Published December 2024
The Architecture of Conceptual Framing in Global Policy
A landmark study analyzing the cognitive infrastructure behind international policy framing. How nations construct shared conceptual frameworks to navigate geopolitical complexity.
Metaphor & Strategic Cognition in Corporate Governance
This study presents a comprehensive corpus analysis of 1,200+ boardroom communications from FTSE 100 and S&P 500 companies over a five-year period, revealing ho
Frame Dynamics in Financial Crisis Communication
The collapse of three mid-tier banks in March 2023 generated an unprecedented volume of institutional communication under extreme time pressure. This paper anal
Neural Correlates of Conceptual Blending
This neuroimaging study presents fMRI data from 89 participants completing a controlled metaphor comprehension task across three conditions: novel metaphors, co
Reframing Healthcare Policy Through Linguistic Ecology
Public health systems are predominantly framed through mechanical metaphors: the body as machine, healthcare as maintenance, disease as malfunction. This study
Image Schemas in Digital Interface Design
Image schemas — pre-conceptual structures derived from bodily experience (CONTAINMENT, FORCE, PATH, CENTRE-PERIPHERY) — have been theorised as the foundation of
Idealized Cognitive Models in Political Rhetoric
Idealized Cognitive Models (ICMs) — stable, schematic mental representations that organise category knowledge and inference — are the invisible architecture of
The Architecture of Conceptual Framing in Global Policy
This landmark interdisciplinary study examines how conceptual framing operates as the invisible architecture of global policy-making. Drawing on a corpus of 6,4
Curated Reading Paths
The Lakoff Legacy
The foundational canon of cognitive linguistics and conceptual metaphor theory — required reading for every practitioner.
Metaphors We Live By
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
The Political Mind
Don't Think of an Elephant
Policy & Governance
How conceptual framing operates inside international relations, diplomacy, and the architecture of public policy.
Frame Reflection
The Architecture of Conceptual Framing in Global Policy
Reframing Healthcare Policy through Linguistic Ecology
Ripe for Resolution
Mind, Brain & Embodied Meaning
Neuroscientific and embodied cognition perspectives on how humans construct meaning through physical experience.
The Body in the Mind
Neural Correlates of Conceptual Blending
Descartes' Error
Surfaces and Essences
Business & Strategic Cognition
Applying cognitive framing to corporate strategy, leadership communication, and market intelligence.