Redefining Mental Health: Victoria’s Collaborative Centre Innovation
A System at Breaking Point In November 2018, the Royal Commission into Mental Health began hearing thousands of testimonies from Victorians affected by the mental health system. The testimonies exposed a system riddled with fragmentation and inefficiencies, leaving families without coordinated care and perpetuating cycles of exclusion. When the Royal Commission delivered its final report […]
Guardians of Tomorrow: Pioneering Future Generations Representation in Wales and the EU
The Democratic Blind Spot In 2014, the Welsh Parliament confronted a fundamental governance challenge: “Who speaks for the future?” This question emerged as Wales, newly empowered through devolution from the United Kingdom, recognized that while democratic systems address immediate concerns of current voters, they systematically neglect those not yet born. This institutional blind spot was […]
Orchestrating Elderly Care: Singapore’s Integration Solution
The Silver Tsunami In 2007, a worrying pattern emerged in Singapore’s hospitals. Elderly patients were being discharged only to return within weeks with preventable complications. The phenomenon, dubbed “revolving door syndrome,” highlighted a critical gap in the city-state’s healthcare system. Despite world-class hospitals and clinics, care fragmentation was creating dangerous and costly gaps for older […]
New institutions for care: Rethinking systems for those who sustain society
Bogotá’s Care Blocks are pioneering urban hubs designed to support carers – primarily women – who are traditionally invisible, unpaid, or undervalued. These blocks integrate essential services such as education, training, health, and caregiving support within accessible physical spaces across the city, transforming isolated burdens into collective responsibilities and reshaping how cities acknowledge and support […]
Time Use Policies — Rethinking Institutional Fabric Around Transversal Issues
Time has long been a focus for social reform, from 19th-century campaigns for 8-hour days to 20th-century movements for paid holidays and parental leave. In the 21st century, there is growing interest in how time can be organised differently, partly because of sharp inequities between the time-rich and the time-poor, prompting institutional innovation to help […]
Transversal Issues: Rethinking Security for a Resilient Society
Some societal challenges resist categorization. Topics like time-use, heat, or care do not belong to any single institution or administrative box, yet they shape the very foundation of well-being and security. They are transversal issues, cutting across sectors, requiring a rethink of institutional structures to address them effectively. Security has long been recognized as reaching […]
