Top global academic and university centers and institutions particularly focused on advancing acceleratingunderstanding and use of foresight methods and better domainsuse of accelerating science and technology to address global human problems. Very partial list. Alpha by organization name.

California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
One of the worlds leading basic sciences and engineering research universities.
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
A top research institute. Exceptional in robotics, computer science, engineering.
The Futures Academy @ Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin, Ireland)
Applying foresight methods to better organizational and national management, with emphasis on Ireland's future (John Ratcliff, Director)
KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) (Daedeok Science Town, Korea)
Korea's first university specializing in science and engineering education and research. Strong foresight focus.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
Excellent research foci include desalination, solar, nano, hydrocarbon sustainability. See their Global Research Partnership.
Singularity University (NASA Ames, CA)
NineTen week Graduate Studies Program covers exponentially convergent technologies, and focuses on grand challenge solutions.
Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
One of the world's preeminent basic sciences, entrepreneurship, and innovation centers.