Dystopia deconstructed: Applying the triple helix model to a failed utopia

This study analyzes the failure of a literary utopian system-Veronica Roth's Divergent-drawing from difference, which the divergent and the factionless represent. The analysis of the causes and consequences of difference from a socioeconomic perspective reveals a system that the triple helix model can improve. The adapted model based on cooperation and knowledge transfer adds two connections to the three main axes: Universities (Erudite), Government (Abnegation), and Industry (Amity), and gives the divergent a key role: inter-faction coordinators. Following a review of European migration policies, the study explores the creation of a new faction for the factionless. Regarding innovation, the application of a theoretical model to a fictional society offers some insight into adapting the triple helix model to a real society in broad terms. The study exemplifies the applications of interdisciplinary research to probing in the understanding of theoretical systems.