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Heuristic Games @heuristic-games.bsky.social · 6d

Running a training scheme for new graduates or managers in the #energy sector? We can offer our #PowerTrader or #TransportPlanner #facilitated workshops as part of your training.

More information on our website: bit.ly/3HoqfdC
Game brochure: tinyurl.com/mvk9ubcv

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · 2d

#AF2025 (Adaptation Futures 2025) comes to Ōtautahi Christchurch next week. I’ve refreshed the climate adaptation hub on Learning for Sustainability, bringing together frameworks, MEL, collaboration, and futures resources.

🔗 learningforsustainability.net/climate-adap...

#ClimateAdaptation #MEL

Climate adaptation: frameworks, practice, and learning - learningforsustainability.net

Explore practical climate adaptation frameworks, MEL, collaboration, and futures thinking. Updated ahead of Adaptation Futures 2025 in Christchurch.

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Doughnut Economics Action Lab @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social · 7d

DOUGHNUT 3.0 IS HERE! 🎉

Today, DEAL is launching the latest update of the global Doughnut, now monitoring trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot across the 21st century.

#DoughnutEconomics
Check out the link below to see all the resources and dive in:

Doughnut 3.0 is here | DEAL

The Doughnut, updated, now monitors global trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot over the 21st century

doughnuteconomics.org

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Sep 7

Most climate adaptation plans look good on paper. The real test is whether they work in practice.

I’ve curated a revamped LfS site section with annotated links to key open-access resources on adaptation – frameworks, tools, adaptive management & MEL.

🔗 learningforsustainability.net/adaptation/

Adaptation: frameworks, practice, and learning - learningforsustainability.net

This section highlights why climate adaptation is no longer optional – and how it can be turned from plans into practice. Climate adaptation is no longer optional. As risks accelerate, societies every...

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Aug 27

Indicators help track change, but often miss what matters.

This LfS page update shares frameworks & examples for designing indicators that are credible, useful & connected to real-world decisions.

🔗 learningforsustainability.net/developing-i...

#Evaluation #Sustainability

Developing indicators and metrics - learningforsustainability.net

This page provides guidance and resources for developing indicators that support monitoring, learning, and improved decision-making.

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌱 New post: Social learning in action
When challenges are complex, progress often comes from people learning their way forward together. Reflection, dialogue, and trust make collaboration possible.

🔗 medium.com/@will_allen/...

#SocialLearning #SystemsChange

Social learning in action

How creating space for reflection, dialogue, and shared understanding helps groups navigate complexity

medium.com

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Jos Buurmans | New Zealand @josbuurmans.bsky.social · Aug 17

Standing Tall under Brooding Skies - Pukehou, Hawke's Bay, NZ.

#photography #landscape #newzealand

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌱 New post: Social learning in action
When challenges are complex, progress often comes from people learning their way forward together. Reflection, dialogue, and trust make collaboration possible.

🔗 medium.com/@will_allen/...

#SocialLearning #SystemsChange

Social learning in action

How creating space for reflection, dialogue, and shared understanding helps groups navigate complexity

medium.com

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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · Jul 31

Although more researchers use #AI, its full potential for achieving global sustainability goals #SDGs is largely untapped. An new analysis of 792 peer-reviewed articles finds few combine advanced AI applications with deep #sustainability expertise: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @efesce.bsky.social

Artificial intelligence in sustainable development research - Nature Sustainability

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in sustainability-related scholarly work, such as Sustainable Development Goal research, is growing. An analysis now finds that few studies actually use AI to a...

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Ryan Spagnolo (he/him) @ryanspagnolo.bsky.social · Jan 14

A great visualization of how focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs can help guide the pillars of an #ESG strategy, representing the major global challenges that businesses can help to address. #responsiblebusiness #corporatesocialresponsibility

Graphic of how the UN Sustainable Development Goals can be overlaid against ESG pillars in business.

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Jos Buurmans | New Zealand @josbuurmans.bsky.social · Jul 27

Golden Reflection - Lake Tutira, Hawke's Bay.

#photography #landscape #nz #foggytrees

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Jul 7

📢 HAPPENING NOW 📢

The IPBES Bureau has commenced its 24th meeting in Bonn, Germany! 🇩🇪 On the agenda: charting the course for future Plenary sessions, reviewing financial plans, and enhancing engagement with key partners.

Wishing all a productive day of discussions #ForNature !

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Jul 8

A powerful example of participatory systems thinking in education. Evidence as dialogue, not decree.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/micro-...
🌍🧪 #Education #SystemsChange #ParticipatoryResearch

Micro-RCTs Meet Action Research: A New Model for Participatory School Reform in the North East

Last week, our co-founder Dr Wayne Harrison joined the Durham County Council–Durham University Education Working Group to share insights from our research collaboration with the North East Combined Au...

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Jul 8

Great article. In a world saturated with mis- and disinformation, trust in science must rest not just on evidence, but on openness, care, and connection. 🌍🧪

aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jul 7

FREE ARTICLE: Empowering the Collective: The Fight Against Mis/Disinformation. In collab with the the QLD Chief Scientist we are releasing the full text of Prof Kerrie Wilson's article.

So get a sneak peek of the new AQ - Out now!

www.chiefscientist.qld.gov.au/__data/asset...

#SciPol #Australia

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Jul 3

💥New: We need social science as much as STEM in policymaking

STEM steered the #COVID-19 response, but Sebastian Ludwicki-Ziegler ( @sebaszieg.bsky.social) & Lise Moawad @humboldtuni.bsky.social argue for integrated, interdisciplinary science advice beyond the #crisis

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We need social science as much as STEM in policymaking - Impact of Social Sciences

STEM dominated policymaking during COVID-19 – social sciences were sidelined. Ludwicki-Ziegler and Moawad urge greater integration of social studies for balanced, effective policy.

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Jul 5

Raising awareness isn’t enough.
Real change in sustainability depends on alignment, not just information.

My latest post explores why collaboration, context, and practice matter more than persuasion. 🌍🧪

🧭 learningforsustainability.net/post/shiftin...

#behaviourchange #sustainability

Why ‘awareness’ isn’t enough: shifting public engagement on sustainability - learningforsustainability.net

Awareness isn’t enough—real change in sustainability depends on context, relationships, and support to act.

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Jun 29

New resource hub on social learning in complex settings—tools, framings, and links to support reflection, collaboration, and adaptation.

🔗 learningforsustainability.net/social-learn...

#SocialLearning #SystemsThinking #Collaboration #Complexity #LfSinsights 🌍🧪

Social learning - learningforsustainability.net Social learning supporting sustainable change

Explore the concept of social learning, a collaborative approach to addressing complex environmental challenges. Discover key strategies, frameworks, and resources that emphasise dialogue, reflection,...

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Jun 26

New blog post: Social learning in action 🌍🧪

In complex settings, progress depends on people learning together. This post explores how reflection, dialogue, and shared sense-making help teams adapt and move forward.

🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/social-...

#LfSinsights

Social learning in action: working together on complex challenges - learningforsustainability.net

In complex, real-world settings, progress often depends on people learning together. This post explores what social learning looks like in practice, and why creating space for reflection, dialogue, an...

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Jun 26

New resource hub on evaluation in complex settings 🌍🧪

Tools, framings, and approaches to support learning and adaptation. For practitioners, evaluators & facilitators working on systems change and sustainability.

🔗 learningforsustainability.net/evaluation/

#Evaluation #Complexity #LfSinsights

Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) - learningforsustainability.net

Resources and strategies to support monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) for systems change and sustainability work.

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Jun 10

🌍 Participatory action research (PAR) blends reflection, collaboration, and action. In this post I explore how it supports work on climate, equity, and systems change. 🧪

🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/par-for...

#PAR #collaboration #systemschange

Participatory action research: tackling today’s complex challenges - learningforsustainability.net

Participatory action research (PAR) offers a practical and inclusive approach to tackling today’s complex challenges. By combining collaboration, critical reflection, and iterative cycles of inquiry a...

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Transforming Evidence @transformevidence.bsky.social · Jun 10

Five opportunities for knowledge cumulation at science-policy interfaces.

✍🏻 Insights from a new paper by Benjamin Hofmann‪ and colleagues @eawag.bsky.social, @ethz.ch & @unibe.ch

transforming-evidence.org/blog/cumulat...

Cumulate knowledge at science-policy interfaces to inform policy

Identifying opportunities from an interface perspective

transforming-evidence.org

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Jun 7

🌍 Thinking about the future is essential—but terms like foresight, scenarios & visioning often blur together.
This post shares a practical take on four futures approaches, incl. the 'wave' method for exploring change. 🧪
🌊🧭 learningforsustainability.net/post/explori...

Exploring futures in practice: collaborative approaches for navigating change - learningforsustainability.net

This post shows how futures thinking, foresight, scenarios, and visioning can support shared insight, planning, and adaptation in complex settings.

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Harriet Koorts 🇿🇦🇬🇧 in 🇦🇺 @harrietkoorts.bsky.social · Feb 14

How do we define 'successful' scale up? What influences this?

In our latest paper we found that 'success' was a combination of scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes and contexts...

Read more about it here: academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...

Scale-up influences and definitions of scale-up ‘success’: evidence from globally scaled interventions

Influences on scale-up and definitions of scale-up ‘success’ that include scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes, and context.

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Andy Bray @andy1608.bsky.social · Jun 7

CIRcUL - Centre for Implementation Research at UL @circul.bsky.social · Jun 6

The Participatory Health Research Unit at @unioflimerick.bsky.social has launched a new Postgrad Diploma in Participatory Health Research.
If you're interested in advanced participatory research methods to support Implementation Science, this course is for you.
More info: lnkd.in/dr5uEquC
#ImpSci

Professional Diploma in Participatory Health Research.

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Jun 6

Co-design in complex settings isn’t about finding the perfect process—it’s about working well together in real time.

🌍 I shared this short reflection a couple of months back. Still finding it useful.

🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/co-desi...

#codesign #systems #evaluation 🧪

Designing together: reflections on co-design in complex settings - learningforsustainability.net

This post reflects on co-design practice in complex, multi-stakeholder settings, highlighting six interwoven elements that support inclusive, adaptive, and collaborative approaches.

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