The Millennium Project was founded in 1996 after a three-year feasibility study with the United Nations University, Smithsonian Institution, Futures Group International, and the American Council for the UNU. It is now an independent non-profit global participatory futures research think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, and universities. The Millennium Project manages a coherent and cumulative process that collects and assesses judgments from over 2,500 people since the beginning of the project selected by its 35 Nodes around the world. The work is distilled in its annual "State of the Future", "Futures Research Methodology" series, and special studies.

Millennium Project Planning Committee meeting in Boston
July 2010

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Current Activities

  1. Global Climate change Situation Room
  2. Latin America 2030 Scenarios Study
  3. UN World Water Scenarios
  4. Prime Minister of Kuwait's Early Warning System
  5. Monthly International Environmental Security Reports
  6. Online course "Azerbaijan Foresight"
  7. Updating and Improving 15 Global Challenges
  8. Internships
  9. Experiments in Second Life
  10. Future of Ontologists and their Education
  11. Global Millennium Prize
  12. State of the Future Index (both global and national SOFIs)
  13. Futures Dictionary/Encyclopedia
  14. Real-Time Delphi (continue development of the technique)
  15. Updating Annotated Scenarios Bibliography
  16. Middle East Peace Scenarios dissemination and discussions
  17. Experiments with Collaborative Software


MP Publications

Millennium Project reports provide context for global thinking and potential for better understanding how humanity could work together to improve the human condition.

2010 State of the Future

"Invaluable insights into the future for the United Nations, its Member States, and civil society."
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, U.N.

Futures Research Methodology Version 3.0