What We Do
The Foundation operates an integrated suite of programmes bridging legal architecture, field science, and professional formation in anticipatory governance.
Programme Overview
The Foundation's programmes are designed as a coherent system: field research informs theoretical frameworks, frameworks are tested through fellowship practice, and institutional outputs are disseminated through policy engagement and publication. Each programme reinforces the others.
Development and dissemination of the Comprehensive Ecological Governance doctrine — a pre-threshold governance framework applicable to ecological, economic, and social systems undergoing threshold transitions. The programme produces legal instruments, institutional models, and governance protocols.
→ c-eco.ioA technical governance protocol specifying the legal and institutional conditions under which threshold-sensitive instruments are activated. The TFP provides operational mechanisms for pre-threshold governance, translating theoretical frameworks into actionable legal instruments.
→ TFP DocumentationAn intensive professional formation programme for scholars and practitioners in anticipatory governance. Fellows engage with the Foundation's full research portfolio while developing expertise applicable to governance challenges in their home jurisdictions and sectors.
→ Fellowship DetailsField research platform in the Brazilian Amazon generating empirical data on threshold governance in frontier biomes. The Lab provides real-world inputs for the c-ECO Framework and the Threshold Function Protocol, and serves as a testing ground for governance instruments under active ecological stress.
→ Amazon LabBuilding coalitions with academic institutions, governmental bodies, international organisations, and civil society actors to embed anticipatory governance frameworks within existing legal and institutional systems. The programme supports knowledge transfer, joint research, and policy advocacy.
→ Partnership EnquiriesEngage
The Foundation welcomes applications to its Fellowship Program, enquiries for institutional partnerships, and expressions of interest from researchers and practitioners working in adjacent fields.