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uMAMA researchers attend International System Dynamics Summer School and Conference in Boston
Benjamin Batinge & Prof Josephine Musango attend the 60th Annual International System Dynamics Conference in Boston in July 2017
Dr Glenda Eoyang presents the foundations, discipline, and praxis of HSD
In this Anthropocene Dialogue, Dr. Glenda Eoyang, founder of the field, introduced the theoretical underpinnings of Human Systems Dynamics (HSD). The presentation explained how she and her team have applied HSD to intractable issues, including corruption, conflict, sustainability, pedagogy, conservation science, and mass migration.
Pushing boundaries to create positive visions of the future for southern Africa
The Anthropocene, or literally the “Age of Man”, is the name for a new geological epoch in which humanity has become a dominant global force re-shaping the geological, biological and atmospheric dynamics of Earth.
CST contributes to international energy dialogue in Ghana
Kweku Koranteng, PhD candidate at the CST, recently represented us at an international conference in Accra, Ghana which took place from 19 - 20 June 2017.
uMAMA research showcased at the 2017 ISIE-ISSST Conference in Chicago
Paul Currie & Prof Josephine Musango attend the ISIE-ISSST Conference in Chicago, in June 2017.
RE4T represented at Energy for Society
Megan Davies, PhD candidate at the Centre for Complex Systems in Transition recently attended the First International Conference on Energy Research and Social Science in Sitges, just south of Barcelona, Spain.
RE4T research collaboration with Urban Futures Studio
As part of an emerging research collaboration, Megan Davies, PhD Candidate at the CST, recently spent a week in March at the Urban Futures Studio at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
Paul Cillier’s book: Critical Complexity available now
CST has managed to buy 15 copies of “Critical Complexity – Collected essays by Paul Cilliers” (2016) at an author’s discount last year December and it arrived now. They are available at R 860 each (normal price R 1150, excluding import costs and bank fees) and can be bought from Dr Rika Preiser directly.
T-lab brings together chefs, academics and food activists to explore alternative visions for the Western Cape food system
A four-day Transformation Lab (T-Lab) recently hosted by the CST and the Southern African Food Lab brought together a group of nearly 40 academics, farmers, chefs, entrepreneurs and social activists [...]
