Research Library

Concepts, evidence and open questions.

A topic-based library of working papers and analytical writing. Each item states what kind of work it is, what it does not establish and how it relates to the rest of the library.

Working paper collection · 4 documents

Foundational Psychological Architecture

A connected set of conceptual papers examining recurrent psychological functioning, self-world-future orientation, inferential updating and psychological defence.

Status: Author-developed, provisional conceptual framework. Not peer reviewed, not empirically validated as an integrated framework and not clinical guidance.

Open collection

Conceptual insights

AI & human judgement

Conceptual essay · July 2026

When AI helps you produce more than you can understand

On the gap that can emerge when AI-mediated production scales faster than human understanding and verification.

Methods and standards

Practice standards

Practice standard · July 2026

How Embark works with evidence

The distinctions Embark uses between established evidence, interpretation, uncertainty and practical judgement.