Multi-Level Evolution of the Problem
Exploring the multi-level evolution of complex problems within socio-technical-ecological systems using the Landscape, Regime, and Niche framework for understanding change dynamics.
transitiondesignseminarcmu.netMulti-Level Evolution of the Problem
. It uses the Multi-level Perspective framework (MLP) to map the systems transition at three key levels:
The Landscape Level : at this macro systems level the societal landscape is determined by changes in the macro economy, political culture, demography, natural environment, and worldviews and paradigms, which are usually slow moving and resistant... See more
The Landscape Level : at this macro systems level the societal landscape is determined by changes in the macro economy, political culture, demography, natural environment, and worldviews and paradigms, which are usually slow moving and resistant... See more
Historical Evolution of Wicked Problems – Transition Design Seminar CMU
Sarah Wong added
Interactions among the three levels (landscape, regime and niche) are social, technical, institutional, infrastructural and normative and involve both material and non-material factors.
Historical Evolution of Wicked Problems – Transition Design Seminar CMU
Sarah Wong added
in mapping the historical evolution of a wicked problem, we must identify the events, beliefs, attitudes, innovations and norms within the landscape, regime and niche levels, but we must also learn to understand the complex systems dynamics at work within the whole.
Historical Evolution of Wicked Problems – Transition Design Seminar CMU
Sarah Wong added
In complex systems, niches exist. A niche is a property of the system, independent of any agents who happen to be filling the niche. Agent behavior is explained by the niche, rather than by properties of the agents themselves (at least when using the ecological mindset). And finally, when looking at problems that arise in a system, it's often more
... See moreKevin Simler • Ecological Thinking, Applied
Kaustubh Sule added
As Fritjof Capra says: a machine can be controlled, a living system can only be disturbed. At best, we will find ways of carefully nudging a living system. According to Donella Meadows, we must find its leverage points, those pivots that allow us to influence system behavior. Most importantly: after each cautious inter- vention, we must patiently o... See more
Understanding Living Systems
What I've come to recognise as core to my practice is the challenge of taking an extraordinarily complex, integrated, incomplete problem and wrapping my arms around it conceptually in a way that helps and empowers practitioners to actually do things about it.
Luke Craven • #29: On boundary objects
Adam Zeiner added
The idea in my previous post is that complex systems have niches, and it's often more productive to think about behavior as a property of the niche rather than the actors who inhabit the niche.
Kevin Simler • Ecological Thinking, Applied
Kaustubh Sule added
Transition design focuses on everyday life in place as the primary context for intervening in wicked problems. Everyday life can be understood as an emergent property of people going about the activity of satisfying their needs. Understanding how people define their needs, and go about satisfying them (or failing to do so) is a key strategy for dev... See more
Designing Systems Interventions – Transition Design Seminar CMU
Sarah Wong added