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This book examines how uncertainties, crises, and risks transform the spatial arrangements of companies and regions. It explores key concepts such as global value chains, production networks, and regional resilience, illustrated through case studies from a range of industries.
This report presents the outcomes of a participatory and co-created process facilitated by the Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTA), a global initiative that weaves together networks of grassroots movements, helping initiate interactions among alternatives to the dominant hegemonic system. Drawing from in-depth reflections by GTA facilitation teams and regional participants in India, Mexico, Colombia, and
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This study explores leadership capabilities needed to effectively navigate the unprecedented challenges of polycrisis contexts.
Leadership in Polycrisis: Essential Capabilities for Navigating Global Challenges Read More »
This paper addresses a gap in foresight studies by proposing a new framework, “collective forward intelligence,” to analyze trends across ecological, social, political, and economic systems. It develops planetary phase shift theory, suggesting that humanity is at a critical turning point, with global crises signalling industrial civilization’s potential collapse or transformation.
The authors examine global catastrophic risks, prioritizing those with the highest cascade potential. Through a horizon scan, they identify 15 key risks, highlighting themes like cascading failures, threat interactions, flawed methodologies, and sociopolitical contexts. They propose strategies for prevention, mitigation, and adaptation.
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The authors propose a Polycrisis framework combined with the meta-coupling framework to understand and assess the interdependence of multiple global crises in an interactive world. They apply this framework to Germany and China and discuss the policy implications for managing these crises, offering insights for future management strategies at both national and global levels.
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The authors examine the adequacy of adaptive and transformative capacities for navigating the polycrisis and propose five unifying processes as an organizing framework for considering other sustainability and crisis capacities.
The authors explore the concept of polycrises by examining historical examples from late 1st-millennium CE Mesoamerica, Late Medieval Eurasia, and the Early Modern Northern Hemisphere to illustrate how these periods exhibited key characteristics of a polycrisis. They argue that studying historical polycrises can enhance our understanding of contemporary challenges and inform the development of strategies
In this article, Laura Macchion examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) and risk management intersect in the fashion industry. The study emphasizes the importance of integrating responsible practices into business strategies to mitigate risks and support long-term profitability. Focusing on a multinational fashion supply chain, it draws on real-world examples to illustrate the challenges and
The authors explore the emergence of systemic risks in modern societies by examining how tightly coupled dynamic systems in the Anthropocene can lead to cascading failures. They argue that traditional risk governance approaches are insufficient in addressing the convergence of systemic and conventional risks. Drawing on case studies such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate
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