Professor Roberto Poli has been awarded the first UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Systems and heads the Master Program in Social Foresight. Poli is a fellow of STIAS—Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study; editor-in-chief of Axiomathes (Springer); and editor of the series Anticipation Science (Springer).

Poli has published seven books, edited or co-edited more than 20 books or journal special issues, and published more than 300 scientific papers. Recent publications: Working with the future (Bocconi University Press 2019), Handbook of Anticipation (editor, Springer, 2019).