The selfdriven Institute is a gathering place for people reimagining how society governs itself — not through control, but through care, curiosity, and shared purpose.
We explore new frameworks that help communities, organizations, and networks become self-driven: capable of acting with integrity, coordinating without hierarchy, and evolving through learning.
Our work blends governance design, social innovation, and digital trust — shaping the foundations for an emerging society that values participation, transparency, and the freedom to grow together.
Our Purpose
We exist to explore how a poeple can govern themselves better — as individuals, communities, and connected societies.
Governance is more than rules; it’s relationships: how people share trust, responsibility, and purpose in a changing world.
We cultivate the principles, tools, and stories that make self-governance possible — helping communities and organizations evolve beyond compliance, toward consciousness.
We focus on frameworks that integrate:
- Trust — digital and human systems that make accountability natural.
- Care — governance rooted in empathy and shared wellbeing.
- Learning — communities that adapt and self-correct.
- Regeneration — economies that restore what they depend on.
Our Work
We conduct research, convene dialogues, and co-create governance experiments that bridge:
- Policy ⇄ Technology — from constitutions to code.
- Local ⇄ Global — from community charters to planetary frameworks.
- Theory ⇄ Practice — from philosophical inquiry to field implementation.
Focus areas include:
- Self-sovereign identity and verifiable credentials
- Digital constitutionalism and decentralized governance
- Cooperative and DAO-based models for shared decision-making
- Regenerative economies and commons stewardship
Who We Are
We are an initiative of the selfdriven Foundation and made up of members of the broader selfdriven ecosystem, the Institute brings together researchers, technologists, educators, policy designers, and community builders.
We align learning, governance, and digital trust to empower people to care for themselves, each other, and the planet.
Our approach is grounded in experimentation, reflection, and open collaboration — guided by a simple ethos:
Be Curious. Be Caring. Be selfdriven.
Join Us
The future of governance will not be invented — it will be learned together.
Join the conversation, share your work, and explore how we can co-create institutions that serve life, not the other way around.
“We are learning how to govern ourselves — with technology as a mirror, and care as the compass.”