Polycrisis Resource Library

The Polycrisis Resource Library is a growing collection of media that help to understand polycrisis, develop strategies to address polycrisis, and build a field of polycrisis analysis.

The Urgency of Building Systemic Risk Capacity in a Polycrisis World

April 17, 2026

Ajay Gambhir, Sarah Hendel-Blackford, Michael J. Albert, Hanna Asipovich, Lorenzo Benini, Sylvanus S.P. Doe, Haripriya Gundimeda, Christopher Hobson, David Korowicz, Michael Lawrence, Robert Lempert, Igor Linkov, Ayan Mahamoud, Rosemary Nantambi, Tom H. Oliver, Ivana E. Pavkova, Ruth Richardson, Ashwin Seshadri, Maxime Stauffer, Pablo Suarez, Lalitha Sundaram and Kasia Murphy

The authors argue that the world urgently needs to build systemic risk capacity to address an unprecedented polycrisis. They explain that modern crises are unprecedented in their scale, speed, and…

The Geopolitical Transformation of the EU in the Era of Polycrisis: Hybrid Adaptation of a Compound Polity After 2022

April 15, 2026

Radoslav Ivančík and Vladimír Andrassy

This article examines the geopolitical transformation of the European Union within the context of polycrisis, explaining how interconnected pressures are reshaping European governance, its adaptive capacity, and its patterns of…

The End of Easy Globalisation

April 14, 2026

Ninety One

This report provides an outlook of the current global context, arguing that the period of easy globalisation is over and that the 2020s constitute a fourth systemic crisis — a…

Fractured Reality

April 9, 2026

Mario Scharfbillig, Stephan Lewandowsky, Sacha Altay, Marshall Van Alstyne, Anastasia Kozyreva, Ralph Hertwig, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Renee DiResta, Sebastian Valenzuela, Stefanie Egidy, Walter Quattrociocchi and Amy Orben

This report examines the evolving impact of digital technologies on European democracy, arguing that platforms algorithmically privilege negative and conflictual content, fragmenting shared reality into what the authors term a…

Sky-High Oil Prices. A Fertilizer Shortage. Now Add a “Super El Niño.”

April 7, 2026

Christopher Collins and Thomas Homer-Dixon

This article argues that the war involving Iran, particularly through the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has driven up oil and fertilizer prices, triggering supply shortages that threaten global…

Digital Resilience Within a Hypermediated Polycrisis

April 2, 2026

Marc Esteve del Valle, Ansgard Heinrich and Anabel Quan-Haase

This article explores digital resilience within a hypermediated polycrisis, arguing that overlapping crises are increasingly experienced through deeply interconnected digital environments that shape how people understand and respond to disruption….

Beyond Survival: Sustaining Human Agency in Challenging Times – Graham Leicester

March 21, 2026

Graham Leicester, Oren Slozberg and Katherine Fulton

In this podcast, Katherine Fulton, Graham Leicester, and Commonweal’s executive director Oren Slozberg explore how individuals, communities, and institutions can cultivate a fully human response to the polycrisis. The conversation…

Beyond Climate: Sketching the Anatomy of our Polycrisis and Reflecting on Solutions

March 21, 2026

Jury Gualandris

This article argues that climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequity form an interconnected polycrisis driven by shared underlying causes and mutually reinforcing dynamics. It shows how environmental degradation and…

What to Do as The World Falls Apart: A Framework for Action

March 20, 2026

Nate Hagens

In this episode, Nate Hagens moves beyond diagnosis of the global polycrisis to propose a practical framework for action organised around six interdependent fronts: infrastructure and physical stock redesign, poverty…

Shock Absorbers or Amplifiers? How Do Firms Transmit Shocks in a Polycrisis Era?

March 20, 2026

Miaomiao Tao, Jianda Wang, Xiaohang Ren and Ruijun Bu

The authors explore how global oil prices and geopolitical tensions are reshaping the spread of financial risk among firms worldwide. Analyzing over 1,300 publicly listed companies in 55 countries between…

About the Resource Library

The Polycrisis Resource Library includes resources that:

  • Comment on the polycrisis as a concept and as a present global reality
  • Undertake similar analysis using different—but related—concepts
  • Analyze crisis interactions among multiple global systems

Though not exhaustive, the Library strives to present a diverse representation of views on different aspects of the polycrisis discussion, and will be updated as that discussion evolves. Search for resources with the keyword search bar, or by using the drop-down menus to filter for type of resource, global systems addressed, and key themes.

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