shifting the focus: 5 principles to govern the design of international volunteer programs
Devex
Putting communities first: Shifting the focus of international volunteering programs to the partners we work with.
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Design for Development and Humanitarian Intervention
ACFID
Future Leaders Program
Melbourne Business School
Humanitarian Diplomacy
IFRC/Diplo University
Social Enterprise: Masterclass
Australian Red Cross
Civil Rights and Social Action
Agency
Founding Board Member
Founding Board Member for Agency - Agency is a South by South organization. We are advancing the resilience and future preparedness of civil society ecosystems in Africa, Latin America, and across the global south through our commitment to collective action and responsive funding.
Civil Rights and Social Action
Diaspora Action Australia
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Board Member
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Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
ACFID
Co-Convenor - Innovation Community of Practice
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Tiffany L. Hart
Client Relationship Builder | Financial Services | Strategic Partnerships | Disruptive Transformation | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Speaker
New York, NY
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Holden Edmonds
Harvard University 2023
Cambridge, MA
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Aafreen Siddiqui Sherwani
Leads Data-for-Policy Platform @UNDP
Bangkok Metropolitan Area
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Vandana Dureja
Controller at World Economic Forum
New York, NY
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Charlotte Sethness
Strategic Partnerships at World Economic Forum
New York, NY
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Emina Ajvazoska
Event Professional with International and Government Experience
New York, NY
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Haleh Nazeri
Platform Curator, Financial Services at World Economic Forum
Brooklyn, NY
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Marion Clausen
International Legal Counsel at World Economic Forum
New York, NY
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Radhika Dave
Regional Technical Specialist, UNDP
Washington, DC
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Kal Joffres
Helping organisations prepare for the future. Strategy and innovation in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Metro Manila
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Marc Kushner
Partner, Head of U.S. M&A, at Dorsey & Whitney LLP
New York, NY
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Mihaela Stojkoska
Anti-Corruption Specialist at UNDP Pacific Office
Fiji
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Skylar Li
BME @ Columbia
New York, NY
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Ben Weisman
Director, Climate Finance Policy & Strategy at Bloomberg | GFANZ Secretariat Lead
New York, NY
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Alex Oprunenco
Innovation Specialist at United Nations Development Program, Bangkok Regional Hub
Bangkok Metropolitan Area
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Abby Covert
Information Architect & Author currently writing a book about diagramming
Melbourne, FL
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Sarah Boyd
Gender, Development and Diplomacy  |  Fulbright Scholar, Harvard Kennedy School
Melbourne, VI
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Alesha (Black) Miller
Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships at Digital Green
Wichita, KS
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Sabine Dolan     🌏
Global Partnerships | Strategic Communications | Socio-Environmental Affairs
San Francisco, CA
Dr Amjad Mohamed Saleem
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        i have had the pleasure of working with Aarathi over the last few years at IFRC.  Apart from being a valued colleague, she has grown to be a good friend and confidante at work often providing value insight and support for the work that i do.  I have in turn have learnt so much about the science of future and foresight strategic thinking and planning from her.  Based on her introduction and insights, this has opened a new possibility of work and thinking for me.

Aarathi is leading a very complicated process for facilitating the new strategic plan for the IFRC and i am amazed by her ability to consolidate vast amounts of data into something legible and comprehensible and to do this with a smile

 john a. sweeney
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Aarathi and I worked together at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. As a colleague, I found her to be an extraordinarily thoughtful professional whose expertise covers a range of subject areas and approaches. Aarathi brings a critical and reflective perspective to everything she does. 
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