Research, made legible

Start with the story.

Strategic intelligence should be useful beyond a doctoral audience. These explainers lead with the human stakes, then keep the evidence and methods close enough to inspect.

  1. Read the explainerMeet the question in plain language and understand why it matters.
  2. Explore the studyMove through the argument, evidence, methods, and limitations.
  3. Find the scholarly recordConsult the dissertation or published study as the source of record.

Explainer collection / 02 stories

Questions worth entering.

Each story is grounded in a research study by Scott W. Waddell, D.S.I., and written for readers who want the central idea before the doctoral apparatus. Every article provides a direct route into the underlying work.

Research tradecraft19 min read

The Question You Cannot Ask Yourself

The author set out to test how people relate to faith, including his own. He needed a method capable of telling him no.

By Scott W. Waddell, D.S.I.LLM assistance by Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6.

Cyber policy21 min read

The Battleground You Live In

How cyberspace became critical infrastructure, then a domain of power, and what Estonia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States do about it.

By Scott W. Waddell, D.S.I.LLM assistance by Claude Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra.