Governance / Law

Departing from the roots of modern political and security thinking, author Nayef Al-Rodhan weaves together emerging understandings in human behavior and neurobiology, international relations to present a series analytic frames based on them which he applies to international relations in his Ocean...

Connect with inspiring scholars, practitioners and creatives working on transformations towards regenerative and just futures. This unique conference will take place in Sydney, Australia, along with our European Hub Conference in Prague, July 12th-14th 2023. We also weave in the online conference...

A masterpiece in helping us understand how some of today’s leading ideas for saving ourselves on this Earth could translate into politics, action, and systems that will transform humanity. All packed into a fast paced novel with great characters.

From the Publisher: "The Ministry for the Future is...

A long, but so worthwhile book, from the opening chapters a refutation of the need and inevitability of major centralized political control systems in advanced societies. An archaeologist and an anthropologies tease apart currents and emerging data in human development in a way that is fascinating...

Systemic dynamics in creating marine protected areas, this article illustrates some of the drivers, challenges, and benefits in so doing. 

"In Chile’s Valparaíso region, artisanal fishers have created grassroots marine reserves to protect marine biodiversity. The areas are small, some of them just...

Article provides a detailed description of the kinds of challenges faced by businesses when governments take initiatives toward circularity, in this case for Scotland on a deposit / return scheme. Even with attention to the needs and concerns of small businesses such initiatives are likely to demand...

Une étude publiée par la Banque nationale Français met en évidence certains des risques liés aux échanges de dettes contre nature et où ils sont les mieux utilisés. Il souligne également que seules ces mesures pourraient ne pas atteindre les résultats escomptés en matière d'allégement de la dette ou...

A growing number of commentators, economists, and policymakers are calling for different approaches to taxation that recognized that land is a different kind of asset. This paywalled article is referenced here because it is coming from one of the leading economist / journalists in the mainstream...

This story highlights one of the tools that governments can use to help advance systemic innovation.

"Portugal has signed an agreement to swap Cape Verde's debt for investments in an environmental and climate fund that is being established by the archipelago nation off West Africa's coast...

A book proposal that seeks to use global citizens to help build a book that shows how technology can be used in a way that "recognizes, honors, and empowers cooperation across social and cultural differences." The authors, partners in the Plurality Institute, invite readers (in multiple languages)...