Cascade Institute researchers are committed to understanding the drivers of polarization in Canada and around the world. Using these insights, we develop new solutions to counter the anti-democratic effects of growing polarization and implement them at scale.
The Anti-Polarization program seeks to discover the key forces driving increases in polarization in Canada and around the world—and how they might be countered.
Catastrophic Dehumanization: A formal model
November 14, 2024
Thomas Homer-Dixon
A formal model drawing on insights from conflict, critical-transition, and catastrophe theories to explain the causal mechanisms that produce sudden dehumanization in situations of extreme conflict.
On Disinformation
January 6, 2025
A conversation between the Cascade Institute's Thomas Homer-Dixon and James Hammond of the David Suzuki Institute
How information overload in digital spaces fuels negativity and division, as people cluster with like-minded others, enabling disinformation to thrive.
