g² Insight Lab investigates three fundamental questions at the intersection of philosophy, investigative reasoning, and complex human systems.
Our research seeks to improve how complex systems are understood, how investigations are conducted, and how evidence is used to develop justified knowledge.
How should we reason about knowledge, evidence, and uncertainty?
• Evidence
• Explanation
• Inference
• Epistemology
• Scientific reasoning
• Uncertainty
• Procedural coherence
How do humans investigate complex systems?
• Investigative reasoning
• Reasoning orientations
• Expertise
• Reconstruction
• Evaluation
• Education
How do complex human systems work?
• Healthcare
• Justice
• Organisations
• Communities
• Public policy
• Governance
• Human behaviour
• Institutional systems
Philosophy of Inquiry
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Investigative Reasoning
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Complex Human Systems
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Methodologies
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Education
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Application
Forensic STEM™ is a proposed methodology for the transparent reconstruction of complex human systems from observable evidence.
Rather than beginning with blame or predetermined conclusions, the methodology reconstructs how observed outcomes became possible by systematically examining the interactions between people, roles, relationships, rules, resources, and behaviours.
Forensic STEM™ is expertise-agnostic. It does not require investigators to possess the same knowledge, background, or professional experience. Instead, it provides a structured reconstruction process through which domain experts contribute evidence and interpretation from their own disciplines while working within a common investigative framework.
Although the methodology can be demonstrated using simple examples, the research programme is primarily directed towards complex, high-stakes human systems where multiple organisations, authorities, and stakeholders interact.
As a research programme, Forensic STEM™ remains under active development and welcomes constructive critique, testing, replication, and refinement.
Forensic STEM™ is g² Insight Lab's flagship methodology for the transparent reconstruction and evaluation of complex human systems.
Introduces:
• Pattern Literacy™
• Behavioural Audit Chain™
• Procedural Coherence™
• Behavioural Currency™
• Autonomy Literacy™
• Seven Worlds™
High-stakes human systems including:
• Healthcare
• Justice
• Organisations
• Regulation
• Safeguarding
• Governance
• Public policy
Current Studies:
STUDY 001
Study 001 is the first empirical methodological study within g² Insight Lab's programme of research into Forensic STEM™.
The study examines what happens when independent researchers apply a frozen specification of Forensic STEM™ to the same controlled historical evidential condition.
Using a historically bounded evidence corpus drawn from the Post Office Horizon record, Study 001 examines methodological executability, evidential reasoning, uncertainty, reconstruction, and the preservation of materially viable alternative explanations.
The study does not require or presuppose a favourable outcome for Forensic STEM™.
Status: Preparing for researcher recruitment. Methodology: Forensic STEM™ | FS-POST-1.0. Study: g²-FS-S001. Design: Independent methodological application study
Working Papers
Working Paper No. 001 (v3)
White Papers
White Paper No. 001
White Paper No. 002
White Paper No. 003
White Paper No. 004
White Paper No. 005
White Paper No. 006
Research conducted at g² Insight Lab is guided by the principles of:
Observation before interpretation.
Evidence before assumption.
Reconstruction before judgement.
Transparency of confidence.
Continual refinement through research.
