6/11/2023 0 Comments Strategic foresight![]() Prior to joining NPSIA in 2015 he was recruited into public service through the Recruitment of Policy Leaders (RPL) program he worked at Policy Horizons Canada, the Government’s foresight laboratory (2014-2015), where he gained invaluable experience applying foresight to public policy. Since joining NPSIA, his broader scholarship has been awarded over $1M in external research funding: he was awarded a Government of Canada SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2016), a SSHRC Insight Grant (2020-2025), a DND Research Initiative grant (2021/22), and an Ontario Early Researcher Award (2021-2025) to study state and non-state cyber deterrence two DND IDEaS grants (2018-2021) and one MINDS grant (2019) to explore the nexus between AI, military strategy, and deterrence several research grants from the Canadian Network on Terrorism, Security, and Society (TSAS) and a major Mitacs grant (2020-2022) to explore emerging technology and Canadian defence policy and strategy. His books include Deterring Rational Fanatics (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), Deterring Terrorism: Theory and Practice (eds., Stanford University Press, 2012), and Deterrence by Denial: Theory and Practice (Cambria Press, 2021). Among his many publications, his peer-reviewed research on foresight includes an assessment of Canada’s emerging foresight landscape, published in Foresight (2020), and on Canadian “Cyber Futures”, published with the Defence & Security Foresight Group (2020). Among his several courses, he teaches a graduate level class on strategic foresight, in which students explore the future of international affairs. Alex Wilner is a tenured, Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University, Ottawa. This workshop is ideal for professionals at all levels of government, institutions and / or parties involved in the development and management of public policy or those interested in learning more about foresight and how it is used to inform public policy.ĭr.
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