Facilitators
Dr. Peter Malvicini
UNESCO Chair on Images of the Futures & Co-creations; Eramus University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Brussels
Biography:
Peter Malvicini is Director of the Center for Policy Research and Outreach, at Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT). The Center’s futures research work focusses on anticipatory governance and sustainable Policy Making. With John Sweeney, Pete is co-facilitator of an emerging Uzbekistan futures movement—we endeavor to use Futures Literacy and strategic foresight engage a community of like-minded people across Central Asia. Pete has been an active participant in the Asia Pacific Futures Network. He led the WIUT’s participation in UNESCO Futures Literacy Global Summit and other research and capacity development activities. WIUT is a candidate for a UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies and Futures Literacy.
Pete is former coordinator of the Cornell Participatory Action Research Network. He dabbles in Open Systems Theory and Practice, is an aging disciple of Paulo Friere, and certified in Appreciative Inquiry. Pete has conducted research and lived in Asia for over 25 years. He has worked with NGOs, local and national governments, and international development agencies. His experience spans over 20 countries across Asia and the Pacific.A Fulbright and Kellogg leadership fellow, he earned an MS/PhD from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in adult learning, program planning and evaluation, and international development.
Dr. Peter Malvicini
UNESCO Chair on Images of the Futures & Co-creations; Eramus University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Brussels
Biography:
Peter Malvicini is Director of the Center for Policy Research and Outreach, at Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT). The Center’s futures research work focusses on anticipatory governance and sustainable Policy Making. With John Sweeney, Pete is co-facilitator of an emerging Uzbekistan futures movement—we endeavor to use Futures Literacy and strategic foresight engage a community of like-minded people across Central Asia. Pete has been an active participant in the Asia Pacific Futures Network. He led the WIUT’s participation in UNESCO Futures Literacy Global Summit and other research and capacity development activities. WIUT is a candidate for a UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies and Futures Literacy.
Pete is former coordinator of the Cornell Participatory Action Research Network. He dabbles in Open Systems Theory and Practice, is an aging disciple of Paulo Friere, and certified in Appreciative Inquiry. Pete has conducted research and lived in Asia for over 25 years. He has worked with NGOs, local and national governments, and international development agencies. His experience spans over 20 countries across Asia and the Pacific.A Fulbright and Kellogg leadership fellow, he earned an MS/PhD from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in adult learning, program planning and evaluation, and international development.