The room hummed with giggles and mutters of “one, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war,” as a few dozen educators thumb-wrestled their way through a presentation on systems thinking. Sound strange?

This module serves as a foundation and introduction to systems thinking in chemistry classes, introducing key terminology and concepts in systems thinking with specific ties to green and sustainable ...

Many of the most important concepts underlying both the science of climate change and our responses to it can be understood using systems thinking concepts. ‘Systems thinking’ approaches take a ...

Purdue Systems Collaboratory’s Graduate Certificate in Systems is a 9-credit hour program designed for students and professionals across all majors who want to gain understanding and practical skills ...

In many ways, this website still reflects a complicated approach to the complex problem of spreading systems thinking. Although the intellectual frameworks presented here overlap in many ways, I have ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) As a control systems researcher, I have long felt that control systems – and systems ...

Jen Mowery of Harrisburg University looks at ways greenhouses can grow while maintaining efficiency through enterprise ...

Control systems make other systems behave in some desired manner. Think of the cruise control in a car, which keeps its speed constant, or the thermostat in a house that regulates temperature.

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Title of course: Engineering Systems for the Common Good What prompted the idea for the course? As a control systems researcher, I have long felt that ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) As a control systems researcher, I have long felt that control systems – and ...