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Governance, Security and Society

Institutions, conflict, information integrity and public trust decide whether any other risk can be managed at all. This subsite relates the governance, security, societal and information standards that make public decisions traceable, without turning them into scores of countries or people. Every artifact of these areas carries a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier), which identifies and never certifies.

Areas
8
4 with a registry row
Nexus Standards
10
listed by the areas
Open standards
24
named and linked, never reproduced
Feeds
19
0 admitted · the rest pending
UNI
requested · not yet allocated
Status
PROPOSEDsubsite created · awaiting go
Last reviewed
area context bank
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Nexus Standards (2026). Governance, Security and Society: master subsite of the Nexus Standards (PROPOSED areas). https://nexustandards.com/society/. Last reviewed 2026-10-17.

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01Area index

8 areas in Governance, Security and Society.

Every area of the subsite with its tier, status, the Nexus Standards it lists, the open standards it names, its feeds and its couplings. Area entries are PROPOSED; registry rows are named where they exist.

Area index · Governance, Security and SocietyFrom the context bank
  1. 01Political and governance risk standardsHazard and threat familiesStatusregistry · plannedNexus StandardsNS-0 · NS-9 · NS-10 · NS-11Open standards5Feeds3 0 admittedCouplings4
  2. 02Conflict and security risk standardsHazard and threat familiesStatusregistry · plannedNexus StandardsNS-0 · NS-3 · NS-9 · NS-11Open standards5Feeds4 0 admittedCouplings4
  3. 03Societal and information risk standardsHazard and threat familiesStatusregistry · plannedNexus StandardsNS-0 · NS-9 · NS-11 · NS-12Open standards5Feeds3 0 admittedCouplings4
  4. 04Geopolitical and security riskRisk disciplinesStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-0 · NS-3 · NS-9 · NS-11Open standards3Feeds4 0 admittedCouplings4
  5. 05Information integrity and trustRisk disciplinesStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-0 · NS-2 · NS-9 · NS-11 · NS-12Open standards4Feeds2 0 admittedCouplings4
  6. 06Media and informationSectors and industriesStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-0 · NS-5 · NS-9 · NS-11 · NS-12Open standards5Feeds3 0 admittedCouplings4
  7. 07Public sector and governmentSectors and industriesStatusregistry · plannedNexus StandardsNS-0 · NS-9 · NS-10 · NS-11 · NS-13Open standards5Feeds4 0 admittedCouplings4
  8. 08For policy makersAudiencesStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-0 · NS-9 · NS-10 · NS-13 · NS-14Open standards5Feeds3 0 admittedCouplings4

Area index4 of 8 areas have a registry row; the rest are proposed areas with a full context entry and no registry row yet. Feed counts include sources pending admission.

02Context map

An example geography for this subsite.

Open Earth observation layers framed on horn of africa, as an example geography for governance, security and society: context for where its records live, never an assessment and never a statement of where the standards apply. Layers, dates and credits are on the map.

The interactive map needs JavaScript; the layer list and sources are below.

Layers 2

People and hazards

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

Loading the latest NASA imagery.

Drag to move. Ctrl or ⌘ and scroll, pinch or the buttons to zoom; hover for the values under the pointer; reset returns to the region.

Where people live, night-time lights and the floods and fires public institutions answer to, framed on the Horn of Africa.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · GDACSSources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), VIIRS 375 m active fire product, NASA LANCE; vector tiles via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Live: GDACS (EC JRC / UN OCHA) Events are indicative, not official warnings.
  • Optional layers (35 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
  • Active fires and thermal anomalies, last day: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Oct 2026
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

03Live feeds

19 sources named by the areas, every one honest about admission.

Provider, licence, delivery path and register status for each source. A source is live on a public page only after an owner decision admits it; until then it reads pending admission.

Every feed · pending admission

No legal register row admits any of these sources for live display on public pages yet, so nothing is read from them here. A register row that exists records the source for the governed GRIx path; admission for public pages is a separate owner decision.

Admitted
0
none yet
Register row exists
9
recorded for the GRIx path
Proposed row
10
terms to be recorded
Delivery
7 GRIx · 0 plugin · 0 browser · 12 snapshot
GRIx first, then plugin, browser-direct, snapshot
  • DesInventar disaster loss databasespending admission

    UNDRR · national updates

    UNDRR terms (to be recorded by Legal/IP)

    GRIx governed readregister row exists

  • IMF data services (IFS, FSI, WEO, GFS)pending admission

    International Monetary Fund · monthly to annual

    IMF copyright and usage terms (reuse with attribution; not an open licence)

    GRIx governed readregister row exists

  • INFORM Risk Indexpending admission

    European Commission JRC · annual with mid-year update

    CC BY 4.0 under the Commission reuse policy

    GRIx governed readregister row exists

  • UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset and Candidate Eventspending admission

    Uppsala Conflict Data Program · monthly candidate, annual final

    CC BY 4.0; Foundry register: LEGAL_REVIEW_REQUIRED

    build-time snapshotregister row exists

  • UNHCR Refugee Data Finderpending admission

    UNHCR · semi-annual

    CC BY 4.0 as stated by the adapter, not verified; Foundry register: LEGAL_REVIEW_REQUIRED

    build-time snapshotregister row exists

  • WMO Alert Hub and Register of Alerting Authoritiespending admission

    World Meteorological Organization · real time

    WMO Unified Data Policy plus each alerting authority's terms

    GRIx governed readregister row exists

  • World Bank Open Data and World Development Indicators APIpending admission

    World Bank · quarterly

    CC BY 4.0 for most datasets; Foundry register: LEGAL_REVIEW_REQUIRED

    GRIx governed readregister row exists

  • World Development Indicatorspending admission

    World Bank · annual with quarterly updates

    CC BY 4.0

    GRIx governed readregister row exists

  • WorldPop gridded populationpending admission

    WorldPop (University of Southampton) · annual

    CC BY 4.0

    GRIx governed readregister row exists

  • GDELT event database and global knowledge graphpending admission

    The GDELT Project · 15-minute

    Open for any use with citation (GDELT terms)

    build-time snapshotproposed register row

  • Geopolitical Risk Index (Caldara and Iacoviello)pending admission

    Caldara and Iacoviello · monthly

    Free for research with citation; licence to be recorded by Legal

    build-time snapshotproposed register row

  • Global SDG Indicators Databasepending admission

    UN Statistics Division · annual

    United Nations terms of use; licence to be recorded by Legal

    build-time snapshotproposed register row

  • Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) datasetspending admission

    UN OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data · continuous

    Per-dataset licence on HDX

    build-time snapshotproposed register row

  • ITU DataHub ICT indicatorspending admission

    International Telecommunication Union · annual

    CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (ITU DataHub terms; third-party series under their owners' terms)

    build-time snapshotproposed register row

  • Our World in Data datasetspending admission

    Global Change Data Lab (Our World in Data) · varies

    CC BY 4.0 for OWID-produced data; third-party data keep their licences

    build-time snapshotproposed register row

  • SDG Global Databasepending admission

    United Nations Statistics Division · annual

    UN terms of use (reuse with attribution; to be recorded)

    build-time snapshotproposed register row

  • V-Dem datasetpending admission

    V-Dem Institute (University of Gothenburg) · annual

    CC BY-SA 4.0

    build-time snapshotproposed register row

  • V-Dem datasetpending admission

    Varieties of Democracy Institute, University of Gothenburg · annual

    CC BY-SA 4.0

    build-time snapshotproposed register row

  • Worldwide Governance Indicatorspending admission

    World Bank · annual

    CC BY 4.0

    build-time snapshotproposed register row

04Coupling map

Governance, Security and Society among the other subsites.

39 coupling rows join this subsite's areas to 14 other subsites, counted from the systemicContext rows of the area context bank in both directions. Select a card on the canvas to trace it.

Canvas · couplings with the other subsitesDesign, not a record
Governance, Security and Society: couplings with the other subsitesSubsites whose areas record a coupling into Governance, Security and Society, the areas of Governance, Security and Society with the highest coupling counts, and the subsites its areas couple out to, counted from the systemicContext rows of the area context bank (PROPOSED). A reading aid, not a dependency proof.

Fig.Edge labels count coupling rows. GATE marks a subsite, DONE and RUNNING an area of this subsite. Tags give reading order only. Design, not a record.

Coupled subsiteRowsExample mechanism
Humanitarian Action and Development7Communication with communities in crises depends on trusted local media.Media and information to Humanitarian and civil society
Digital, Cyber and AI5Common driver: intrusion and influence operations combine in hybrid campaigns.Cyber and digital risk standards to Information integrity and trust
Finance, Insurance and the Economy4Feedback: fiscal stress and political instability reinforce sovereign spreads.Financial and economic risk standards to Political and governance risk standards
Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction4Civil protection is part of national DRR governance and Sendai reporting.Defence and civil protection to Public sector and government
Health and Biosecurity3Cascade: attacks on health care and displacement drive outbreaks.Conflict and security risk standards to Health risk standards
Readiness and Adoption3A government adopting Nexus Standards does so through the national adoption pathway and its recorded decisions.Public sector and government to National adoption pathway
Water and Food Systems3Feedback: conflict disrupts production and markets, and food price spikes are associated with unrest.Food and agriculture risk standards to Conflict and security risk standards
Cities and the Built Environment2Local DRR strategies are adopted by local governments and reported nationally under Sendai target E.Cities and the built environment to Public sector and government
05Indicators

14 indicators the areas track.

SDG global indicator framework1.5.1Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 populationSDG global indicator framework1.5.3Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai FrameworkSDG global indicator framework10.2.1Proportion of people living below 50 per cent of median incomeSDG global indicator framework10.7.4Proportion of the population who are refugeesSDG global indicator framework16.1.2Conflict-related deaths per 100,000 populationSDG global indicator framework16.6.1Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget, by sectorSDG global indicator framework16.6.2Proportion of population satisfied with their last experience of public servicesSDG global indicator framework16.7.2Proportion of population who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsiveSDG global indicator framework16.10.1Number of verified cases of killing, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture of journalists, associated media personnel, trade unionists and human rights advocates in the previous 12 monthsSDG global indicator framework16.10.2Number of countries that adopt and implement guarantees for public access to informationSDG global indicator framework17.14.1Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable developmentSendai Framework MonitorE-1Number of countries that adopt and implement national DRR strategies in line with the Sendai FrameworkSendai Framework MonitorG-5Number of countries that have accessible, understandable, usable and relevant disaster risk information and assessment available to the people at the national and local levelsWorld Bank WDIGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZSCentral government debt, total (% of GDP)

Indicator names and codes as their stewards publish them; values appear only from a governed GRIx source, never typed into a page.

06Standards that apply

10 Nexus Standards across 8 areas.

Standards that apply · Nexus Standards across, areas downFrom the registry
36 listed of 80 pairs across 8 areas and 10 standards, from the area context bank (PROPOSED) and standards/INDEX.md.

Standards that applyA filled cell means the area's context entry lists that Nexus Standard. Context entries are PROPOSED; no cell is a conformance, certification or readiness statement.

07Readiness

What GCRI Canada and the two institutions read here.

GCRI Canada evidence pathway

GCRI Canada

Political and governance risk standards · GCRI Canada may admit governance indicator records that carry confidence intervals and source composition as research evidence; GCRI Canada decides under its own evidence and research rules, and no approval is implied.

Conflict and security risk standards · GCRI Canada may admit conflict and displacement records with source, precision and protection review as research evidence; GCRI Canada decides under its own evidence and research rules, and no approval is implied.

Societal and information risk standards · GCRI Canada may admit social vulnerability records that publish components, weights and disaggregation as research evidence; GCRI Canada decides under its own evidence and research rules, and no approval is implied.

5 more areas state what this pathway reads; each area page has its own line.

Open the GCRI Canada evidence pathway

Recognition pathway

The Global Risks Forum (GRF)

Political and governance risk standards · GRF may record public bodies that publish decision records on the shared profile as a recognition dialogue; GRF decides under its own recognition rules, and no recognition or endorsement is implied.

Conflict and security risk standards · GRF may record humanitarian actors adopting the shared data-responsibility clauses as a dialogue item; GRF decides under its own recognition rules, and no recognition or endorsement is implied.

Societal and information risk standards · GRF may record communities and agencies that publish disaggregated records on the shared profile as a dialogue item; GRF decides under its own recognition rules, and no recognition or endorsement is implied.

5 more areas state what this pathway reads; each area page has its own line.

Open the Recognition pathway

Capital pathway

The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)

Political and governance risk standards · GRA may read governance and regulatory-event records when it considers institutional risk in projects; GRA decides under its own capital-readiness rules, and no approval, rating or investment view is implied.

Conflict and security risk standards · GRA may read conflict-risk records when it considers investment in fragile settings; GRA decides under its own capital-readiness rules, and no approval, rating or investment view is implied.

Societal and information risk standards · GRA may read social vulnerability records when it screens projects for distributional risk; GRA decides under its own capital-readiness rules, and no approval, rating or investment view is implied.

5 more areas state what this pathway reads; each area page has its own line.

Open the Capital pathway

Each institution decides under its own rules what it reads as evidence; no pathway is an approval, a readiness statement or investment advice.

08Working groups

8 working-group charters proposed, none chartered yet.

Each area proposes a working group with a scope, deliverables and liaison targets; a liaison is sought, never claimed, until the body confirms it in writing.

AreaWorking group scopeDeliverablesLiaison sought
Political and governance risk standardsGovernance indicators, regulatory events and machine-readable policy records with honest measurement error.34World Bank Governance Global Practice, Open Contracting Partnership, OECD Public Governance Directorate, V-Dem Institute
Conflict and security risk standardsConflict, displacement and access records for civilian use with protection and data-responsibility safeguards.34OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data, UNHCR, Uppsala Conflict Data Program, ICRC data protection team
Societal and information risk standardsRecords for social vulnerability, demographic exposure and information provenance with ethical safeguards.34UN Statistics Division, UNDRR Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism, UNESCO, Coalition for Content Provenance and…
Geopolitical and security riskRecords for geopolitical events, sanctions and risk indices.34UN Security Council sanctions secretariat (public lists), OECD, Uppsala Conflict Data Program, academic geopolitical…
Information integrity and trustRecords for content provenance, verification and correction.34Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, W3C Credentials Community Group, UNESCO, UN Department of Global…
Media and informationProfile content provenance, warning relay and claim-review records for media and crosswalk them to C2PA, IPTC, ClaimReview and CAP.34C2PA, IPTC, UNESCO (Communication and Information Sector), European Broadcasting Union
Public sector and governmentProfile public-sector risk strategy, loss database, procurement and decision records and crosswalk them to the Sendai Monitor, OECD recommendations and OCDS.34UNDRR, OECD Public Governance Directorate, Open Contracting Partnership, UN Statistical Commission
For policy makersCurate the policy learning path, keep its framework citations current and collect policy readers' comments into dockets.33OECD Public Governance Directorate, UNDRR, Standards Council of Canada
09Contribute

Help build Governance, Security and Society.

  1. 01

    Charter a working group

    Pick an area above, adopt its proposed charter and file it as a docket under NS-13; editors decide with written reasons. Develop a standard

  2. 02

    Correct or extend an area brief

    Every area entry is PROPOSED: a pull request against the area context bank names the change and its source, peer-reviewed or published statistics.

  3. 03

    Name a source

    Propose a feed with provider, licence and delivery path; Legal/IP records the terms and the owner decides admission. Agents never admit a source.

  4. 04

    Take part at the body

    Contribute to an external standard through its own body's channels; the outcome comes back here as a register change. Movement and contribution

10References

18 sourced references across the areas.

Peer-reviewed sources and published statistics as the area entries cite them, newest first within each type.

  1. peer-reviewedMeasuring Geopolitical RiskAmerican Economic Review · 2022
  2. peer-reviewedViEWS: A political violence early-warning systemJournal of Peace Research · 2019
  3. peer-reviewedRegimes of the World (RoW): Opening New Avenues for the Comparative Study of Political RegimesPolitics and Governance · 2018
  4. peer-reviewedThe science of fake newsScience · 2018
  5. peer-reviewedThe spread of true and false news onlineScience · 2018
  6. peer-reviewedIntroducing the UCDP Georeferenced Event DatasetJournal of Peace Research · 2013
  7. peer-reviewedMisinformation and Its Correction: Continued Influence and Successful DebiasingPsychological Science in the Public Interest · 2012
  8. peer-reviewedThe Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical IssuesHague Journal on the Rule of Law · 2011
  9. peer-reviewedIntroducing ACLED: An Armed Conflict Location and Event DatasetJournal of Peace Research · 2010
  10. published statisticsUnited Nations Global Principles for Information IntegrityUnited Nations · 2024
  11. published statisticsGlobal Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022: Our World at RiskUNDRR · 2022
  12. published statisticsPathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent ConflictUnited Nations and World Bank · 2018
  13. published statisticsUnbreakable: Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural DisastersWorld Bank · 2017
  14. published statisticsUnbreakable: Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural DisastersWorld Bank · 2017
  15. published statisticsWorld Development Report 2017: Governance and the LawWorld Bank · 2017
  16. published statisticsSendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030UNDRR · 2015
2 more references
  1. published statisticsRecommendation of the Council on the Governance of Critical RisksOECD · 2014
  2. published statisticsDecision of the Committee on principles for the development of international standards, guides and recommendationsWorld Trade Organization · 2000
11Risk standards and library

27 risk standards, 14 hazard families and the library.

The Nexus Risk Standards read in Governance, Security and Society, the NHS-1 hazard domains it carries and its library: scope, codes, schemas, conformance, governance, templates, crosswalks, change log and how to contribute.

12Learn and apply

Where Governance, Security and Society is taught, worked on and run.

Risk Academy disciplines that teach Governance, Security and Society, with their courses; the GCRI Canada, The Global Risks Forum (GRF) and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) subsites that carry those disciplines; and the Nexus Foundry systems the standards name. Mappings are proposed for review (Risk Academy standards map, 2026-10-17); a link says a page on the same subject exists, never an endorsement or a conformance statement; framework names in course titles are named and linked, never reproduced.

Risk Academy

Disciplines and courses

13Questions

Questions and answers.

Is Governance, Security and Society a live subsite?
The owner created it in WordPress; its pages publish as drafts once the owner gives the go. The name is owner-confirmed.
Where do the areas come from?
From the area context bank, one PROPOSED entry per area written as an expert would brief a working group, sourced to published statistics and peer-reviewed references; the Nexus Standards lane owns the canonical registry.
Are any feeds live here?
No. Every feed reads pending admission until an owner decision admits it for public pages.
Nexus Standards

Build Governance, Security and Society with us.

Charter a working group, correct a brief or name a source. Area entries are PROPOSED content for the Nexus Standards registry; a UNI identifies and never certifies, and nothing on this site is a certification, an approval or a readiness statement.

Nexus Standards documents CC BY 4.0 · tooling Apache-2.0 · counsel review pending (DEC-2026-10-16-NEXUS-STANDARDS-OPEN-LICENCE). External standards are named and linked under their own licences; a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier) identifies, it never certifies. · Generated from the Nexus Standards corpus at commit 437ae044c5cb (2026-10-17); proposed and open.

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