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.

From the City to the Suburb: City Dynamics in the Time of a Polycrisis

Behnam Asadieh and Paulina Maria Neisch

The authors examine the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on urban development in Hong Kong, emphasizing how the overlapping social, economic, and health crises amplify the effects.

The Socialization Relevance of Digital Media Practices in Adolescence in Times of Polycrisis

Dagmar Hoffmann

The author explores how, in times of polycrisis, young people become politically interested and active by engaging with the “civic web.”

Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

This book summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop convened by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on January 17–19, 2024. The workshop focused on understanding, predicting,…

Revolutionizing business with sustainable strategic management

Jean Garner Stead

The author explores Sustainable Strategic Management (SSM) as a framework for systemic solutions, enabling businesses to develop integrated strategies that address multiple global challenges. The article argues that SSM is…

World Risk Poll 2024 Report: Resilience in a Changing World

Lloyd’s Register Foundation

This report presents the results of the second iteration of the World Risk Poll Resilience Index. This Index provides a measure of how prepared people and communities worldwide are to…

Top Risk 2024

Ian Bremmer and Cliff Kupchan

The report presents an annual forecast of the political risks that are most likely to play out over the course of 2024.

The Disruption Nexus

Roman Krznaric

This article discusses whether current crises will contribute to civilizational breakdown or whether humanity will successfully rise to such challenges.

Accelerating the Green Transition: Socioecological Systems and the Future of Development

Kishan Khoday

This report highlights lessons from new integrated local solutions in the Middle East and North Africa to manage risks and build resilience. It advocates for a new systems orientation to…

The Need for Global Social Epidemiology in the Polycrisis era

Davide Rasella, Ivalda Macicame, Aliya Naheed, Megan Naidoo, Elisa Landin-Basterra, Natanael Silva, Ana L. Moncayo, Andrés Trotta and Luis Eugenio Portela Fernandes de Souza

This commentary advocates for the creation of global social epidemiology (GSE)—a new and potentially more effective approach to address the challenges of the current polycrisis era.

From polycrisis to metacrisis: harnessing windows of opportunity for renewed political leadership in global health diplomacy

Brian Li Han Wong, Anders Nordström, Peter Piot and Helen Clark

This commentary presents key insights from the conference on “International Politics, Leadership and Diplomacy for Health” held in Stockholm, Sweden in November 2023. It highlights the need to seize opportunities…

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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