Insights from Complexity Theory for Peace and Conflict Studies

Insights from Complexity Theory for Peace and Conflict Studies

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies • 2020

The insights from this paper suggest that social systems are empirically complex, and that our ability to fully understand complex systems is thus inherently limited. Peacebuilding itself also needs to be understood as complex processes that emerge from the interactions of multiple actors and factors, and that are therefore self-organized and emergent. This has implications for how assessments, planning, coordination, leadership, and evaluating specific peacebuilding interventions are undertaken.

New Economic Models of Energy Innovation and Transition

New Economic Models of Energy Innovation and Transition

University of Exeter • 2023

Pete Barbrook-Johnson and his team make a major effort in this report to demonstrate the value of new economic modelling to policy questions relevant to the low-carbon transition. According to the report, a new generation of economic models rooted in complexity science is needed to inform successful policymaking on the energy transition.

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Institutional Resilience Theory

Institutional Resilience Theory

Cambridge • 2024

How institutions can maintain stability while adapting to change.