Publications

Modern public institutions operate in a world characterised by unprecedented levels of complexity. Climate change influences economic development, demographic evolution reshapes healthcare systems, technological innovation transforms labour markets, geopolitical instability…

Words such as information, knowledge and intelligence are used constantly in discussions about technology, public administration and artificial intelligence. Governments seek to become "data-driven", organisations invest in knowledge management, researchers…

For much of modern history, institutions have been understood as stable organisations designed to perform clearly defined functions. Governments administer laws, courts interpret legal systems, universities educate students, hospitals provide…

For centuries, intelligence has been understood primarily as an individual characteristic. We naturally associate intelligence with the capacity of a person to observe the world, interpret information, solve problems and…

For much of modern history, public governance operated on the assumption that societies could be understood by dividing them into manageable parts. Governments established specialised ministries, public agencies and administrative…

Every era of human history has been shaped by institutions capable of responding to the dominant challenges of their time. Agricultural societies developed institutions that could organise land, resources and…