Introductory Essay for the SRBS Special Yearbook Issue: ‘Realizing Sustainable Futures in Socio‐Ecological Systems’ (USA) in Parallel with ‘Leadership for Sustainable Socio‐Ecological Systems’ (India)

Kineman, Rhonda D.; Krupanidhi, S.

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“…The activities and outputs of the Society's academics, researchers and practitioners demonstrate an inspiring, passionate, and collective desire to improve the state of humanity and its environment. Reviewing past yearbooks, there are recurring themes of transdisciplinarity, transcending boundaries and connection through systems thinking, science and practice to improve how we might work together to solve problems and create a better future (Goede, 2020; Ison & Shelley, 2016; Kineman & Srirama, 2017; Laszlo, 2014; Midgley & Wilby, 2015; Rousseau, 2019; Sankaran & Presier, 2021; Systems Research and Behavioural Science, 2018). In 2018, Past President David Rousseau sought to ‘bring together philosophers, researchers, engineers, and practitioners collaboratively to find ways to advance the state of our art (italics added) and amplify its utility in practice’ (Rousseau, 2019).…”

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“…For all our knowledge, our models, and our systems, the global collective ‘We’ continue to find ourselves amid ecological disasters (wildfires in Australia and the United States), political unrest (the Ukrainian crisis), and a flux of social norms (Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, post‐colonialism) (Goede, 2020; McIntyre‐Mills, 2020; McIntyre‐Mills, 2021). ISSS Past Presidents Ray Ison (Ison & Shelley, 2016) and John J. Kineman (Kineman & Srirama, 2017) brought these crises to the membership in their respective meetings. Those meetings informed the theme of this conference, The Art and Science of the Impossible: The Human Experience 2 .…”

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“…. ISSS Past Presidents Ray Ison (Ison & Shelley, 2016) and John J. Kineman (Kineman & Srirama, 2017) brought these crises to the membership in their respective meetings. Those meetings informed the theme of this conference, The Art and Science of the Impossible: The Human Experience.…”

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The art and science of the impossible: The human experience

MacNamara¹

2022

Syst Res Behav Sci

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The International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) produces a Special Issue of the Systems Research and Behavioural Science (SRBS) each year, also called the ISSS Yearbook. Conceived in 1954, the ISSS is one of the first and oldest professional organisations whose members are devoted to the interdisciplinary and broadly inclusive inquiry into the nature of complex systems. 1 This Special Issue of SRBS is the ISSS Yearbook for 2021.As a member of the ISSS since 2011 and its Board of Directors since 2013, it was a privilege to be President during one of the Society's most challenging periods. The activities and outputs of the Society's academics, researchers and practitioners demonstrate an inspiring, passionate, and collective desire to improve the state of humanity and its environment. Reviewing past yearbooks, there are recurring themes of transdisciplinarity, transcending boundaries and connection through systems thinking, science and practice to improve how we might work together to solve problems and create a better future (

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