IRIS
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Forthcoming report
Standards before scale
A governance framework for evidence-intensive institutional systems.
In preparation
Genève · Institutional Research and Foresight
Research beyond established frontiers.
IRIS Foresight examines change across science, economics, technology, law, governance and institutions — then translates complex findings into documented, comparable and decision-useful knowledge.
IRIS FORESIGHT™
Institutional Research for Integrity and Standards
Genève
IRIS · Knowledge between worlds
The Geneva Signal · 08.08.2026
A certificate describes an object. An institution needs the entire chain of evidence.
01 · Observed
Evidence is often fragmented across documents, owners, jurisdictions and technical systems.
02 · Interpreted
The institutional question is not a single fact, but whether the complete chain remains coherent and auditable.
03 · What IRIS studies next
How standards, documentation and foresight can reduce uncertainty before it becomes consequence.
Athena · Disciplined inquiry
One research agenda. A deliberately broad field of vision.
IRIS is not confined to one asset class or one industry. Its work follows the systems in which evidence, integrity and institutional decisions meet.
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Institutions & Governance Decision systems, accountability, institutional change.
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Economics & Markets Market structure, incentives, liquidity and resilience.
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Science & Technology Emerging technologies, sovereign capability and R&D.
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Integrity & Evidence Proof, documentation, verification and research integrity.
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Cross-Border Systems Jurisdictions, sanctions, enforcement and coordination.
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High-Value Tangible Assets One specialist field within the wider IRIS spectrum.
Six research fields. One evidence-led agenda.
Forthcoming research dossier
The Documentation Deficit
Why institutions struggle when evidence exists — but the chain connecting identity, rights, value, risk and enforceability does not.
In preparation · Publication date to be announcedClio · Recorded knowledge
Evidence in public
Reports, analytical briefs and working papers designed to be cited, challenged, revised and used.
IRIS
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Forthcoming analytical brief
Forecasts need memory
Why vintages, assumptions and revisions matter as much as the forecast itself.
In preparation
IRIS
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Forthcoming Geneva note
Integrity under cross-border pressure
What changes when documentation, rights and controls travel across jurisdictions.
In preparation
Initial publication programme in preparation. No peer-reviewed or formally adopted outputs have been issued.
Janus · Thresholds and futures
Foresight without prophecy.
IRIS separates what is observed, what is emerging and what remains conditional. Its method records assumptions, confidence and revision history.
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Observed
Evidence already visible in the system.
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Emerging
Signals whose direction is becoming legible.
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Scenario
Conditional futures — not promises.
Observed evidence · Emerging signals · Conditional scenarios
Themis · Order and integrity
Standards are a lifecycle, not a proclamation.
Every IRIS framework shows its status, responsible body, consultation record, version and revision path. Draft work is named as draft work.
- 01 Research question
- 02 Evidence review
- 03 Draft framework
- 04 Public consultation
- 05 Adoption & versioning
Registry in development
No consultations currently open
Concordia · Institutional concord
Geneva is not a backdrop. It is a method of dialogue.
IRIS aims to convene disciplined exchanges across research, public institutions, international organisations and responsible private actors.
2026
From fragmented proof to institutional evidence
A closed working session on standards, foresight and the governance of complex evidence.
Concept programme · Date to be announced · By invitation