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A new entity to catalyse the emerging field of systemic risk analysis. Learn more: https://www.asranetwork.org/
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Our new tool STEER supports policy teams to go deeper into the structural nature of the risks we face, built on a legacy of past decisions, and work on transformational responses.

Explore the open-source tool: steer.asranetwork.org
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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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December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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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
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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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
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.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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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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December 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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📣 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...
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.
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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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...
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.
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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NEW: ASRA Explores non-human sanctity with @tom-oliver.bsky.social.

Watch Tom, Professor of Ecology @uniofreading.bsky.social, explain why we need to encompass the more-than-human world into our #SystemicRisk assessments if we want to protect our biosphere and collective future.

#morethanhuman
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Systemic risks intersect and create feedback loops across scales: planetary, global, regional, and local. 🌎

Our Cross-Scale principle encourages you to examine these intersections to identify critical points of intervention at all scales. www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...
Three white circles overlap in a downward cascade, overlaid on layers of high-contrast green and spiky palm leaves. This is ASRA's Cross-Scale principle, which encourages you to identify critical points of intervention to prevent systemic risk at all scales.
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Join us for the Climate & Nature Risk Practitioner’s webcast exploring the key themes on nature risk from the second Climate Financial Risk Forum paper.

Ajay Gambhir from our team will speak alongside @nicolaranger.bsky.social, Sandy Trust & Jheryl Cabey.

Register: www.garp.org/event/cfrf25...
Climate & Nature Risk Practitioner’s Month
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November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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HIRING: Join our team and take the lead on promoting and supporting others to use our new #SystemicRisk tool STEER.

We’re looking for a highly motivated systems thinker and capacity-builder who can host and provide training.

👉 Apply by midnight 7/12/2025: www.asranetwork.org/news/job-ope...
Job Opening: STEER Learning and Development Specialist
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November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Ajay Gambhir, our Director of Systemic Risk Assessment, was the special guest on edie’s #COP30 Covered podcast episode “Are we moving the needle on climate adaptation?”

Listen here:
COP30 Covered podcast: Are we moving the needle on climate adaptation? - edie
The third episode of edie’s new daily COP30 Covered podcast is streaming now, featuring an exclusive interview with Dr Ajay Gambhir at the Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment (ASRA). We also…
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November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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How do we make really good decisions when we don’t – and can’t – know for sure what’s going to happen?

Watch our latest ASRA Explores… episode with Robert Lempert, @rand.org, where he unpacks decision-making under deep uncertainty.

Watch in full: youtu.be/c-HKBQwW0ks #dmdu
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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When leaders act with compassion, they can guide the transformative action needed to protect our planet from escalating systemic risks.

Our ‘Compassion’ principle prompts you to carefully consider the concerns and needs of all stakeholders when assessing risks.

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A white circle surrounded by a dashed circle overlays a sepia-tinted cloudy sky. This is ASRA's Compassion principle, focusing on care and fostering an adaptive capacity to respond to risks and crises.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Last week, we were thrilled to host Prof. Thomas Homer-Dixon for a presentation and discussion about the findings of @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social Polycrisis Core Model (PCM), a system-of-systems analysis of our global future.

Watch the recording: youtu.be/FKaFmv0sMzI?... #polycrisis
Mapping the Hope Attractor with Thomas Homer-Dixon
YouTube video by Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment
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November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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🎧 New podcast episode with @Sarah Hendel-Blackford, our Director of Systemic Risk Policy & Response, interviewed by Darren Swanson for the Towers of Hiva podcast.
Towers of Hiva Podcast - Episode 1
In this inaugural episode of the Towers of Hiva Podcast Series, author Darren Swanson interviews Sarah Hendel-Blackford, Director of Systemic Risk Policy & Response with the Accelerator for Systemic…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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We can't know all the ins and outs of the highly complex, global, and interconnected #SystemicRisks we face. So why do traditional risk assessments and responses act as if systemic crises can be fully understood?

Stay humble with our Uncertainty principle: www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...
Sand dunes ripple like dry water in the desert. In the centre of the image, there is a circle made up of white dashes. This is ASRA's Uncertainty principle card. This principle is about integrating uncertainty to develop contextually sensitive and participatory scenarios and solutions.
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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EVENT: Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon will guide us through insights from the @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social Polycrisis Core Model – a framework for understanding how today’s overlapping global crises interact to shape our future.

🗓️ November 6
👉 Register: unfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
A green leafy canopy and photos of Thomas Homer-Dixon and Ruth Richardson who will speak during our event: Mapping the Hope Attractor. The event will take place on November 6 at 17:00 GMT.
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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In the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, our Executive Director Ruth Richardson, explores how today’s #polycrisis demands a systemic approach to risk.

Read the commentary:
link.springer.com/article/10.1... @springernature.com
Critical Responses to Global Systemic Risk in an Era of Polycrisis - International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Facing a confluence of systemic agricultural crises, a transformative farmer-led response was launched in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

🌱 APCNF Initiative demonstrates a scalable model for regenerative agriculture & community-led development.

Read more:
Community Managed Natural Farming
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October 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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“Who wins and who loses?” isn't an explicit question that’s often asked in #SystemicRisk assessments. But it should be.

In ASRA Explores, Alice Ruhweza explains why it’s so important to consider how risks & responses affect people in different ways.

Try it yourself with STEER steer.asranetwork.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Our new tool STEER helps policy teams understand how digital threats intersect with energy infrastructure, financial systems, and governance, and more – identifying immediate actions while building long-term resilience.

Explore the open-source tool: steer.asranetwork.org
#AI #systemicrisks
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Crises don’t unfold in a linear fashion. Risk assessments shouldn't either.

Systemic risks are dynamic, interactive and interdependent. They have unintended consequences and provoke trade-offs when designing responses.

Learn more: www.asranetwork.org/insights/pri...
A tangle of tree roots with three interlocking white circles overlaid in the centre. This is ASRA's Complexity principle card. Complexity means working in dynamic and interdependent ways, recognizing that decisions can have unintended consequences.
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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HIRING: Are you interested in #nonhuman research?

We’re looking for a research analyst to support the research and development of understanding, assessing, and responding to #SystemicRisk beyond human ways of knowing.

Deadline: Wednesday 22 October
Learn more:
Join our team as Research Analyst Nature-Centric Approaches
ASRA is seeking a Research Analyst to support the research and development of understanding, assessing and responding to systemic risk beyond human ways of knowing. We are looking for a highly…
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October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Systemic risks don't wait their turn. Our new tool STEER helps policy teams understand how today's crises cascade and compound, and to assess their responses.

Strengthen your risk preparedness with STEER: steer.asranetwork.org

#systemicrisks #tippingpoints #globalrisks
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Our new tool STEER supports policy teams to go deeper into the structural nature of the risks we face, built on a legacy of past decisions, and work on transformational responses.

Explore the open-source tool: steer.asranetwork.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM