Roberto Poli (PhD Utrecht) is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Trento (Italy) where he is Director of the master in “Previsione sociale” (Social Foresight) of the Department of Sociology and Social Research. Poli has been awarded the first UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Systems (http://www.projectanticipation.org), is President of –skopìa, a start-up of the University of Trento offering anticipation services on a professional basis (http://www.skopia.it), is fellow of WAAS—World Academy of Art and Science and STIAS—Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. Poli also coordinates the research unit eVita—Età della vita (Ages of life), and is editor-in-chief of Axiomathes (Springer), and editor of the series Categories (De Gruyter). Poli is a member of the editorial board of five journals, including Futures and European Journal of Futures Research. He has published five books, edited or co-edited more than 20 books or journal’s special issues and published more than 200 scientific papers.