Theoretical advancement addresses strategic design problems in systemic complexity, suggesting new cognitive tools for citizen participation.
Abstract (Theoretical Advancement): This extract marks the transition from problem definition to the mechanics of intervention. Building on the critique established at Kraków (2023), it categorises the Meta Crisis and democratic decline as explicit strategic design problems. The extract repositions the design mindset: not as a commercial service but as a cognitive tool required to navigate systemic complexity. By proposing co-created platforms for citizen participation, it sets up the arguments developed in the subsequent conference papers at DECIDIM (Barcelona, 2024) and Possibility Studies (Maynooth, 2025).
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Gerard Fox (2023) studied this question.