News
Recent developments, publications, and announcements from IRSA.
Board Observer, State Library Victoria
Roshan Ghadamian, Principal Researcher at IRSA, commenced a board observership role with State Library Victoria—Australia's oldest public library and one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere—as part of the Observership Program.
Public-Private Partnership diagnostic released
IRSA released a structural diagnostic explaining why public-private partnerships systematically fail—four fragility cycles ensure extraction rather than creation is the structural outcome, regardless of intent or governance quality.
LGIT analysis of HILDA and Scanlon data (beta)
IRSA applied the Legitimacy (LGIT) framework to analyse public data from HILDA and Scanlon Foundation reports, examining institutional trust patterns and legitimacy cycles in Australian social infrastructure.
Institutional governance sub-frameworks developed
IRSA developed three interconnected institutional governance frameworks under the IOA umbrella: Institutional Learning Architecture (ILA), Legitimacy (LGIT), and Commitment Enforcement Architecture (CEA)—addressing how institutions learn, maintain legitimacy, and enforce commitments.
R* Universal Regeneration Index developed
IRSA developed R*, a universal measurement framework for institutional regenerative capacity. The index combines structural and behavioural dimensions into a single metric on [−1, 1], enabling comparison across institutions and economies.
Unified Architecture for Catalytic Capital (UACC) introduced
IRSA introduced the Unified Architecture for Catalytic Capital, a five-layer deployment framework for perpetual blended finance—integrating risk absorption, temporal smoothing, crowd-in mechanics, system value formation, and perpetual cycles.
Semantic architecture frameworks developed
IRSA developed a suite of semantic architecture frameworks—Idea-Native Architecture (INA), Semantic Governance for AI (SGAI), and Semantic Finance (SF)—treating meaning as a first-class governable object across institutions, AI systems, and capital.
IFLA Journal Submission
IRSA submitted a research paper to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Journal examining idea-native discovery systems for public libraries, with a focus on semantic legibility, provenance, and institutional trust.
Architectures of Ease (AoE) framework introduced
IRSA introduced Architectures of Ease, a behavioural-systems theory showing how to achieve near-total compliance without enforcement—through friction differentials, identity coupling, and future-cycle access rather than monitoring and punishment.
Initial working paper series released
IRSA released an initial series of 13 working papers on SSRN exploring regenerative capital architectures, institutional operating models, and multi-cycle governance in public and social systems.
Regenerative Architecture Thinking (RAT) framework introduced
IRSA introduced Regenerative Architecture Thinking, the capstone synthesis framework providing cognitive tools for regenerative design—serving as the foundation for Re:school and practical application of regenerative principles.
Perpetual Social Capital (PSC) introduced
IRSA introduced the Perpetual Social Capital (PSC) framework, outlining a capital architecture designed to support durable public and social value creation without reliance on extractive or depletion-based funding models.
Institute established
The Institute for Regenerative Systems Architecture (IRSA) was established to advance research into regenerative capital, institutional design, and public knowledge systems across long-term societal cycles.
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