xREGEN

xREGEN - Extreme Regenerative Service Ecosystems

xREGEN is a multidisciplinary research initiative that explores how communities and organisations can recover, adapt and regenerate when normal support systems are disrupted or severely constrained.

The project examines how three interconnected dimensions – community foundations and wellbeing, anticipatory capability, and circular governance – can work together to preserve knowledge, renew local capabilities, sustain wellbeing and create viable shared futures.

The initial phase focuses on disaster recovery and regeneration in ageing, resource-constrained regional communities in Japan. Remote environments and future space habitats are explored as potential contexts for transferring and testing insights from one service ecosystem to another.

What is a service ecosystem? A service ecosystem is a network of people, organisations, institutions, practices and resources through which communities create value and sustain everyday life - on Earth and beyond.

Meet the xREGEN team

Mentors

Dejan Krizaj - Knowledge Angels & University of Primorska
Kaja Antlej - Deakin University
Kunio Shirahada - Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)

What we explore

xREGEN examines:

• how communities create shared futures after disruption

• how limited resources and local capabilities can remain in circulation

• how care, participation, trust, and legitimacy support regenerative change

• how knowledge, relationships, and cultural value can be preserved and renewed

• which insights may be transferred between extreme contexts on Earth and future space habitats

How we do it

xREGEN is conducted as a collaborative research effort involving PhD researchers, academic mentors, and multidisciplinary contributors working through JAIST and the Knowledge Angels network.

Planned project outputs include:

• a peer-reviewed scientific publication

• an integrated xREGEN conceptual framework

• visual models of actors, practices, capabilities, and resource flows

• case studies, workshops, and expert discussions

• research communication and opportunities for future collaboration