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SUMMARY:Applying Systems Thinking to Analyse Complex Social-Ecological Issues for UK Government
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Dr. Gary Preece is Head of the Systems Research Programme in the UK Government’s Department\nfor Environment\, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). He is also an analyst in the Government Operational\nResearch Service with experience working for a range of government departments in the UK and abroad.\nPrior to working in government\, Gary worked in academia researching systems thinking approaches\nto support information management and disaster response. Gary holds a PhD in systems thinking from\nAston Business School and is a Fellow of the Operational Research Society.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBiodiversity loss and climate change continue to raise the stakes for environmental\, agricultural and food policy across the globe. Issues in these policy areas can cascade across countries and across different sectors of the economy. The social-ecological systems within the policy remit of the UK Government’s Department for Environment\, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) often behave in ways that are complex and unpredictable. The policy challenges can be wicked and intractable\, with potential solutions contested by actors with conflicting goals. \nSystems thinking can help us understand complex issues by encouraging us to examine inter-relationships and account for wider factors\, perspectives and influences within the problem-solving process. The Systems Research Programme at Defra has been running since 2019\, providing a dedicated team to support Defra undertake systems thinking analysis to tackle some of its most complex and intractable issues. In this talk\, I will introduce Defra’s approach to systems thinking analysis\, highlight different techniques used and provide reflections on how systems thinking can be used to support policy and decision making in complex areas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEURO Practitioners’ Forum past and planned activities are available to the Forum members\, as well as the wider public. \nVisit the website and register as a member for free\, to get the regular updates on all activities: EPF Member registration page. The recordings and details from previous webinars are also available on this website. \nFollow the Forum on Twitter and LinkedIN \, and feel free to get in touch.
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