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Formal writing, research notes, frameworks, and specifications.

Publications are durable pieces: papers, essays, white papers, reports, and formal framework work. Short-form public thinking lives separately in Insights.

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Jan 2026

Research

The Doctrine of Intelligence Pluralism

A framework for reliability through structured, role-separated intelligence rather than one synthetic authority.

AI governanceensemble reasoningresearch
Open on Zenodo

Dec 2025

Specification

The ELEANOR Governance Specification - Runtime Architecture v2.1

A technical specification for execution, escalation, evidence capture, and governable model behavior.

runtime governanceauditabilityspecification
Open on Zenodo

Nov 2025

Framework

Jurisprudential Governance for AI (ELEANOR)

A rights-based governance framing for controlled AI execution under uncertainty and institutional authority.

ELEANORrightsoversight
Open on Zenodo

Oct 2025

Report

Routing Uncertainty in AI Systems

An argument that uncertainty should trigger routing, escalation, abstention, retrieval, or human review.

uncertaintyhuman reviewoperations
Open on ORCID

Sep 2025

Framework

Ensemble Software Engineering

A practical method for using specialist roles, repeatable packs, and comparative review in AI-assisted engineering.

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Open on GitHub

Aug 2025

Essay

Governance Systems for Consequential Decisions

A concise operating thesis for designing decision systems around authority, evidence, escalation, and review.

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