RSDA: Root Self Dissociation Architecture — A Research Agenda for Understanding the Architecture of the Self

Understanding the structure, continuity, and fragmentation of the Self remains one of the central unresolved challenges across philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. Despite extensive research, there is no unified framework capable of integrating subjective identity, dissociative phenomena, narrative coherence, and emerging human–AI interactions. This work introduces the Root Self Dissociation Architecture (RSDA) as a research agenda, not as a finished theory or operational system. RSDA proposes a conceptual framework for organizing existing and future investigations into the architecture of the Self, emphasizing dissociation as a structural phenomenon rather than solely a pathological one. The paper maps six interconnected research domains—philosophical, psychological, clinical, computational, neurotechnological, and formal—each articulated through open research questions and long-term investigative directions. Rather than presenting empirical claims, RSDA identifies conceptual gaps, integrative hypotheses, and ethical considerations relevant to future interdisciplinary collaboration. Positioned explicitly as a long-term agenda, RSDA aims to provide a shared conceptual scaffold for researchers examining identity, consciousness, and self-modeling systems in both biological and artificial contexts.