Major Research & Initiatives

Planetization explores an emerging of phase of human-planetary interaction:

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'Planetization as a concept has been revived and reconstituted in the early decades of the 21st century, largely in contrast to limited concepts of economic and technological globalization and completing patterns of globalism that dominated discussions in the late 20th century. Planetization focuses on the idea of the entire planet as an interactive system and object of analysis and concern, drawing in wider understandings of the physical, geological, ecological, and climate factors that shape the biological and human worlds. The concept of planetization opens up the possibility of integrated global perspectives to deal with shared problems of pressing and immediate urgency, problems which are likely to intensify during this century.' (Dellios & Ferguson 2026, forthcoming) 

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Emerging AI-Ecologies

With the geo-ecological system increasingly shaped by human-activity (the Anthropocene), the understanding and potential management of Planetization requires the active role of AIs and new AI-ecologies. AIs are necessary tools, adjuncts and partners in dealing with an ecosystem increasingly depleted by human activity, but in turn these AIs need to be aligned to planetary needs and human interests. These relational dynamics will shape not only institutions but increasingly the nature of human identity itself.

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