Conformity and tradition in resource governance

Conformity and tradition in resource governance

A recent study conducted by a team of researchers, including members of the Centre for Systems Solutions, suggest that values related to tradition and conformity have a more significant impact on resource governance than pro-environmental values or exposure to...

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Updated Deep Sea Mining Simulation – in workshop

Updated Deep Sea Mining Simulation – in workshop

In early February, Piotr Magnuszewski and Paolo Campo moderated an online Workshop of the Deep Sea Mining (DSM) Simulation.  DSM Simulation is an immersive experience, where participants assume roles to discuss different aspects of deep-sea mining. The simulation provides the...

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Policy Simulation Platform at the COP27

Policy Simulation Platform at the COP27

We organised an interactive presentation about the Policy Simulation Platform (engage.socialsimulations) at the COP27 Science and Youth Day (November 10, 2022). The session took place at the COP27 Cascading Climate Risks Virtual Pavilion hosted by the Chatham House. The...

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PARATUS kick-off meeting

PARATUS kick-off meeting

PRARATUS projects officially started in Enschede at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente. Michalina Kułakowska took part in the kick-off meeting in the middle of October 2022. The PARATUS project aims to...

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Energy Transition Game: workshop for AGH

Energy Transition Game: workshop for AGH

In early October we conducted a workshop for teachers at the Faculty of Energy and Fuels at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. We presented the Energy Transition Game – a tool that academics can incorporate...

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Future of Food at the UNGA77 Science Summit

Future of Food at the UNGA77 Science Summit

In late September, we held two sessions at the UNGA77 Science Summit: the Cascading Climate Impacts: Future of Food Simulation and a panel on “Navigating complexity, certainty and ambiguity: new forms of science-policy interface”. The session was organised in...

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Education to Citizenship kick-off

Education to Citizenship kick-off

At the beginning of September 2022, Michalina Kulakowska took part in a kick-off meeting for the Education to Citizenship project. During the meeting in Katowice, Michalina met with project partners from Norway - the Phronesis SA, and from Polish...

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Science and Diplomacy: bridging a gap between science and policy

Science and Diplomacy: bridging a gap between science and policy

On July 28, our team led the Future of Food simulation during an online Science and Diplomacy course organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). The participants, pairs consisting...

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Games in education: the role of games in teaching participation and social change in urban and rural areas

Games in education: the role of games in teaching participation and social change in urban and rural areas

Early July, we joined the conference “Game – Activate – Together. The use of gaming in social participation” in the Utopia Home - International Empathy Centre in Kraków. One of the events during the conference was a panel session...

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Annual retreat: time to plan strategies for another year filled with projects

Annual retreat: time to plan strategies for another year filled with projects

We are more than happy to say that this year Centre For Systems Solutions team grew to the size we have not anticipated: there are now 17 team members – each one a specialist in a different field. We...

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