Toward Communion: Institutional Innovation for Bridging the Human-Nature “Dichotomy”
The “dichotomy” between humans and nature was always a fiction. A useful one for some economic accounting – reinforcing a license to extract and plumping up productivity numbers by ignoring essential inputs. A distracting one in other ways – a false sense of insulation from the vagaries of storms, floods, nutrient cycles, and other feedback […]
Sir Geoff Mulgan in Conversation with Derek Walker – Institutional Conscience For Future Generations
As we prepare for the Istanbul Innovation Days 2025, we are publishing a series of videos featuring thought leaders who have shaped our understanding of institutions. In this conversation, Sir Geoff Mulgan, co-founder of the Institutional Architecture Lab (TIAL), speaks with Derek Walker, the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, about embedding long-term thinking into today’s […]
A Conversation with Anthea Roberts – AI as a way to introduce new lenses
The Istanbul Innovation Days 2025 convened global leaders, thinkers, and innovators who are shaping institutional change and resilience in an increasingly complex world. This short series highlights key voices exploring the pressures driving institutional evolution and the barriers that stand in the way. From real-world examples to the challenge of anticipating crises before they unfold, […]
Sir Geoff Mulgan in Conversation with Jim Skea
For the Istanbul Innovation Days 2025, we are publishing a series of videos featuring thought leaders who have shaped our understanding of institutions. In this conversation, Sir Geoff Mulgan, co-founder of the Institutional Architecture Lab (TIAL) discusses innovation in international institutions with Jim Skea, the Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The […]
A Conversation with Ana Tribin
The Istanbul Innovation Days 2025 convened global leaders, thinkers, and innovators who are shaping institutional change and resilience in an increasingly complex world. This short series highlights key voices exploring the pressures driving institutional evolution and the barriers that stand in the way. From real-world examples to the challenge of anticipating crises before they unfold, […]
Arunabha Ghosh in Conversation With Sir Geoff Mulgan – Building Coalitions of the Doing
For Istanbul Innovation Days 2025, we are publishing a series of videos featuring thought leaders who have shaped our understanding of institutions. In this conversation, Sir Geoff Mulgan, co-founder of the Institutional Architecture Lab (TIAL), speaks with Arunabha Ghosh, Founder & CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and who played a […]
Steering Technology for Growth: Innovative Institutional Models
The Challenge of Steering Technological Development Governments worldwide face difficult questions about how to guide technological development as stewards of public interest without hampering market innovation. With accelerating digital transformation and growing concerns about both technological leadership and inclusion, institutions that can effectively balance state direction with market dynamism have become critical. Traditional approaches—direct subsidies, […]
Solar Diplomacy: The International Solar Alliance Reimagining Global Cooperation
A Sunshine Revolution In December 2015, as world leaders gathered in Paris to negotiate a new climate agreement, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President François Hollande unveiled the International Solar Alliance (ISA)—a new approach to global collaboration focused on accelerating solar energy deployment across developing nations. The timing was strategic. Solar technology costs […]
A Matter of Choice: reflecting on alternative economic models after the Istanbul Innovation Days 2025
by Alberto Cottica. R&D Specialist – Digital, AI and Innovation Hub Spring has arrived for economic alternatives As I stood on the stage of the Istanbul Innovation Days 2025, I experienced a feeling like the beginning of spring, when you throw the windows wide open and let warm air fill the room. The economics winter […]
Mobilising the collective intelligence of nature — Internet of animals
In recent decades, new global institutions have emerged to orchestrate data and knowledge, continuing a long history of efforts to structure and coordinate information. The IPCC does this for climate change; IPBES does it for biodiversity and others are working in fields ranging from health to education. Traditional institutions have yet to integrate the intelligence […]
