Publications - IDHUS Institute

Training Course

Level 1 — Introduction to Institutional Cognition

Understanding How Institutions Think How do institutions observe their environments, construct knowledge, interpret information, make decisions and learn from experience? Introduction to Institutional Cognition explores the cognitive capabilities through which…

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Research Articles

Feedback Loops and Institutional Learning

Every intelligent system learns by comparing its expectations with reality. Human beings improve through experience because they continuously observe the consequences of their actions, revise their understanding and adjust their…

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Research Articles

Computational Governance Explained

As governments and public institutions face increasingly complex social, economic and technological challenges, traditional approaches to governance are reaching the limits of what human decision-makers can reasonably process on their…

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Series D — Planetary Systems

WP-D-L02-001 — Planetary Governance Network Model

Contemporary governance increasingly confronts problems whose causal structures, consequences and informational requirements extend beyond the territorial and functional boundaries through which political authority and administrative capacity remain predominantly organised. Climate…

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Research Articles

Governance Intelligence: Beyond Individual Decision-Making

Modern societies often assume that good governance depends primarily upon finding exceptional leaders capable of making wise decisions under difficult circumstances. Although leadership undoubtedly matters, this perspective overlooks a far…

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Research Articles

Collective Decision-Making as a Cognitive Process

Every institution exists to make decisions. Public policies are designed, regulations are adopted, resources are allocated and collective priorities are established through countless decisions that shape the everyday lives of…

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Policy Paper

Preventing Institutional Knowledge Loss

Public institutions depend on specialised knowledge held by individuals. This is neither unusual nor inherently problematic: expertise, professional judgement and differentiated responsibilities are essential to complex institutional work. A continuity…

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