ISRD

Research program

Global Futurism

Civilisational tipping points and macro-scale attractors

Models the macro-dynamics of civilisation as a complex adaptive system — one with multiple potential attractor basins ranging from stable cooperation to system-wide collapse. We investigate how inequality, technological acceleration, climate stress, and social infrastructure interact to push societies toward or away from tipping points.

Research questions

  1. Which combinations of stressors most reliably push civilisational systems past bifurcation thresholds?
  2. Do socio-economic tipping points follow the same attractor geometry as physical systems?
  3. What interventions at the system level have the highest leverage for stabilising cooperative attractor states?

How AI is used

AI assists in scenario generation, cross-domain pattern recognition, and connecting simulation states to current geopolitical and economic indicators.