TIA Research
Technology in Large-scale, Capital-intensive Systems
Independent research and analysis on how technology behaves when scale, risk, regulation, and institutional constraints dominate outcomes.
Why TIA Research?
Technological success in isolation is a weak predictor of real-world impact. In large-scale systems, what matters is not only whether technology works, but whether it can be adopted, governed, financed, and sustained over time.
Energy grids, cities, transportation networks, space systems, and ocean infrastructure behave differently from startups or pilots.
TIA Research exists to study these systems as they actually behave —beyond narratives, hype cycles, and product-centric thinking.
Areas of Focus
Energy
Power systems, grids, reliability trade-offs, and transition constraints.
Urban Systems
Cities as governed operating systems shaped by legitimacy and accountability.
Transportation
Mobility and logistics systems constrained by safety, exposure, and scale.
Space
Orbital systems shaped by irreversibility and limited intervention.
Oceans
Subsea and maritime systems constrained by visibility and attribution gaps.
How the Analysis Works?
- Framework-driven analysis focused on systems rather than products
- Constraint-based reasoning that prioritises limits and trade-offs
- Attention to adoption, scale, and institutional behaviour
- Emphasis on long-term outcomes over short-term optimisation
Analytical Frameworks
TIA Research develops original frameworks to explain why complex systems behave the way they do in practice. Know More
- Grid Reality Triangle Energy
- City as an Operating System Urban Systems
- Safety–Exposure Trade-off Transportation
- Limited Intervention Problem Space
- Visibility–Attribution Gap Oceans
Featured Articles
Why Grids -Not Renewables- Are the Real Bottleneck?
Examining energy transition through reliability and capital constraints.
Energy
Cities Don’t Innovate. They Absorb.
Why urban technology adoption is slow, uneven, and political.
Urban
Why Digital Twins Struggle Outside Controlled Environments?
The core reason is simple but uncomfortable.
Transportation
Read All Articles: Energy | Urban Systems | Transportation | Space | Oceans
Podcast
Audio essays and conversations exploring system-level technology questions across focus domains.
Publications
Books and long-form publications developed as part of TIA Research. All Publications