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Understanding the Climate Crisis in an Era of Polycrisis

The author examines the climate crisis through the lens of polycrisis, highlighting how climate change exacerbates environmental degradation and intensifies interconnected crises such as infrastructure failures, biodiversity loss, pandemics, supply chain disruptions, and civil unrest. He underscores the need for comprehensive, systemic responses to effectively manage these challenges.

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Polycrisis: Factors, impacts, and responses in the housing market

The authors examine the impact of polycrisis on the global housing market, highlighting its diverse origins, consequences, and necessary responses. Using a qualitative research approach, the study conducts a desktop analysis and applies thematic analysis to identify key factors, impacts, and responses.

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Adapting The Way We Govern to Cope with ‘Polycrisis’

This article explores governance strategies for navigating the growing polycrisis, emphasizing the need for an adaptive, multi-level, and collaborative governance approach to enhance adaptability, cooperation, and resilience. Key strategies include multi-level governance, managing the political and bureaucratic landscape, and fostering personal and organizational resilience to ensure effective crisis response.

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Pluralist Economics in an Era of Polycrisis

The authors explore how young economists approach economic phenomena from pluralistic perspectives in the context of interconnected crises and existing uncertainties. They showcase various research methods and interdisciplinary approaches that reflect a shift in economic thought, recognizing the complexity and unpredictability of socioeconomic systems within the crisis context.

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World Polycrisis Hangs on US Politics

Hugo Dixon proposes that the “future of Ukraine, world trade, climate change, and relations between superpowers the United States and China depends to a great extent on whether Trump wins November’s election.” He fears a re-elected Trump would hand Russia a victory in Ukraine, create havoc in world trade with radical protectionist measures, and actively

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

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 in a polycrisis era, the next steps for dealing with polycrisis, and factors for societal resilience in a polycrisis era. Subsequent posts in this series

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

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 they present, as well as other related disciplines, can be integrated into the geographical study of polycrisis in the Anthropocene epoch. The authors identify polycrisis

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