Systems Thinking and Design for Social Change and in Policymaking

Id	2024_HS_SystemPolicy
Date	20.01.2025 - 22.01.2025
Duration	3 days (9:00-17:00)
Appointments	20.01.2025, 09:00 - 17:00: Systems Thinking and Design for Social Change and in Policymaking 21.01.2025, 09:00 - 13:00: Systems Thinking and Design for Social Change and in Policymaking 22.01.2025, 09:00 - 17:00: Systems Thinking and Design for Social Change and in Policymaking
Registration period	Start registration period: 01.06.2024 End of registration period: 01.12.2024
Campus	ETH Zurich, centre
Available Places	2
Total Places	20
Price	Students enrolled in PSC PhD Programs: CHF 0 LSZGS PhD students: CHF 0 All others: CHF 300
Location	ETH Zurich
Course Content	Get to know the transformative potential of systems thinking and relevant tools and methods in policymaking. Society, scientists, and policymakers have to deal with wicked problems and complex societal needs that can be assessed and solved only if seen in a systems context. Systems thinking can inform, model and impact policymaking. This workshop will offer theoretical and practical insights into a toolbox of techniques used in system mapping and system design while being guided by different experts. Participants are asked to bring their own problems and cases to be worked on. For more details, read the abstract.
Lecturer	Melanie Paschke, ETHZ, Tobias Luthe, ETHZ, Laura Ferrarello, EPFL, Anaïs Sägesser, scaling4good & innosuisse, Swen Bos, Empa
Credit Points	1
Target Group	This course is open to PhD students, Post Docs, researchers or staff members of ETH Zurich, University of Zurich, or University of Basel. Priority is given to PhD students enrolled in the PhD Program in Science and Policy.
Prior Knowledge	We recommend participating in the ETHZ MOOCs (Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems) and the MOOC 2 Beyond Systems Thinking.
Language	English
Indiv. Performance and Assessment	To earn credit points, full attendance and active engagement throughout the workshop are compulsory requirements. A short presentation of the case study work must be given at the end of the course.
Terms and Conditions	By registering you agree to the PSC course terms and conditions AGBs
Cancellation	Arrange cancellation with the PSC coordination office (psc_phdprogram@ethz.ch): Up to 2 weeks prior to course start without a fine. Later cancellations and incomplete attendance without documented justification will incur a fee of 200 CHF.
Special Note	None
Website	Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center
Contact	Dr. Luisa Last (psc_phdprogram@ethz.ch)
Download	HS24_System_Thinking_PolicyMaking_Full version_MP.pdf