You can access the preprint version of my paper on Forecasting for Social Good on Arxiv.

You can also check out www.f4sg.org for more related projects.

One of the key objectives of my research is to use Operational Research techniques to improve decision making in organizations with social missions, thereby positively contributing to advancing knowledge in the field of forecasting practice for social good.

Forecasting for Social Good Initiative aims to explore and expose how (where) forecasting can have positive societal impact. The objective is threefold: i) expose the importance of forecasting for social good, ii) capture the otherwise dispersed current state of knowledge, and set the agenda to drive developments iii) create and establish research collaboration and partnership at the national and international level.

To that end, I have organised the first international workshop dedicated to the use of forecasting for social good in Cardiff University on Thursday and Friday 12-13 July 2018. This workshop was an important step to bring more attention to this extremely important topic. It brings together researchers and practitioners across 10 countries to discuss research agenda in this area, whilst helping me broaden my network and introduce important research collaborations with academics as well as build solid partnerships with organizations.

We are organising the second International workshop on Forecasting for Social Good on June 30^th & July 1^st 2021 at Kedge Business School, France. Please follow the link to learn more: https://www.f4sg.org/

Please see below for more information about the first workshop organised at Cardiff Business School in july 2018:

1. Forecasting for Social Good

2. 24th IIF workshop on Forecasting for Social Good

This is an ongoing initiative that provides cutting-edge trainings in the area of forecasting using R in some of the world’s least developed countries and organisations with social missions. The workshop is free of charge.

The project is initiated by Dr Bahman Rostami-Tabar and sponsored by the International Institute of Forecasters. For more information please see IIF Website

To organise a workshop in your country, contact rostami-tabarb@cardiff.ac.uk.

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