Understanding what allowssystems to stabilize, adapt,and endure.
A researcher studies a structural model and archival materials in a systems-thinking studio.

Institute

Institute of Persistence Science

Researching the general conditions under which systems persist, adapt, transform, and fail.

Research Direction

The objective is to advance a unified discipline for understanding what can and cannot persist under real-world constraints.

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Persistence Science

Why Persistence Needs a Science of Its Own?

Systems fail. Companies disappear. States collapse. Ecosystems reorganize. Technologies become obsolete. Institutions that once appeared permanent can vanish within a generation. Others persist. Some survive wars, technological revolutions, economic crises,…

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A researcher observes weathered but functioning coastal infrastructure at first light.

Persistence

Examine the structures that allow a system to remain coherent as conditions change.

Researchers adjust a resilient infrastructure installation together.

Adaptation

Understand how capacity, flexibility, and decision speed shape a system's response to pressure.

A researcher examines a fractured physical system model in a quiet analysis lab.

Collapse

Identify the structural conditions that turn gradual strain into sudden failure.