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= What is the Post-Detection Toolkit? =
= What is the Post-Detection Toolkit? =


The Post-Detection Toolkit grows out of the work of the SETI Post-Detection Hub at the University of St Andrews. It brings together both pre-detection scenarios and a growing archive of post-detection scenarios developed through a 15-month participatory futures process (2023–2024) that imagines alternative futures for the SETI ecosystem in 2050 and explores discovery and its aftermath.
The Post-Detection Toolkit grows out of the collective research efforts of the Scenarios Working Group at the SETI Post-Detection Hub at the University of St Andrews, led by Dr. George Profitiliotis. The structured resource combines pre-detection scenarios and a growing archive of post-detection scenarios developed through a 15-month participatory futures process (2023–2024) that imagined alternatives for the SETI ecosystem in 2050 and explored discovery and its aftermath.


The toolkit provides practical resources - scenarios, templates, checklists, and interactive methods - as well as guidance on how to adapt and use them. The Toolkit  is a creative, participatory resource that makes futures thinking accessible: it uses storytelling, roleplay, and collaborative exercises. These activities help groups think comparatively, imaginatively, and consider how they might feel, act, and respond in unfamiliar or unprecedented situations.
The toolkit provides practical resources - scenarios, templates, checklists, and interactive methods - as well as guidance on how to adapt and use them. The Toolkit  is a creative, participatory resource that makes futures thinking accessible: it uses storytelling, roleplay, and collaborative exercises. These activities help groups think comparatively, imaginatively, and consider how they might feel, act, and respond in unfamiliar or unprecedented situations.