complex terrain lab
My other main web activity is as Managing Editor of the Complex Terrain Laboratory.
The Complex Terrain Laboratory (CTlab) is an independent, interdisciplinary project focused on problems of international relations, international law, and political violence. Founded in the School of Public Policy at University College London, CTlab deals with the conceptual and social science dimensions of legal and policy challenges in current affairs. Drawing on university-wide strengths in spatial research and analysis, it is especially concerned with the politics of place and space, and with variable geometries of conflict and militancy.
Its approach is multidisciplinary, built around the notion that “terrain” is a metaphor for complex physical, human, and virtual environments.
Its goals are four-fold:
- Cross-pollinate academic, practice, industry, and policy interests
- Promote relevant concept development and communication
- Establish itself as a creative and authoritative “thinklab”
- Generate a critical mass of informed commentary
