Dr Neville Buch
Professional Historian and History Consultancy Services Brisbane
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M.I.C.E.
Management Institute for Contributory Economy
Radical enough to shift the agenda, liberal enough to allow everyone a decent place in the social environment, and conservative enough to preserve the legacy of good value for Contributory Economy
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MICE Methodological Projects
Abstract The Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE) Methodological Projects, established and directed by Dr. Neville Buch, represent a pioneering framework in applied historiography, digital humanism, and personalist social science[1]. Grounded in the foundational axiom that “understanding history is philosophy in practice,” MICE projects deploy specialized analytical tools—most notably the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework,…
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We Have Been Here Before: Modern Intellectual History Message
Dr Neville Buch and MICE[1] Abstract This essay develops the core thesis of “We Have Been Here Before: Modern Intellectual History Message,” which asserts that political systems grow fragile, inadequate, or slide toward authoritarianism when independent scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) is devalued or repressed[1]. Examining Australian politics and culture, the paper…
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The 2026 Democratic Electoral Surge and the Architecture of Contributory Governance
Featured Image: I have been working on the cultural-history wars for the last decade when Trump first came to power.
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Unfair Competition Strategies: Deconstructing Technocratic Gatekeeping
Featured Image: Dr Neville Buch, founder with Dr Neil Peach and Dr Michael Macklin of the Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE)
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Susan Haack and Social Economy: Expediting Inquiry in the Contributory City of Intellect
Featured Image: Susan Haack 1945-2026
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Beyond Ideological Dogmatism: A Critical Response to Bevin Luchel’s The Illusions of the Radical Centre
Abstract This essay provides a rigorous critical response to Bevin Luchel’s (2026) paper, “The Illusions of the Radical Centre: A Socialist Critique of Neville Buch’s MICE Framework and Technocratic Prophecy”[1]. It argues that Luchel’s critique suffers from a profound dogmatic reductionism, collapsing Dr Neville Buch’s Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE) framework into an inaccurate…