ADVANCING FUTURES CAPABILITIES, COLLECTIVE FORESIGHT, AND INTERGENERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AS LEVERS FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE.

Nicklas helps organizations embed long-term thinking into strategy, decision-making, and institutional development. His work focuses on turning foresight into practical capabilities by strengthening leadership, governance, partnerships, learning, and public engagement, so that institutions can respond more effectively to complexity and change.

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He is Director of Impact and Development and UNESCO Co-Chair in Futures Capabilities at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. Across his roles in philanthropy, education, culture, and public-interest initiatives, he designs and scales programmes, collaborations, and platforms that build futures literacy, support intergenerational thinking, and make long-term perspectives more actionable.

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Alongside his work at CIFS, Nicklas contributes through teaching, curation, coalition-building, and advisory work, including with Soon Lab for Possible Futures, Parsons School of Design, Teach the Future Denmark, and the Danish Coalition for Future Generations.

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Across contexts, his focus is consistent: helping institutions build the capabilities, partnerships, and imagination needed to act on the future in the present.