# Centre for Future Generations (CFG) > CFG is an independent think-and-do tank with a mission to help policymakers anticipate and govern rapid technological change. CFG focuses on technologies that shape the global balance of power: fast-evolving, far-reaching, and still largely ungoverned. We are a team of researchers, scientists, advocates and policy experts finding ways to harness emerging technologies to serve the best interests of humanity. What brings us together is a shared concern about humanity's ability to harness powerful emerging technologies. We believe in a world where powerful technologies are used to help tackle the challenges of our time while protecting human life, autonomy, rights and freedoms. We help governments anticipate and responsibly govern the societal impacts of rapid technological change, ensuring that powerful emerging technologies are used in the best interests of humanity — for current and future generations alike. Our job is to find clarity in the blur. About CFG: - Type: Independent, politically independent nonprofit think-and-do tank, entirely philanthropically funded. - Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium (headquarters established 2023; organisation founded in 2021). - Scale: Nearly 30 experts and fellows, and more than 100 pieces of analysis, commentary and research published. - Recognition: Named among On Think Tanks' "100 Think Tanks to Watch in 2025" — a peer-nominated list. - Self-description: CFG is an independent think-and-do tank with a mission to help policymakers anticipate and govern rapid technological change. We believe in a world where powerful technologies are used to help tackle the challenges of our time while protecting human life, autonomy, rights and freedoms. - Website: https://cfg.eu ## How we work - Anticipate: We use foresight methods to identify emerging scenarios and issues. - Inform: We educate policymakers and those who influence them about the opportunities and risks of emerging technologies. - Influence: We propose solutions to policy challenges and advocate for their implementation. ## Focus areas Our programmes focus on specific technology areas and aspects of technology governance — the ones we see as the most pressing and under-served challenges of the future. We currently concentrate on four emerging technologies: advanced AI, biotechnology, neurotechnology, and climate interventions. What sets these technologies apart is that they can have an asymmetric impact on a global scale; are developing at accelerating or even exponential rates; and lack clearly defined governance frameworks. - [Programmes overview](https://cfg.eu/program/programmes/): How CFG selects its focus areas and structures its work. - [Advanced AI](https://cfg.eu/program/advanced-ai/): Helping policymakers calibrate how much autonomy AI systems assume so the publics and democratic institutions affected by AI can shape how it is deployed, while keeping human decision-making where it matters. - [Biotechnology](https://cfg.eu/program/biotech/): Ensuring emerging biotechnologies benefit humanity responsibly, covering biosecurity, pandemic preparedness, and European biotech strategy. - [Neurotechnology](https://cfg.eu/program/neurotech/): How neurotechnology can enhance human potential while safeguarding dignity, agency, mental privacy and societal well-being. - [Climate interventions](https://cfg.eu/program/climate-interventions/): How to approach high-stakes climate interventions (such as solar radiation modification) wisely, grounded in sound science and broad dialogue. - [Incubator](https://cfg.eu/program/incubator/): A cross-cutting programme exploring emerging tech-governance challenges that sit between or outside policy siloes, before they become emergencies. ## Core pages - [About us](https://cfg.eu/about-us/): Who CFG is, its mission and its values. - [Team](https://cfg.eu/about-us/team/): The interdisciplinary team of researchers, scientists, advocates and policy experts. - [Publications](https://cfg.eu/publications/): CFG's latest thinking on the governance of emerging technologies. - [Policy input](https://cfg.eu/policy-input/): CFG's responses to calls for evidence and public consultations, particularly from EU institutions. - [Events](https://cfg.eu/events/): The Tech & Tonic series and the annual Think & Do conference. - [Funding](https://cfg.eu/funding/): How CFG is funded and its funding principles. - [Contact us](https://cfg.eu/contact-us/): General and media enquiries. - [Subscribe](https://cfg.eu/subscribe/): CFG newsletter sign-up. ## Flagship publications and reports Advanced AI: - [Advanced AI: Possible futures](https://cfg.eu/advanced-ai-possible-futures/): An extensive scenario-planning project mapping five possible scenarios for the next decade of general-purpose AI, and how different development pathways could reshape labour markets, geopolitics and society. Biotechnology: - [Emerging biotech atlas](https://cfg.eu/series/emerging-biotech-atlas/): A living reference guide that maps fast-moving biotechnologies across six capabilities (See, Read, Write, Edit, Predict, Assist), translating the science into European governance terms to build policymaker literacy. Neurotechnology: - [Neurotech consumer market atlas](https://cfg.eu/neurotech-market-atlas/): A mapping of the fast-growing consumer neurotechnology market — from brain implants to wearables — showing how the sector is moving into the mainstream and where Europe stands globally. - [Towards an EU Neurotechnology Strategy](https://cfg.eu/towards-an-eu-neurotechnology-strategy/): A white paper drawing on two years of CFG's neurotech research, synthesising its key ideas and policy recommendations into a call for European action on neurotechnology. Climate interventions: - [Policymakers' questions explored](https://cfg.eu/series/policymakers-questions-explored/): A series collecting answers to the questions EU policymakers and stakeholders most frequently ask about climate interventions; the opening FAQ covers the essentials, including stratospheric aerosol injection and the governance risks of ungoverned deployment. Cross-cutting: - [Five emerging technologies to act on now](https://cfg.eu/five-emerging-technologies-to-act-on-now-2024/): An overview of the technologies CFG argues policymakers should prioritise. - [Submission to the EU Intergenerational Fairness Strategy](https://cfg.eu/submission-to-the-eu-intergenerational-fairness-strategy/): CFG's recommendations for embedding future generations into EU policymaking. ## Organisational and legal information - Statutory name: Stichting Centre for Future Generations. - Legal status: Public Benefit Organization (ANBI) under Dutch law; international non-profit association (ASBL) under Belgian law. - EU Transparency Register number: 286697151251-49. - Funding: Entirely philanthropic. CFG does not accept primary funding from governments, corporations, or political parties, nor funding from groups that exist to further party-political interests. - [Policies and transparency](https://cfg.eu/policies/): Commitments on transparency, accountability, privacy and ethics. ## Optional - [News](https://cfg.eu/news/): Latest announcements. - [CFG in the media](https://cfg.eu/in-the-media/): Coverage and commentary CFG has contributed to. - [Glossary](https://cfg.eu/glossary/): Definitions of key terms used across CFG's work. - [Careers](https://cfg.eu/about-us/careers/): Current opportunities to join CFG. - [Series](https://cfg.eu/our-series/): CFG's recurring publication series.