Johannes Gabriel is Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe, and Founder and Managing Director of Foresight Intelligence, Berlin. At Foresight Intelligence, an organizational consultancy specialized in strategic foresight, Johannes conducts strategic planning processes for the German Government, implements intercultural and multi-stakeholder strategic dialogues for leading think tanks, and advised MNCs in organizational development and strategy projects. He is a non-resident fellow of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) and, since its foundation in 2010, part of the Global Governance Futures program team. He received a master's degree with distinction in political science and economics from the University of Trier. From 2009 to 2011 he was a PhD fellow with the Society and Technology Research Group in Berlin, the Daimler AG’s foresight division. In 2011 he completed his PhD thesis on theoretical aspects of future studies. Dr. Gabriel has authored and co-authored research articles for, among others, WIREs Climate Change, Internationale Politik, Futures and the European Journal of Futures Research.
- Four scenarios of the energy transition: Drivers, consequences, and implications for geopolitics, with M. Bazilian, M. Bradshaw, A. Goldthau, and K. Westphal, in WIREs Climate Change 11:2 (2019)
- Foresight in climate engineering, with S. Low, in Geoengineering Our Climate?, J.J. Blackstock and S. Low (editors), Routledge (2018)
- Three scenarios for EU-China relations 2025, with S. Schmelcher in Futures 97 (March 2018)
- Beyond Strategic Planning: Global Governance Futures, with J. Sandhu, in Global Policy (June 14, 2016)
- Solar Radiation Management: Foresight for Governance, with M. Boettcher and S. Low in IASS Working Paper (April 2016)
- Scenarios on Stratospheric Albedo Modification in 2030, with M. Boettcher and S. Harnisch, in SPP Workshop Report (March 2015)
- A Scientific Enquiry into the Future, in European Journal of Futures Research 2:31 (2014)
The purpose of the seminar is a) to familiarize students with the scenario methodology as a way to think about uncertain futures, b) to do so by themselves developing scenarios on "The Middle East in 2025," and c) to link the scenario techniques to risk assessment and strategic foresight.