Professional

Systems Thinking
for Sustainability

Unlock the power of systems thinking to revolutionize your approach to sustainability. This course explores essential techniques and insights, equipping you to tackle today’s complex ecological challenges with a holistic, interdisciplinary mindset.

LIS Systems Thinking for Sustainability

Programme highlights

In today’s fast-evolving world, mastering systems thinking is essential for sustainability professionals to navigate and solve the complex, interconnected environmental and social challenges we face.

Programme

Professional

start date

Oct 6th

Duration

7 sessions, 6 weeks

Fees

£950

Location

Hybrid

You will be expected to attend 3 sessions in person.

Time

2 hours per week

90 min online interactive sessions with self-paced prep.

the programme

Why Systems Thinking?

The modern economy is suddenly shaped by a Race to Artificial Intelligence. Yet, the real – increasingly existential – race is whether we can exercise Sustainable Intelligence before it is too late.

Systems thinking, newly on the rise in many fields, but still largely absent in professional settings, holds the key because it explains why so many widely accepted sustainability ‘solutions’ continue to disappoint and identifies alternative strategies that may yet work.

This course presents the key techniques and insights of systems thinking for those seeking better answers for today’s sustainability challenges.

Students having an interaction
Introduction

What you need to know

LIS leads in interdisciplinary education, empowering you with expert systems thinking skills essential for confronting and solving today's complex sustainability issues urgently.

programme overview

Programme overview

Gain critical systems thinking skills, understand complex sustainability challenges, and develop innovative, interdisciplinary strategies to drive real, impactful change in your field.

You will be expected to attend 3 sessions in person.

*This course structure is provisional and may change as we finalise the content.

Grasp Key Systems Thinking and Complexity Concepts for Sustainability

Understand Ecological, Social, and Economic Systems as Interconnected Complex Systems for Sustainability

Recognize the Relationship Between Private, Public Policy, and Cultural Responses to Sustainability Challenges

Build a Framework for Understanding the Evolution of Sustainability Discourse Over the Last 50 Years

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of the unique principles, complexities, and practices of systems thinking, and how to effectively apply these insights to tackle sustainability challenges in their professional lives.