{"id":597,"date":"2021-09-02T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/?p=597"},"modified":"2025-07-18T06:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:10:11","slug":"si-update-september-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/blog\/post\/si-update-september-2021","title":{"rendered":"SI Update &#8211; September 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As summer is coming to an end, we wanted to share an update with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recent highlights from our blog:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoninstitute.ch\/blog\/post\/building-the-field-of-long-term-governance-si%E2%80%99s-research-approach\/\">Building the field of long-term governance &#8211; SI\u2019s research approach<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoninstitute.ch\/blog\/post\/united-nations-for-the-future-a-collection-of-key-international-texts-for-long-term-governance\/\">United Nations for the future &#8211; a collection of key international texts for long-term governance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoninstitute.ch\/blog\/post\/setting-expectations-for-extreme-risk-mitigation-through-policy-change\/\">Setting expectations for extreme risk mitigation through policy change<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoninstitute.ch\/blog\/post\/an-overview-of-fields-to-improve-decisions-in-policy-and-practice\/\">An overview of fields to improve decision-making in policy systems<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Upcoming public events:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>September 6th: We are organizing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoninstitute.ch\/blog\/post\/lunch-event-during-bwc-meeting-of-experts\/\">side event during the BWC Meeting of Experts<\/a>\u00a0on \u201clong-term decision-making in the face of extreme biological risks\u201d (13:15-14:45 CEST).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>November 22nd to 25th: We are piloting our tabletop exercise on pandemic resilience during the BWC Meeting of States Parties (details tbd)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What else we\u2019re up to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Giving presentations on \u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sgAMnGJSWkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">institutions for future generations<\/a>\u201d, \u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoninstitute.ch\/blog\/post\/2021-sdgs-learning-training-practice\/\">behavioral solutions for evidence-based decision-making<\/a>\u201d and \u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaserver.unige.ch\/play\/151903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the philosophy, science and practice of long-term governance<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conducting a systematic review of the academic literature on the \u201cpsychology of extreme risk governance\u201d and analyzing 28 corresponding expert interviews<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finalizing our drafted \u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1DJGYeqiXN-CMooKoBECq7VOvP69tWuFL\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">very short guide to decision-making on wicked problems<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facilitating virtual meetings between extreme risk researchers and leadership of international security organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Formalizing the concept of \u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoninstitute.ch\/project\/public-policy-making-longterm-future\/\">long-term institutional fit<\/a>\u201d in an academic paper and submitted a paper on \u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoninstitute.ch\/project\/computational-policy-process-studies\/\">computational policy process studies<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waiting on the end of the pandemic to properly engage our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoninstitute.ch\/project\/longterm-governance-network\/\">Longterm Governance Network<\/a>\u00a0and test more in-person event formats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raising funding to move full-time into SI and extend our planning horizon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to discuss how you can contribute?&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:konrad@simoninstitute.ch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get in touch<\/a>&nbsp;or join our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoninstitute.ch\/project\/office-hour\/\">office hour<\/a>&nbsp;any first Wednesday of the month from 12:30-13:30 CEST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This update was first sent out via our newsletter.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/simoninstitute.us1.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=5d7bba8c78d25d980050b3a16&amp;id=dfb580ce4c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe now for quarterly updates.<\/a>&nbsp;Or have a look at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/us1.campaign-archive.com\/home\/?u=5d7bba8c78d25d980050b3a16&amp;id=dfb580ce4c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all past issues<\/a>&nbsp;first.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"acf-hidden-block\" style=\"display:none;\">Konrad Seifert <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As summer is coming to an end, we wanted to share an update with you. 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