Scenario Exploration System Workshops

Global issues require leaders with the ability to be drivers for positive change, to lead and inspire others to think and behave more responsibly. To achieve this, we need forward thinking leaders with a specific portfolio of skills to help society to take action towards a more sustainable future. In this regard, gamified curricula and training hold the potential to develop such skills in a much more engaging, impactful and effective way.

The Scenario Exploration System (SES) is a serious gaming platform developed to facilitate the application of foresight in practice. It originally aimed at engaging EU policy makers with foresight and scenarios in a quick process. Specifically, it was designed to help participants, in less than 3 hours, to engage in systemic thinking with a long-term perspective and to explore alternative futures on specific issues. Through an interactive and participatory process, the game enables participants to acquire and share knowledge on sustainable development and explore the interests, motivations and strategies of different societal actors.

Having developed its own version, ABIS offers to interested parties the opportunity to co-design workshops and to use the SES as part of teaching modules, strategic discussions and relevant events.

Interested to learn more?

Find out more in our SES Overview Report!
Participate to one of our upcoming free SES Taster Sessions. You can register here.
Contact our Knowledge Manager Karolina Sobczak at karolina.sobczak@abis-global.org for any questions and to schedule a date for 2023 - 2024.

Resources for further understanding

Lessons and Learnings from the JRC's Scenario Exploration System research paper
The JRC Scenario Exploration System - From Study to Serious Game research paper

Scenario Exploration System – official European Commission´s website
Recording from the “Exploring sustainable futures with serious gaming” event on 23.03.21: From foresight to a serious game
Recording from the “Exploring sustainable futures with serious gaming” event on 23.03.21: Different versions and applications

Our past workshops:

8.02.2023 SES Workshop and Facilitation training at Liverpool Business School (UK)
5.10.2022 and 13.12.2022 SES workshops for Joint Research Centre, Bioeconomy Unit (BE)
13.09.2022 SES Workshop and Facilitation training at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
11.10.2021 Workshop and Facilitation training for SCO Linkoping (SE)
26.08.2021 and 8.10.2021 SES workshop and Facilitation training at Institute for Futures Research (ZA)
22.07.2021 SES workshop at Hochschule Bremen (DE)
28.04.2021 SES session at the ABIS Knowledge Into Action Festival
23.03.2021 Exploring sustainable futures with serious gaming event
26.02.2021 Launch of the SES Digital version with JE Europe during their Winter Conference (14 junior entrepreneurs)
26.02.2020 with Kent Business School, Brussels campus (12 students)
17.02.2020 with Henley Business School (40 students)
22.10.2019 with Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino (IT)
17.10.2019 at University of Westminster and Westminster Business Consultants (UK)
26. - 28.07.2019 JE Europe Summer Conference workshop (50 students)
23.05.2019 University of Westminster and Westminster Business Consultants (UK)
08.03.2019 Jade Spring Conference workshop (50 students)
12.02.2019 Kent Business School, Brussels campus (12 students)
9.1.2019 at Cranfield School of Management (55 students)

Watch a video of our SES workshop at Cranfield School of Management!

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