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.

Governance for Earth System Tipping Points – A Research Agenda

June 12, 2024

Manjana Milkoreit, Emily Boyd, Sara M. Constantino, Vera Helene Hausner, Dag O. Hessen, Andreas Kääb, Duncan McLaren, Christina Nadeau, Karen O'Brien, Frans-Jan Parmentier, Ronny Rotbarth, Rolf Rødven, Désirée Treichler, Elana Wilson-Rowe and Yulia Yamineva

The authors propose a new interdisciplinary research agenda to address the challenges that earth system tipping points pose for global governance. They argue that current institutions and policy tools are…

SONAR 2024: New Emerging Risk Insights

June 12, 2024

Swiss Re Institute

The Swiss Re Institute, the research arm of Swiss Re Reinsurance, harnesses their risk knowledge in re/insurance to produce data driven research with partner organizations, shared via publications such as…

Local Organizing in a Polycrisis Era, American Politics, Healthy Democracy, Polycrisis

June 10, 2024

Jacob Bornstein and Mesa Sebree

In this four-part essay series, Jacob Bornstein and Mesa Sebree explore the concept and nature of the polycrisis. The series offers insight into topics such as how social change works…

A delusion of control: Loss of agency in modern complex systems

June 6, 2024

Miguel A. Centeno, Peter W. Callahan, Paul Larcey, and Thayer S. Patterson

This article argues that as “we increasingly rely on [globalized complex adaptive systems], we surrender more and more individual autonomy and agency, diminishing our ability to actually control our outcomes…

Risks on the Horizon

June 5, 2024

Stefan Muench, Jacqueline Whyte, Greta Hauer, Alexandra de Maleville and Tommi Asikainen

This study introduces a foresight approach to the analysis of future risks to support anticipatory decision-making. In participatory foresight processes, using horizon scanning outputs, it explores potential future developments and…

“The Whole World is in a Terrible State o’ Chassis”

June 5, 2024

Jeremy Brecher

This blog post is the first in a series of posts in which Jeremy Brecher advocates a Global Green New Deal as the remedy to polycrisis. He argues that the…

A Logic for the Future: International Relations in the Age of Turbulence

June 1, 2024

Stephen Heintz

Stephen Heintz explores the origins and development of the logic that shapes today’s international relations system, proposing a revised approach for the future. He applies this new logic to the…

A New Economy: Exploring the Root Causes of the Polycrisis and the Principles to Unlock a Sustainable Future

May 28, 2024

Matthew Bell and Anastasia Roussou

The report examines the systemic flaws of the current economic model, emphasizing ecological, social, and geoeconomic crises. It discusses the interconnected systemic flaws behind the crises and sets out guiding…

Polycrisis in the Anthropocene as a Key Research Agenda for Geography: Ontological Delineation and the Shift to a Postdisciplinary Approach

May 26, 2024

René MATLOVIČ, Kvetoslava MATLOVIČOVÁ

Motivated by a desire to strengthen the social relevance of geography in the quest for global sustainability, Matlovic and Matlovicova discuss how the subdisciplines of geography and the rich heritage…

An interdisciplinary review of systemic risk factors leading up to existential risks

May 21, 2024

Trond Arne Undheim

The author explores the interdisciplinary nature of systemic risks arising from economic, technological, sociopolitical, and ecological factors. He aims to establish a foundation for an integrated approach to systemic risks,…

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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