M HKA Ensembles

Professor Ziauddin Sardar, born in Dipalpur, Pakistan, in 1951, works across a number of disciplines, from futures studies and Islamic studies to science policy, literary criticism and information science to cultural relations, art criticism and critical theory. He is Director of the Centre of Postnormal Policy & Futures Studies. Its Deputy Director John A. Sweeney, born in New York in 1977 is an international foresight practitioner, consultant and educator with extensive experience of developing contexts.

For the Center, futures are characterised by Contradiction, Complexity and Chaos. The postnormal landscape is dominated by different Ignorances and Uncertainties. The postnormal menagerie of Black Swans, Black Elephants and Black Jellyfish help us understand emerging issues. Collapse demonstrates its potential for new beginnings as values are used to navigate the global, interconnected, accelerating change of postnormal times.