Institutional research
Research at The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) examines systemic risk where it is felt: in the coupled systems of water, energy, food, health, biodiversity and infrastructure, and in the frontier technologies that change both exposure and capability. This page sets out the research agenda, how research is governed and how initiatives are approved. Approved initiatives are listed here with their protocol and owner once recorded; none is listed yet. Return to GCRI programmes.
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- The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
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Programme board
Country programme A · Institutional research · Cycle 2 of 4
- Workstreams active6Active
- Milestones due this quarter3Watch
- Decisions pending with owners3Watch
- Open risks7
Workstreams
by stage
Gates
- Requestowner named
- Scoping noteboundary
- Qualifiedinputs
- BuildFoundry
- Testcontrolled
- Publishwith limits
- Decisionauthority
GCRI · Programme boardProgramme board, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.
The short answer.
Research at GCRI examines systemic risk where it is felt, in the coupled systems of water, energy, food, health, biodiversity and infrastructure, and in the frontier technologies that change exposure and capability. The page sets out the research agenda across twelve domains, how research is governed and how initiatives are approved; none is listed yet.
Scoping to review.
Fig.A programme from scoping to the owner's decision. Design, not a record.
Jurisdictions in the Aral Sea Basin.
The jurisdictions that hold authority over this question: countries, their first-level divisions and capitals, shown for the Aral Sea Basin as an example geography for this subject.
Twelve domains in five families.
| Family | Domains |
|---|---|
| Environmental | Climate and hazards; water; biodiversity and land; food |
| Societal | Health and biosecurity |
| Infrastructure | Energy; lifeline infrastructure; critical minerals |
| Economic | Trade and supply chains; finance and insurance |
| Technological | AI and cyber; data and compute |
Science and methods are described on Science and methods.
How research is governed.
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Protocol
Each initiative has a protocol with its question, methods, data, rights and publication route.
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Conflicts
Researchers and reviewers declare interests; a conflicted reviewer does not sign acceptance.
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Review
Findings are accepted on method by qualified, conflict-managed reviewers.
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Disclosure
Funding and review are disclosed with each publication.
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Correction
Negative findings and independent scrutiny always remain possible, and corrections create new versions.
Approved initiatives.
None is listed yet. An initiative appears here once its protocol, owner and resources are recorded. Universities and institutes can propose research or independent review through Universities and researchers, and outputs appear in the Research library when released.
Five commitments of the Nexus method.
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Model dependencies, not silos
Each analysis states the systems it couples, the transmission mechanism and its assumptions.
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Keep evidence distinct
Observed, reported, estimated, modelled, forecast and scenario results carry their own labels.
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Test compound scenarios
Examine how events combine and propagate rather than scoring hazards one at a time.
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Start from places
Questions come from national demand and local knowledge, with rights-holders involved on their own terms.
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Carry analysis to tested action
Findings move into exercises and handoffs, and results return as corrections.
Terms used on this page.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Research agenda | A stated set of priority questions, usually adopted by a funder, agency or network, that guides what research is commissioned. |
| Research governance | The rules, institutions and practices that decide how research is commissioned, reviewed, shared, corrected and taken up, from funder policies to institutional codes. |
| Research integrity | Conduct of research in line with principles of reliability, honesty, respect and accountability, as the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity sets them out. |
| Pre-registration | Publishing an evaluation's design and analysis plan before results are known. |
What is open today.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. Research enquiries go to research@therisk.global. Integrity rules are on Research integrity. Research on governance is published by The Global Risks Forum (GRF) through its Research Nexus, and on financial systems by The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) on Research and intelligence.
Questions and answers.
Can external researchers take part?
Is GCRI research peer reviewed?
Who owns research results?
Around GCRI.
Start with an enquiry.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.