Permutations — a newsletter on systems, transitions, and the work of changing them.
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Occasional, long-form, no schedule.
Publications
Longer and peer-reviewed work, written independently and on commission.
Evolutionary Governance: Pan-African Cities in the Planetary Age
Forthcoming · African Centre for Cities, in a volume with De Gruyter
2026
Öffentliche Innovation neu denken: Paradigmenwechsel in der Verwaltung
Springer Nature
2025
Portfolio Making: Embracing Distributed Governance
with Dark Matter Labs
2024
Digital Civil Society: A Maturing Field
Stiftung Mercator
2024
What Got Us Here Won't Get Us Out of Here: More-Than-Human-Centered Public Design
Published with Hybrid City Lab
2022
Prinzipien und Leitplanken einer zukunftsfähigen Daseinsvorsorge
IZT & Wuppertal Institut
2022
Pathfinder: Social Innovation in Urban Development
GIZ - International Smart Cities Network
2022
FutureOverflow! Six Theses on the Future of Urban Governance
Published with Hybrid City Labs
2021
Gestalten gestalten
Fraunhofer ÖFFIT
2021
I Am Not Your Expert: On Racism and the City
NOW YOU KNOW
2020
Designing Good Systems After 2020
ThingsCon RIOT
2020
Vernetzte Zukünfte
betterplace.lab Trendradar 2030
2017