willallennz.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

Co-design in complex settings isn’t about finding the perfect process—it’s about working well together in real time. 🌍 I shared this short reflection a couple of months back. Still finding it useful. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/co-desi... #codesign #systems #evaluation 🧪

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

🌍 Thinking about the future? I’ve updated my Futures Thinking resource page to help make sense of different approaches—foresight, scenarios, and visioning—and share practical guides, frameworks, and papers. 🧪 Take a look: learningforsustainability.net/futures-thin...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Do you ever read qualitative social science; sociology, psychology, criminology, and the like, and get a sense that the methods just don't give enough insight into what actually happened? Yep, me to, esp in relation to where scholars' ideas came from. More here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

submitted 40 days ago • 4 comments

🌍 Learning for Sustainability I post on systems thinking, facilitation, co-design & evaluation — grounded in practice and shared learning. 📄 Worth revisiting: Evaluation in complex settings: reflections on practice and evaluator roles 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/evaluat... 🧪 #LfSinsights

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

🌍 Learning for Sustainability I post on systems thinking, facilitation, co-design & evaluation — grounded in practice and shared learning. 📄 Worth revisiting: Social learning in practice: Strengthening collaboration amid complexity 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/social-... 🧪 #LfSinsights

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Glocal Evaluation Week begins tomorrow! 🙌 ✅ 390+ knowledge-sharing events happening online & in person around the 🌏 ✅ Lots of opportunities to gain new knowledge & insights on #evaluation & #development topics you care about 👀 Explore the #glocal2025 agenda & sign up for events: glocalevalweek.org

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

"The global launch of #glocal2025 is an invitation to reimagine #evaluation & how it can serve as a foundation for building bridges, fostering meaningful dialogue, & restoring trust. Join us in exploring how evaluation can help shape a more just, resilient, & connected world." #MandE #Eval #gLocal

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

🌍🧪 New post: Exploring complexity In messy, real-world settings, practices like evaluation, co-design, systems thinking & participatory research often overlap. This post weaves blog threads on learning, collaboration & systems into a shared picture. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/explori...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

May’s newsletter is here - with some of my AI reading this month 👇🏻 aixinsights.substack.com/p/may-roundu...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Evaluation's Journey towards the Future, Part 5. The Liminal space of Not-Yet Futures zendaofir.com/evaluations-...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

✨ Join #gLOCAL2025 from 2-6 June! @unicef.org #Evaluation colleagues will present key insights & innovations in #evaluation across a series of featured sessions. For a comprehensive list of UNICEF-led sessions, visit our page: www.unicef.org/evaluation/u... 👈 @gei-globaleval.bsky.social #gLOCAL

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Just out: "Organizational readiness for change: A systematic review of the literature" Explores how healthcare organisations assess and build readiness for change. Highlights the importance of collective commitment and capacity. 📚 Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #ChangeManagement

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Entry points for driving systemic change toward a more sustainable future: One Earth www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

In complex settings, evaluation needs to do more than measure results. This post shares 5 grounded patterns from complexity-aware MEL—and reflects on what this asks of evaluators. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/evaluat...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

| International Day of Plant Health | (1/5) Today, we observe the International Day of Plant Health. Protecting plant health is essential for ensuring food security, supporting rural livelihoods, and fostering climate resilience. #PlantHealthDay

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

🌱 Happy International Day of Plant Health! Today we are launching Year 3 of the #PlantHealth4Life campaign 🌿 Whether you travel responsibly ✈️, plant smart 🌼, or teach kids about nature 🧒 - your everyday actions can help keep plants healthy. Let’s spread awareness together: europa.eu/!TpFdCX

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Beam me up, Scotty. #forest #woods #beamsoflight #lightbeams #sunlight #eveninglight #nature #peaceful #trees #smartphonephotography #photography

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

The sun is setting and the fountain is a bit less powerful, but still a fantastic show. They've recently zoomed in. Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG5z...

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

Why do people fight for or against climate action? Led by Prof. Matthew J. Hornsey, our new review article published in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences delves into the moral arguments of collective climate action—on both sides of the debate: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

🌍 Learning for Sustainability I post on systems thinking, facilitation, co-design & evaluation — grounded in practice and shared learning. 📄 Worth revisiting: Systems thinking and systemic design: working with complexity 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/systems... 🧪 #LfSinsights

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

AI is everywhere—and many have asked what it means for our climate future. On Thursday, May 15, the team at @climateinteractive.org will be digging into how AI might influence global climate outcomes, both as a tool for progress and a potential driver of emissions. There will be 2 sessions:

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Today's post reflects on the recent wildfires in the UK and how we talk or don't talk about them in a changing climate reality blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingscienc...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Passing time

submitted 28 days ago • 9 comments

🌍 Learning for Sustainability I post on systems thinking, facilitation, co-design & evaluation — grounded in practice and shared learning. 📄 Worth revisiting: Social learning in practice: Strengthening collaboration amid complexity 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/social-... 🧪 #LfSinsights

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Captivating moods

submitted 33 days ago • 8 comments

🌍 Learning for Sustainability I post on systems thinking, facilitation, co-design & evaluation — grounded in practice and shared learning. 📄 Worth revisiting: Social learning in practice: Strengthening collaboration amid complexity 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/social-... 🧪 #LfSinsights

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

A Wednesday perspective from Nathaniel Barr & @kellypeters.bsky.social, from the archive: The history of behavioral science is minuscule relative to its future. Looking ahead, what questions will behavioral scientists be called to answer?

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

This week, Editor Heather Graci reports back from the UN’s Behavioural Science Week about the ways behaviorally-informed technologies are shaping global aid and development on real problems, right now.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

New blog post: The 4Ds Roles and Responsibilities Workshop emilywebber.co.uk/the-4ds-role...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Liberating Structures can be used to change the way we work and collaborate. In our next meet up we'll be trying out the Liberating Structure, 'Liquid Courage', which offers a fun twist on Impromptu Networking. Book your place to give it a try: q.health.org.uk/get-involved...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Moving from nudging to boosting — an important shift in how we think about behaviour change. This open access paper argues for empowering people, not just steering them. Timely for work in climate, health, and social change. 🔗 shorturl.at/4f0um #systemschange #behaviourchange #publicpolicy

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

💡How can we better institutionalise knowledge co-production for transformative change? New research highlights lessons from science-policy projects in Finland, showing how stronger governance, trust & long-term partnerships can drive sustainability transitions 👉 www.greendealnet.eu/institutiona...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Change isn’t just about new plans — it's built on relationships and learning. In a recent post, I explore how shared foundations and bridging silos sustain change in complex settings, supporting sustainability and justice. learningforsustainability.net/post/relational-foundations-for-change/

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

In this new paper from @uibcet.bsky.social, we explore what makes experiments stick. By assessing four experiments in the cities of Bergen and Groningen, we find that persistent relational work is crucial in embedding experiments. Link to paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

Next week's #EGU25 programme has some really exciting #Science4Policy sessions that will help participants learn about how they can engage with policy! Below are just a few highlights for you to add to your personal programme ✨🧵!

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

🌍 Learning for Sustainability I post on systems thinking, facilitation, co-design & evaluation — grounded in practice and shared learning. 📄 Worth revisiting: Why we need both reflection and reflexivity 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/reflect... #LfSinsights #systemschange #collaboration

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

AI isn’t replacing my thinking — but it can support it. In this new post I reflect on how tools like GPT and Perplexity show up in collaborative research, writing, and facilitation — and where the real work still lies. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/ai-as-t...

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

💥 New: Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements 👩‍💻 @theblochian.bsky.social @ojcollective.bsky.social #AcademicSky #OpenAccess #ScholComm

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Exciting new special issue in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social on agricultural biotechnology: potential, challenges and debate. With a range of papers addressing critical questions on "how agricultural biotechnology is developed and used, and for whom." nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

New post reflecting on #codesign in complex settings—six patterns that show up as we work across systems, sectors & scales? From orientation to facilitation, this article explores what matters in collaboration. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/co-desi... #collaboration #participation

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

What happens if we exceed 1.5°C — and try to return? New paper by @andyreisinger.bsky.social & colleagues explores overshoot: what returning to 1.5°C could mean, how risks evolve, and the gaps that remain. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

An assessment of existing coral restoration projects finds that accessibility drives the choice of restoration sites more than environmental and ecological factors, and most restored reefs have been or will soon be impacted by severe bleaching www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Easter weekend everyone! #sunset #lake #water #reflection #goldenhour #peaceful #nature #northernireland #smartphonephotography #photography

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Hot off the #MarSocSci press: A systematic review of behavioural economics in #fisheries. We read 140 papers and present insights into the mechanisms, interventions, and outcomes of the field. From social and cognitive biases to policy recommendations - it's all here: doi.org/10.1111/faf.... 🧵👇

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

What happens if we exceed 1.5°C — and try to return? New paper by @andyreisinger.bsky.social & colleagues explores overshoot: what returning to 1.5°C could mean, how risks evolve, and the gaps that remain. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

New post reflecting on #codesign in complex settings—six patterns that show up as we work across systems, sectors & scales? From orientation to facilitation, this article explores what matters in collaboration. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/co-desi... #collaboration #participation

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Countering #misinformation isn’t just about the facts—it’s about how those facts spread through social networks and communities. #Science being right isn’t enough; it must be accepted within social circles to make an impact. https://buff.ly/4b3knWe

submitted 111 days ago • 4 comments

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs less to house people.

submitted 55 days ago • 42 comments

Companies face pressure for climate-friendly business practices from customers, investors, employees, and communities – even as the US government rolls back #climatechange policy. Experts in environmental governance weigh in: buff.ly/AkO4ENs #climatesky 🌎

submitted 56 days ago • 3 comments