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A research collective focused on the Second Renaissance |
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We are a research collective exploring paths to a second renaissance and awakening societies 🌻. We produce reports, papers, methods and tools. We welcome participation.
Our research approach is set out in detail on the Wiki here but in short we're interested in (among other things)
- Research supporting historical narratives and theories of change relating to the Second Renaissance White Papers, potentially for publication on blogs, newsletters, the forum or in academic publications.
- Research generating accessible summaries of key ideas for sharing in the Wiki and Second Renaissance newsletter
- Research involved in mapping the ecosystem
Recordings of recent sessions and some written outputs can be found here.
More recent research outputs include:
- Second Renaissance No 1: What is a second renaissance and why is it relevant in this moment of escalating crisis (2024)
- Second Renaissance No 2: How paradigmatic change and a second renaissance can come about (2024)
- [[publications/polycrisis-to-metacrisis-white-paper|'From Polycrisis to Metacrisis: A Short Introduction' (2025)]]
Some earlier research projects include:
- [[projects/cohere-plus-ecosystem-mapping|Cohere+: Cohering the Ecosystem of Paradigmatic Social Change Organisations in Europe]] 2024
- [[projects/polycrisis-mapping|Mapping Responses to the Polycrisis]] 2023
- [[projects/building-the-field-developmental-spaces|Building the Field for Developmental Spaces]] 2023
- [[projects/web3-for-local-government|Unpacking the Implications of Web3 for Local Government]] 2023
- [[projects/embodying-collective-transformation|Embodying Collective Transformation]] 2022
- [[projects/environmental-data-sharing-incentives|Designing Incentive Mechanisms for Environmental Data Sharing]] 2022
- [[projects/environmental-footprint-database-design|Environmental Footprint Database Design]] 2022
- Making Sense of Web3 and Crypto 2022
Come to one of the weekly hangouts which take place on Friday at 5pm European. Details in the community calendar. If you're a good fit, you can then request to join the Research Whatsapp group, with plenty more opportunities for collaboration on research outputs.
Yes. We're very happy for people to bring their own projects and interests to the call.
It depends but normally between five and fifteen with more at special presentations.