ALARA Conference Call for abstracts
The ALARA Action Research Conference will be held 7-8 November at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Australia.
Proposals are welcomed that reflect on the participatory and transformative nature of Action Learning and Action Research within, across and beyond disciplinary boundaries
and sectors including Health; Education; Community development; Sustainability; International development; Arts; Business and organisations; Activism; Systems.
Call for abstracts closes 31 July 2024.
For more details download the flier from https://www.anzsys.org/images/DOCS/2024/ALARA%202024%20Conference.pdf
Or, go direct to the Alara conference website at https://alarassociation.org/events/conferences/alara-2024-conference
Contact email for enquiries is:
Prof Roelien Goede ANZSYS presentation 23 Oct 2023
Online presentation and discussion 23 Oct 2023.
Prof Roelien Goede, past-President of ISSS
"Is digital transformation empowering or suffocating us? A critical systems heuristics perspective" Digital transformation is changing the way we
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Prof Roelien Goede presentation to ANZSYS from ISSS
Online presentation and discussion 1 Dec 2022. More details at ANZSYS Events
Prof Roelien Goede, President of ISSS
At the halfway stage of my ISSS Presidency term, I would like to engage with the ANZSYS Community on the current activities of the ISSS. These activities include mini-symposia, education, the development of
Read more: Prof Roelien Goede presentation to ANZSYS from ISSS
Improving collaboration using VSM with Team Syntegrity
Online presentation and discussion 13 July 2022. More details at ANZSYS Events
Dr Andrea Clark
Collaborations are necessary to address ‘wicked problems’ but are often ineffective due to the complexity inherent in collaboration and their operating environment. This presentation introduces a novel approach that
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"Well I've never seen anything like this before"
Online presentation and discussion 29 June 2022. More details at ANZSYS Events
Mary Brydon-Miller, PhD
Professor, University of Louisville, University of Technology, Sydney and North-West University, Potchefstroomity
Mary comments, 'This is probably the first time a gas station has been the focus of a presentation at ANZSSYS. But this is no ordinary gas station...
Homo Cyberneticus: A Cyber-Systemic Perspective on Humanity’s Creation and Management of the Anthropocene
Online presentation and discussion 28 April 2022 more details at ANZSYS Events
Professor Emeritus William J. Reckmeyer, PhD
Bill will share updates from his current research project on Homo Cyberneticus,
Urgent! Call for Abstracts: 2022 Systems Thinking & Modelling Symposium
ONLINE, Friday, February 4th, 2022
12:00pm – 3:30pm (AEDT – Sydney/Canberra/Melbourne time)
We invite you to submit an abstract for this Oceania Chapter Online Symposium about your work applying systems thinking and/or system dynamics modelling within industry, government, or academia.
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Systems Thinking in Daily Life
Online presentation and discussion 6-Oct-2021 more details at ANZSYS Events
Dr Derek Cabrera
In this presentation, Derek will introduce how, contrary to contemporary thought, Systems Thinking is an emergent property of 4 simple, universal rules of organization that
Harnessing Emergence in Complex Projects: Rethinking Risk, Opportunity, and Resilience
Online presentation and discussion 16-Sept 2021 more details at ANZSYS Events
Collin Smith
In his presentation Collin will introduce the upcoming International Roundtable Thought Leadership Report on 'Harnessing Emergence in Complex Projects: Rethinking Risk, Opportunity, and
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Energy Justice Issues with Renewable Energy Projects
Online presentation and discussion 2-Sept 2021 more details at ANZSYS Events
Prof. Shankar Shankaran
In this presentation, Shankar will describe how renewable energy projects that contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all are beginning to create ethical and social justice issues in the areas of Distributional Justice, Procedural Justice, Recognition Justice and Cosmopolitan Justice.
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Caring for Students: Lecturing as Critical Systems Thinker and Action Researcher
Online presentation and discussion 15 July 2021 more details at ANZSYS Events
Dr Roelien Goede
In this presentation, Roelien will describe different ways in which Critical Systems Thinking and Action Research can shape a lecturer's care for students
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- CYNEFIN and the Method Kits
- Variety Dynamics: Controlling Highly-Complex Systems
- 'Feedback Economics' - new Systems book
- Translating Systems Ideas to Other Fields
- Paradigm shifts and blind spots
- Circulist and Systems and Sustainability
- Towards a critical operations management?
- System boundaries and Surprise Attacks
- Think Like a System Act Like an Entrepreneur
- New forms of education, economics democracy and governance : reframing economics, accounting and accountability
- Systems Thinking for Tackling Wicked Problems
- A Compendium of Managing Complex Systems
- Applying Systems Thinking to Managing Projects: A Viable Governance Model based on Stafford Beer’s Work
- New ebook: From Modularity to Emergence - Short Review
- Video: Keith Grint on Wicked Problems & Leadership
- New book: 'Small Arcs of Larger Circles; by Nora Bateson