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Rick Davies

Independent

Evaluation consultant

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

3

DOWNLOADS

683

TOTAL CITATIONS

3

Ideas:
“  "It is clear from both evolutionary and immunological theory that in facing an unknown future, the fundamental requirement for successful adaptation is pre-existing diversity" (Edelman and Mountcastle, 1978:56) “ Widening the interest and use of ParEvo, a web application enabling the participatory exploration of alternative futures, described here: https://parevo.org Developing a range of evaluation methods and tools described here: https://mande.co.uk/special-issues/  ”

Scholarly Papers (3)

1.

Exploring Futures for the Science of Global Risk

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 17 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2023
University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Oxford, Independent, Effective Giving, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Sane.fyi, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge, Australian National University (ANU), FernUniversität in Hagen, University of Cambridge, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and Independent
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futures; participation; evolution; evaluation; collective intelligence; ParEvo; narrative; Global Risk; Existential Risk; Existential Risk Studies; global catastrophic risk; theory of change

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ParEvo: A Methodology for the Exploration and Evaluation of Alternative Futures

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Feb 2023
Rick Davies, Tom Hobson, Lara Mani and SJ Beard
Independent, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge and University of Cambridge
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Key words: ParEvo, futures, participatory, evaluation, online

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ParEvo: Enabling the Participatory Exploration of Alternative Futures

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2022
Rick Davies
Independent
Downloads 109 (649,907)

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Futures, participation, evolution, algorithm, evaluation, collective intelligence, ParEvo, online, narrative