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Research Articles

Collective Sense-Making in Public Governance

Public institutions are frequently required to make decisions before complete information is available. Emerging technologies, public health emergencies, geopolitical instability, environmental disruption and rapidly evolving social changes rarely present themselves…

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Artificial Intelligence for Public Governance

Artificial Intelligence as a Strategic Asset for Governments

When discussions about artificial intelligence first entered the public sphere, much of the attention focused on the technology itself. Conversations revolved around algorithms, computing power, machine learning models, automation, and…

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Training Course

Level 2 — Understanding Institutional Cognitive Systems

Understanding How Institutional Cognition Works as a System How do individual cognitive capabilities become connected into systems that allow institutions to construct knowledge, interpret complex situations and respond to changing…

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Concepts and Fundamentals of Institutional Cognition

How Citizens Expose the Blind Spots Institutions Cannot See

Institutions spend considerable effort observing the people they serve. They collect administrative data, measure demand, classify cases, monitor outcomes and increasingly use digital systems to identify patterns across large…

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Research Articles

Connecting Institutions Through Shared Intelligence

Modern governance increasingly depends upon the ability of institutions to work together across organisational, territorial and disciplinary boundaries. Governments, regulatory authorities, scientific organisations, public services and international institutions all contribute…

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Artificial Intelligence for Public Governance

Building Data-Driven Public Institutions

If we were to identify one of the most important transformations taking place across governments and public institutions around the world today, it would be the growing recognition that data…

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Concepts and Fundamentals of Institutional Cognition

Knowing What You Do Not Know Is an Institutional Superpower

Institutions are expected to know many things. Governments need to understand populations, services, risks, economic conditions, legal obligations and the consequences of public decisions; regulators need to understand the systems…

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