Research Articles

Networks That Think Together
31
Jul

Networks That Think Together

Modern governance increasingly depends upon networks rather than isolated organisations. Public institutions collaborate across administrative, geographical and disciplinary boundaries in order to address societal challenges whose complexity exceeds the capabilities…
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Knowledge Sharing Across Public Institutions
13
Jul

Knowledge Sharing Across Public Institutions

Modern governance depends upon far more than the competence of individual public institutions. No ministry, agency, municipality or regulatory authority possesses sufficient knowledge to understand every dimension of the increasingly…
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Governance as a Cognitive Process
30
Jun

Governance as a Cognitive Process

Governance is commonly understood as the process through which public institutions exercise authority, formulate policies, implement decisions and coordinate collective action. These activities undoubtedly represent essential dimensions of government, yet…
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What Is Collective Institutional Intelligence?
15
Jun

What Is Collective Institutional Intelligence?

Modern societies confront levels of complexity that exceed the cognitive capacity of any individual institution. Governments must respond simultaneously to technological innovation, economic transformation, environmental change, demographic evolution, public health,…
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Measuring Institutional Cognition
11
May

Measuring Institutional Cognition

One of the defining characteristics of every mature scientific discipline is the ability to measure the phenomena it seeks to understand. Progress becomes possible when observation moves beyond intuition and…
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Institutions as Cognitive Ecosystems
30
Apr

Institutions as Cognitive Ecosystems

Institutions are often described as individual organisations with clearly defined structures, responsibilities and legal authority. Governments, ministries, universities, courts, regulatory agencies and public bodies are typically analysed as separate entities,…
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