Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: pollution

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

100,000 signatures to win a parliamentary debate about the ownership of the water industry

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'I feel thirsty!'

'It's really hot, let's have a swim!'



... Water ...

Public services

Public health




My source: 
https://x.com/Feargal_Sharkey

Previously: 'water' : 'pollution'

Thursday, March 12, 2026

John Gerrard's "Western Flag" 2017

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http://westernflag.johngerrard.net

John Gerrard - Western Flag (Spindletop, Texas), 2017

My source: Twitter

Thursday, November 20, 2025

South Sudan Medical Journal - November 2025

SSMJ Vol 18 No 4 November 2025

 Dear reader,

The full issue of our November 2025 issue is now online; this is a bumper issue featuring 14 full articles and other news items, listed below. We thank the copyeditors and reviewers who helped prepare these papers. Let us know if you would like to join the Editorial team. We need you if you have time and editing skills.
 
Editorial

Research Articles

  • Comparative study between classical two-layer and one-layer extra-mucosal intestinal anastomosis in elective and emergency abdominal operations. John Chol Ajack, Galal Abouelnagah, Haytham Fayed
  • Comparison of improvised negative pressure wound therapy and conventional wound dressing in abdominal wounds dehiscence after surgery. Nasra Lichika, Edward Ketson Msokwa, Alphonce Chandika
  • River contamination and community health: mining impacts in rural central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Nawan, Septi Handayani, Agnes I. Toemon, Hepryandi L. D. Usup, Seth Miko, Joni Rusmanto
  • Iron deficiency in cardiorenal anaemia syndrome in Dodoma, Tanzania Gidion Edwin
  • Guerrilla investors: Firm-level innovation and productivity in South Sudan’s private pharmaceutical sector Garang M. Dut
  • Paediatric deaths at Al-Sabbah Children’s Hospital, Juba, South Sudan – an audit Zechariah J. Malel, Garang Dakjur Lueth, Mary Poni Jackson, Nicolas Kazimiro Sasa
  • Prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at Bor State Referral Hospital. Mark Kuoi Jongkuch Kuoi and Shalini Ninan Cherian
  • The impact of dietary compliance on diabetic foot ulcer healing: A cross-sectional study. Dadi Santoso, Rajesh Kumar Muniandy, Putra Agina Widyaswara Suwaryo

Review Articles

  • Personal determinants of gender-based violence: a review of intimate partner violence in South Sudan. Nyinypiu Adong
  • Misdiagnosing Muslims: The hidden risk of using the CAGE questionnaire in some Islamic contexts. Anas Ibn Auf and Sayed Halaly
  • Impact of healthcare worker training on paediatric tuberculosis detection and reporting: A systematic review. Suryanti Chan, Hamzah Hamzah, Miftahul Falah

Case Reports

  • Lupus nephritis overlap syndrome in a male with albinism: A case report. Adam Gidion Edwin, Baraka Alphonce, Sabina Mmbali, Alfred Meremo
  • Rare isolation of Pseudomonas mendocina from a postoperative wound in a diabetic patient: A case report. Vimal Kumar Karnaker, Asem Ali Ashraf, Bhadra Jyothikumar

Short Communications

  • News: Physicians Association of South Sudan and Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of South Sudan. Sudan

Back Page: Supporting Wet Nursing During Emergencies
 
Articles in SSMJ are indexed by Scopus, African Journals Online (AJOL), and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and as well as being on our website. SSMJ is included in the EBSCO scientific research collection.
 
Thanks to everyone who supports SSMJ. Tell your colleagues they can join our mailing list here.
 
The SSMJ team
Email: southsudanmedicaljournal AT gmail.com
Website: http://www.southsudanmedicaljournal.com

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025

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'This year’s prize relates to the explanations for sustained growth based on technological innovation. Economic historian Joel Mokyr is rewarded with one half of the prize for his description of the mecha­nisms that enable scientific breakthroughs and practical applications to enhance each other and create a self-generating process, leading to sustained economic growth. Because this is a process that challenges prevailing interests, he also demonstrates the importance of a society that is open to new ideas and permits change.'

'The other half of the prize is awarded to the economists Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt. In a joint publica­tion from 1992, they constructed a mathematical model of how companies invest in improved pro­duction processes and new, better-quality prod­ucts, while the companies that previously had the best products are outcompeted. Growth arises through creative destruction. This process is creative because it builds upon innovation, but it is also destructive because older products become obsolete and lose their commercial value.'

                                                                                    



'It is apparent that, in the long run, sustained growth does not only have positive consequences for human wellbeing. First, sustained growth is not synonymous with sustainable growth. Innovations can have significant negative side effects. Mokyr argues that such negative effects sometimes initiate processes that uncover solutions to problems, making technological development a self-correcting pro­cess. Clearly, however, this often requires well-designed policies, such as in the areas of climate change, pollution, antibiotic resistance, increasing inequality and the unsustainable use of natural resources.'






Previously on W2tQ: 'Nobel prize' : 'socio-economics'

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

ERCIM News No. 142 Special theme: "Inclusive Digital Futures: Intersectionality, Accessibility, and Responsible Innovation"

Dear ERCIM News reader,

The October 2025 issue of ERCIM News (Number 142) is now online! The special theme of this issue looks at how Computer Science can help build more inclusive and diverse communities. This includes both the digital world and its own research and work environments. The issue features contributions from diverse fields of research and innovation, as well as reports on applied initiatives and policies that promote inclusion and diversity.

This special theme was coordinated by our guest editors Magdalini Chatzaki (FORTH-ICS) and Anna Szlávi (Johannes Kepler University)

Next Issue

No. 143 – January 2025
Special Theme: AI for Science

Call for Contributions

Announcements in this issue
  • Dagstuhl Seminars & Workshops – Call for Proposals
  • ERCIM Forum “Beyond Compliance” – 4th Edition | 29–31 October 2025 | Registration still open
  • 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER 2026) | Tracks Call for Papers
  • Welcome to the 45th SAFECOMP 2026 | Call for Papers
  • 21st International Workshop on Dependable Smart Embedded Cyber-Physical Systems and Systems-of-Systems (DECSoS 2026) | Pre-Announcement
  • ERCIM “Alain Bensoussan” Fellowship | Next application deadline: 30 April 2026
    This issue includes:

Introduction to the Special Theme 
  • p.8 Inclusive Digital Futures: Intersectionality, Accessibility, and Responsible Innovation
Inclusive Digital Futures – Intersections of Technology, Security, Discrimination, and Bias
  • p.10 Securing Open Source for a Trusted and Inclusive Digital Future
  • p.11 The Role of AI-Based Age Estimation in Promoting Safer Digital Environments for Children: Ethical and Accessibility Considerations 
  • p.13 SafeLine.gr - The First Official Trusted Flagger Organisation under the Digital Services Act (DSA) in Greece
Education & Training, Interventions, Policies, Protocols, and Tools 
  • p.27 When Used Outdoors, Augmented Reality Amplifies Situational Disabilities 
Research and Innovation
  • p.40 Forecasting Air Pollution at Construction Sites: A New Framework for Environmental and Social Sustainability
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Sunday, September 21, 2025

Book: 'Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities'

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attitude, mindset, approach, perspective, framework, philosophy, world-view, paradigm, method, -ism

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Nature - Biosphere - Planetary Health


distance: local, glocal, global
environment
physical space
urban, rural, remote

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'Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities'

Policy
Politics
Economics
Priorities
Capital
Power
Postcolonialism
Decolonial
Postcolonial



Gabriela Jarzebowska, Aleksandra Ross, and Krzysztof Skonieczny (eds). (2025) Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities. Göttingen: V&R unipress | Brill Deutschland GmbH.

My source: https://x.com/Plant_Init/status/1964274903504281966

See also: 'humanities' : 'environment'

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Lessons NOT learned: Bhopal, Brumadinho, Fundão, Kafue River ...?

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Kafue River -
( clearly - not a 'person', nor the Rio Doce )

Signs of Life
Signs of Government, Law & Accountability



Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Capital -ism in Hodges' model

The New Nature of Business
'In The New Nature of Business, Luc's son André, now vice-chair of Roche, and co-author Peter Vanham lay out how to bring these parallel tracks together. "The business of business isn't just m of business," they write. "The business of business is to at least preserve and where possible expand the world's human, social, environmental and financial capital." 

 The book makes the familiar case that maximising short-term profit leads to long-term destruction of value. But it also suggests that a "narrow focus on [reducing] carbon emissions" could have dangerous unintended consequences. Those four "capitals" depend on one another, write Hoffmann and Vanham. They call for nothing less than a systemic change to a "sustainable, inclusive form of capitalism, with new principles, and new practices".

The most interesting parts of the book describe Hoffmann's path to the realisation in the early 2000s that the profit- making power of business should be harnessed in the quest for sustainability.' (My emphasis with some re-formatting.)

Hill, A. (2024) The sweeter pill, FTWeekend, Life&Arts, 28-29 September. p.11. 


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Andre Hoffmann, Peter Vanham (2024) The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability. London: Wiley. ISBN: 978-1-394-25754-6

Previously: 'capital' e.g. 'Capital Patient' :: 'Patient capital'.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Policy Dialogue - Water, Conflict and Peace in the Middle East: online

Dear colleagues,

I am delighted to invite you to the next Policy Dialogues from the JHU-UPF Public Policy Center:

Water, Conflict and Peace in the Middle East
Thursday 25th April, 6pm CEST
Online via Zoom (registration required)
Language: English

The Middle East is a region of both severe water problems, and acute political instability. But what is the relationship between these two things? This Policy Dialogue will provide an opportunity to reflect on this question and its implications. It will overview the region’s water problems, and consider how these problems are – or are not – contributing to conflict. It will also examine, conversely, how war and violence are affecting patterns of water resource degradation and water insecurities, and will reflect on opportunities for water-related peace-building, including on how water for peace initiatives might best be pursued.

We are delighted to invite Natasha Carmi (Water Peace Programme Manager at the Geneva Water Hub) and Jan Selby (Professor of International Politics and Climate Change at the University of Leeds, UK) to share their expertise during this session.

We invite you to join us and explore the complexities of this extremely important issue. You can register here. Please also share this invitation within your networks.

Best regards,
Aeve

Aeve Ribbons
she/her

Educational Projects Manager of JHU-UPF Public Policy Center (UPF-BSM)
Managing Editor of the International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services (IJSDOHS)

My working days are Monday-Thursday / Mis días laborables son de lunes a jueves.

Website: http://www.upf.edu/jhu-ppc/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pubpolcenter


My source:

Politics of Health Group Mail List Messages

Visit the PoHG website for lots of interesting links and publications: http://www.pohg.org.uk/

Visit PoHG on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/282761111845400

Follow us on Twitter: @pohguk

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Geneva Health Forum and AXA Launch €50,000 Grand Jet d’Or de Genève Award to Address Pollution's Impact on Human Health

Since 2006, the Geneva Health Forum (GHF) has been uniting stakeholders to address critical global health issues every two years. By amplifying the voices of field experts and facilitating connections with influential policymakers, the forum provides a platform for showcasing innovative, accessible, and sustainable practices, as well as significant initiatives. Through its editions, the GHF has emerged as a pivotal event in addressing global health challenges.

For its 10th edition, from May 27 – 29, 2024, the GHF will address crucial issues for our future under the theme “Health, A Common Good!” The GHF transcends the boundaries of the healthcare system, considering the social and environmental determinants of health, with a specific focus on how environmental degradation is profoundly impacting human health.

As part of its mission to advance academic research on key societal challenges and contribute to human progress, the AXA Research Fund (https://axa-research.org/) AXA Group’s global science philanthropy launched in 2008, is teaming up with the GHF in this endeavor.

In light of this collaboration, the Geneva Health Forum (GHF) is introducing a new call for the Grand Jet d’Or de Genève Award, in partnership with the AXA Research Fund: Health & medical solutions to address the adverse effects of pollution on humans.

The World Health Organization estimates that exposure to air pollution is responsible for about 7 million premature deaths worldwide each year. Addressing pollution-related health issues is crucial, as underscored on May 24, 2023, by the World Health Assembly's resolution “WHA76.17 - The impacts of chemicals, waste, and pollution on human health.” The resolution calls upon Member States to work on human health impacts associated with plastics, act on linkages between chemicals, waste, pollution and other health priorities, as well as to prepare a proposal for a science-policy panel to contribute to the sound management of chemicals and waste.

Pollution is a major global health issue, affecting human health by causing respiratory diseases, heart problems, and cancer due to exposure to pollutants in the air, water, and soil. Specific attention has been given to pollutants such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are linked to cancer, thyroid disease, and developmental issues. Other pollutants such as heavy metals, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), particulate matter, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and indoor air pollutants, present serious health risks, including neurological damage, reproductive disorders, and respiratory illnesses, highlighting the broad impact of pollution on human wellbeing.

Building on this international momentum, the Grand Jet d’Or de Genève 2024 will focus on the nexus of pollution and its health impacts.

The objective of the Grand Jet d’Or de Genève Award is to support an research team engaged in researching or implementing research-based projects with a focus on health treatment, measurements, use of data, and community involvement in addressing pollution-related health issues. The proposed projects must demonstrate their potential to change health practices and improve health outcomes in relation to pollution of air, water and soil, including but not limited to PFAS. Multidisciplinary teams exploring innovative practices or tools will be favoured.

The projects should not only focus on preventive measures to reduce pollution in the environment, but also encompass a broader scope, including assessing existing pollution, removing pollutants from the body and environment, developing medical solutions for pollution-related diseases, and finding ways to enhance health despite existing pollution.

The call will be open from March 11 to April 21, 2024, midnight (CET). Applications must be submitted online in English.

The Scientific Committee will select the top seven applications, which will then be submitted to the Programme Committee for the final selection of the winner. The award- winning research group will be announced on Tuesday, May 27, 2024, after the first day of the Geneva Health Forum, in the presence of the winning team.

The Grand Jet d’Or de Genève Award carries a prize of €50,000, awarded by the AXA Research Fund.

To prepare your proposal, you can view the complete proposal form:
https://grandjetdor2024form.genevahealthforum.com

If you need more information: contact AT genevahealthforum.com

HIFA* Profile: Eric Comte is Executive Director, Geneva Health Forum, External Affairs Directorate, Geneva University Hospitals. Email: eric.comte AT unige.ch

*My source.

Friday, February 09, 2024

Theater of War Productions - An Enemy of The People Feb 22 + 24

Cast Update! 

We are thrilled to announce that Kathryn ErbeFrankie Faison, and Peter Francis James have joined the cast of An Enemy of the People on February 22 and 24, alongside David Strathairn, Francis Collins, Vivian Pinn, Victor Dzau, Brían F. O’Byrne, Jay O. Sanders, Keshia Pollack Porter, Gloria Addo-Ayensu, and many more! The project will present live dramatic readings of scenes from Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play An Enemy of the People to frame powerful audience discussions about the challenges to public in our culture today. Register below to attend in person or online! Check individual listings for confirmed cast members each night, as casts will vary and are subject to change.

An Enemy of the People: A Public Health Project
Thursday, February 22, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:30pm EST

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

Featuring performances by David Strathairn (Nomadland), Frankie Faison (The Wire), Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Peter Francis James (Oz), Jay O. Sanders (True Detective), Brían F. O'Byrne (The Wonder), Marjolaine Goldsmith (Company Manager of Theater of War Productions), Monica Feit (Executive Director, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine), Jeffrey Kahn (Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics), Keshia Pollack Porter (Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Tshaka Cunningham (Chief Scientific Officer, Polaris Genomics), Gloria Addo-Ayensu (Director of Health, Fairfax County Health Department), Emily Packard Dawson (Program Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine), Nancy Kass (Deputy Director for Public Health, Berman Institute of Bioethics), Graham Sack (Filmmaker, Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab Fellow), Grelia Steele (Global Continuity and Crisis Manager, Guidehouse), Peter Marks (Former Chief Theater Critic, The Washington Post), Matthew Frieman (Viral Pathogen Research Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine), and Joshua M. Sharfstein (Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health).

Register to attend in person or online

An Enemy of the People: A Public Health Project
Saturday, February 24, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:30pm EST

National Academy of Sciences 
2101 Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20418

Featuring performances by David Strathairn (Nomadland), Frankie Faison (The Wire), Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Peter Francis James (Oz)Jay O. Sanders (True Detective), Brían F. O'Byrne (The Wonder), Francis Collins (Former Director, National Institutes of Health), Monica Feit (Executive Director, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine), Jeffrey Kahn (Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics), Keshia Pollack Porter (Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Victor Dzau (President, National Academy of Medicine), Vivian Pinn (Senior Scientist Emerita at the NIH Fogarty International Center), Ruth Faden (Berman Institute Founder; Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics), Grelia Steele (Global Continuity and Crisis Manager, Guidehouse), Peter Marks (former chief theater critic, The Washington Post), Gloria Addo-Ayensu (Director of Health, Fairfax County Health Department), Graham Sack (Filmmaker, Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab Fellow), Nancy Kass (Deputy Director for Public Health, Berman Institute of Bioethics), Joshua M. Sharfstein (Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Marjolaine Goldsmith (Company Manager, Theater of War Productions), and Emily Packard Dawson (Program Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine).


Register to attend online


 
I will register have registered (online). There is a production of An Enemy of the People in London, but it is expensive from NW England.

This afternoon I enjoyed a delayed appointment with DUNE 2021 Part 1 IMAX, a brilliant cinematic experience that includes a performance by Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides.

See also: Ibsen , theatre ...

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

"Coal Fired Computers" c/o MUTE


"Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji (YoHa) build
contraptions that expose and collapse down the productive
chains linking telecommunications media to some of the
raw materials that constitute them.
In this interview with 
ANTONY ILES, however,
Harwood rejects theoretical discourses
of resistance in favour of a more direct and technical
method of 'action research' which skirts art and politics." p.159.



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Poster image for YoHa's Coal Fired Computers exhibition, AV Festival, Newcastle 2010

"AI: Though these projects do not work solely within a logic of 'representation' they do, almost as a side effect, produce awful images. I am thinking in particular of the film still from Aluminium and the blackened lung hooked up to a coal fired computer. If the 'contraptions' you make can be thought of as diagrams of socio-technical relations, what are the qualities of the images they produce? To what extent are these images necessary by-products of the processes.

GH: We can see the images arising out of the forces that threaten to break the machine, or assemblages arising out of its in-betweenness. Its unfinished nature always requires the imagination of the participant/viewer to finish the job, fill in the details. This is a powerful strategy." p.164.




Source: Iles, A. (2011) Double Negative Feedback. In the mud and blood of networks: an interview with Graham Harwood, MUTE. Spring/Summer, Vol. 3, #1, pp.158-171. 

Image: http://yoha.co.uk/cfc

https://www.metamute.org/editorial/magazine/mute-vol.-3-no.-1-double-negative-feedback

Note 'Anti-disciplinary' in this issue too:
https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/anti-disciplinary-feedback-and-will-to-effect

Will investigate anti-disciplinary, as this appears to strike a discordant note in nursing in Hodges' model promulgating genericism. A quick check was encouraging leading to MIT Lab, but then disappointing in terms of personnel and resignations - but a lead for the future (inter- multi- transdisciplinary and Hodges' model).

(Yes, second post from this issue of MUTE, a random yet informative purchase. It cost £12.00. Still clearing, boxing, moving ...).

Wednesday, December 07, 2022

Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill passes 3rd reading in House of Lords

Dear Peter

Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill passes 3rd reading in House of Lords!

Green Baroness Jenny Jones' Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill passed its 3rd reading in the House of Lords on Friday 2 December with strong cross-party support! This landmark Bill is also known as Ella's Law in memory of nine-year-old Ella Roberta Adoo Kissi-Debrah, the first person to have air pollution listed by a coroner as a cause of death.


This Green Party achievement could not have come at a more fitting time, as this week (5-9 December) marks the 70th anniversary of the Great Smog of London, which killed up to 12,000 people and led to the first Clean Air Act in 1956. But air pollution still kills around 40,000 people a year in the UK and causes severe ill health for millions more.

Great Smog Week is a great opportunity to highlight the need to bring air quality in our towns and cities to within World Health Organization limits – exactly what Ella's Law is designed to do. Here's how you can help:

💚 Sign the petition here

💚 Share our posts on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram about the Great Smog and Ella's Law
💚 Email your MP to say that you want action to reduce air pollution and ask them to support the Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill when it reaches the House of Commons. There's information on the Bill and why it's so badly needed here

As always, thank you for your support,

In solidarity,

Green Team

See also on W2tQ 'pollution'

Friday, November 18, 2022

The politics of 'real' power: Mitochondria

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The Climate Book

See also:

Book: The Vital Question

My source: Whipple, T. Where all life begins - the magic of cells, Saturday Review, The Times, November 5, 2022, p.16-17. Blakely, R. The Greta Thurnberg guide to saving the planet (same pages).

Friday, May 06, 2022

22nd UKSS International Conference


20th & 21st June 2022
at Lancaster University

Joined-up Thinking  for a Disconnected World

In every age, there is a turning point, a new way of seeing and asserting the coherence of the world.  J. Bronowski

About this event

As we emerge from the Covid pandemic, it is abundantly clear that we, the human race, share the same ecological systems and have the same survival instincts. However, we treat things in a piecemeal fashion in our day-to-day existence and conveniently forget that all our lives are entwined. We, the human race generating waste and creating pollution, cannot blame anyone else. Never has thought in a joined-up way been more critical. It is appropriate this year that the conference is hosted at the University of Lancaster that, under Peter Checkland, has done so much to stimulate Systems Thinking and Practice. To this end, the conference committee agreed that the theme should focus upon the value of systems thinking and practice and encourage contributions from across the spectrum of human concerns where the notion of holism is at its core.

 
Planning to attend ... See you there?
 
Previously:
https://hodges-model.blogspot.com/search?q=UKSS