A game for all seasons: lessons and learnings from the JRC’s Scenario Exploration System
Bontoux, Laurent and Sweeney, John A. and Rosa, Aaron B. and Bauer, Alice and Bengtsson, Daniel and Bock, Anne-Katrin and Caspar, Ben and Charter, Martin and Christophilopoulos, Epaminondas and Kupper, Frank and Macharis, Cathy and Matti, Cristian and Matrisciano, Marco and Schuijer, Jantien and Szczepanikova, Alice and Van Criekinge, Tine and Watson, Rosina (2019) A game for all seasons: lessons and learnings from the JRC’s Scenario Exploration System. World Futures Review. ISSN 1946-7567; 2169-2793 (Online)
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The European Commission Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) Scenario Exploration System (SES) is a foresight gaming system developed to facilitate the application of futures thinking to policy-making. It was originally geared at engaging EU policy-makers with scenarios in a facilitated process with a low learning curve. Specifically, the SES was designed to help participants, in less than three hours, to engage in systemic thinking with a long-term perspective and to explore alternative futures on specific issues and themes. When applied in various contexts, the SES proved to have a broader range of applications, which led to communities of practice emerging around the tool. Successful responses to various requests to apply the tool beyond its original focus demonstrated the versatility of the SES. Specifically we discovered its ability to accommodate a large array of scenarios to discuss a very diverse range of issues. The experience accumulated through several adaptations of the SES allows the analysis of the various strengths and weaknesses of the tool as a platform for futures thinking and sharing more broadly the know-how for the creation and application of new versions. Ultimately this article seeks to contribute a series of design suggestions for futures practitioners seeking to develop a playful mode of interaction with scenarios, or those seeking to repurpose the original SES system for use in their own project.
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