Systems change

This paper examines how inequalities rooted in historical and modern-day colonial systems shape patterns of human (im)mobility. It proposes mobility justice as both a framework and a vision for transforming the systems that sustain those inequalities. As a framework, mobility justice unpacks how neo-colonial regimes of the global economic system — including the financial and […]

This paper explores systems thinking and systems change from the perspective of people actively working on addressing root-causes of problems in their specific fields. Following a brief overview of the basic tenets of the systems approach, the paper outlines the distilled insights drawn from interviews with 18 systems thinkers from diverse fields and countries. Their […]

In this publication, leading feminist thinkers from Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, share perspectives on why we must move beyond gross domestic product (GDP) as the primary measure of societal progress. Drawing on regional examples, they demonstrate how the GDP-growth obsession is skewing policy-making towards measures […]