Murad Farzulla is an independent researcher investigating stability, alignment, and friction dynamics in complex systems where competing interests generate structural conflict.
Background
MSc Finance Analytics from King's College London; BSc Accounting and Finance (First Class Honours) from SOAS University of London. Founder of Dissensus AI, a research lab focused on adversarial systems and computational governance. Currently seeking a PhD position to formalise and extend this research programme.
Research Programme
The core research programme treats adversarial dynamics as the unifying thread across domains that are usually studied in isolation. Each publication is a proof-of-concept for a different application:
- Governance dynamics — consent-friction models, legitimacy quantification, multi-agent coordination under adversarial conditions
- Financial markets — volatility asymmetries, market microstructure, systemic risk indexing, privacy-preserving architecture
- Cognitive modelling — trauma as adversarial training data, computational developmental psychology, AI friendship
- AI alignment — genre mimicry vs. ethical reasoning, autonomous red teaming, functional standing for artificial agents
- Process philosophy — identity as relational, consciousness as nominalization error, quantum foundations
The connecting insight across all of these: information structure determines cognitive architecture. Whether training a neural network, developing governance institutions, or managing financial risk, the quality and organisation of signal doesn't just affect performance — it shapes what becomes thinkable.
Research Programmes
Work is organised across five research programmes, each containing multiple papers:
- Governance Dynamics — Multi-Agent Systems & Selection
- Crypto Microstructure — Risk & Asymmetry in Assets
- Process Philosophy — Metaphysics & Quantum Foundations
- Inequality & Privacy — Political Economy
- ML & Phenomenology — Trauma, Safety & Cognition
Collaborators
- Andrew Maksakov — Research Associate, Dissensus AI. Co-author on ASRI and CBDC architecture.
- Felipe Pachano Azuaje — Collaborator on governance and computational social science projects.
Other Work
Poetry, essays, and creative writing at farzulla.com.