The IDHUS Institute

Governments rarely confront complex public problems using knowledge generated entirely within the public sector. Companies understand technologies and markets that regulators must oversee; universities and research organisations develop specialised expertise;…

A network can possess knowledge that no single participant in it possesses. This may initially sound mysterious, as though connecting people or organisations somehow created a new mind above them.…

Governments are expected to make decisions about societies they can never observe completely from inside their own organisations. They collect administrative data, commission research, employ specialists, maintain statistical systems and…

When institutions try to improve how a group thinks, they often begin with the people. They recruit different expertise, provide training, change leadership, add analytical capacity or bring new participants…

When an institution wants greater consistency, control or strategic coherence, centralising decisions can seem like an obvious solution. Authority that was previously dispersed across local offices, departments or professional units…