Collective Flourishing

Document type: Opportunity space

Author: Nicole Wheeler

Date published: 13 November 2025

Version: 1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.67475/cf9a4s-55v8

Abstract

The world is better resourced than ever for us to improve our lived experience. We have more people, more interconnectedness, and more powerful, diverse technologies at our disposal than any time in history. But collective flourishing still feels out of reach -- because our tools to navigate the future have not kept pace with its growing complexity. Systemic fog and friction make it impossible to see and actuate a clear path forward, so we risk defaulting into suboptimal futures we did not choose. There is an opportunity and imperative to build the deliberative scaffolding for this challenge -- a set of tools and protocols that will allow us to navigate our complex world and build a better future together.

Collective Flourishing was one of ARIA's original opportunity spaces. Following an evolution of our research portfolio in August 2026, it now sits within the Trust Everything, Everywhere opportunity space. The beliefs and observations that defined Collective Flourishing still hold, and its remit continues in full within Trust Everything, Everywhere with respect to both future programmes and seed funding. No active funding was affected by this change.