The RSD8 proceedings were originally published on systemic-design.net and moved to this website in 2020. The ISSN has remained stable as ISSN 2371-8404 since 2016. The original publication can be accessed via the Wayback Machine.
CITATION
Jones, P.H. (Ed.). (2020). Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD8. https://rsdsymposium.org/proceedings-of-rsd8/
Note: Citation details are available for individual articles at the bottom of each page.
RSD8 Keynotes & Talks
Designing for Systems-Level Change and Transitions Toward More Sustainable Futures
Terry Irwin
Towards the Whole: A tribute to Charles L. Owen
Charles Bezerra
Dressed in Wall Street Suits & Algorithmic Math: Assemblages of Complex Predatory Formations
Saskia Sassen
Community-Empowered Systems Change
Chris Rudd
Design Strategy in Complex Spaces of Innovation
Carlos Teixeira
RSD8 Plenaries & Panels
Worlds within Worlds: Fostering a Thriving Network in a Flourishing Field
Peter Jones and Birger Sevaldson
When is Systemic Design Regenerative? Fishbowl Dialogue
Dan Lockton, Lisa Brawley, Manuela Aguirre Ulloa, Matt Prindible, Laura Forlano, Karianne Rygh, John Fass, Katie Herzog, and Bettina Nissen
RSD8 Papers (Peer-Reviewed)
Systems Oriented Design as a Democratic Design Technique
OCTOBER 2019
Co-Designing a Walkable City for the Elderly
Xue Pei, Carla Sedini, and Francesco Zurlo
Mapping Productivity, Energy, and Wellbeing
Joanna Boehnert
Open Social Mapping: Participatory Modeling of Social Systems
OCTOBER 2019
Summary of Mapping and Methodology Discussion
OCTOBER 2019
Towards Impact Design for Public Services
OCTOBER 2019
Designing Systems Outcomes as Desirable Side Effects: Reflections from the CMHC Solutions Labs
Cheryl Hsu and Adrienne Pacini
Bridging Silos: A new workshop method for training silo busting
Andreas Wettre, Birger Sevaldson, and Palak Dudani
A Systemic District for Sustainable Tourism
Amina Pereno and Silvia Barbero
Unpacking Gentrification 2.0
OCTOBER 2019
Fractal Market Map
Tim Tompson and Murray Stubbs
Breathing Walls for Cross-Species Co-Living Adaptation in Built Environment
OCTOBER 2019
Hospitals as Anchor Institutions: Eco-systemic leadership to nourish patient, community, and planetary health
Cheryl Hsu and Hayley Lapalme
Designing for Systems of Service in NYC Homeless Shelters
OCTOBER 2019
Potential Therapeutic Effects on Design for Psychological Well-being
OCTOBER 2019
Systemic Analysis of a Large-scale organization Failure in UK Healthcare
OCTOBER 2019
Designerly Approaches to Shaping Social Structures
OCTOBER 2019
Modelling Stigmergy: Evolutionary Framework for System Design
OCTOBER 2019
What is Systemic Design? Practices Beyond Modelling and Analyses
Birger Sevaldson
Design as a Tool for Reformation in the Juvenile Justice System through a Participatory Approach
OCTOBER 2019
Integrated Policy, Sustainable Development Goals, and New Change and Governance Models: Case Study of the UN’s Joint SDG Fund
OCTOBER 2019
Systemic Design for Democratic Engagement: Where the bottom-up and top-down process meet
Juan de La Rosa, Stan Ruecker, Claudia Grisales, and Carolina Giraldo
Reimagining Local News to Fulfill It’s Democratic Function
OCTOBER 2019
Case Study: Designing Difficult Community Conversations for Multiple Stakeholders
OCTOBER 2019
Practice-led Pedagogy for Socio-Technical Transitions
OCTOBER 2019
Institutional Literacy and New Institutions and Rules for Integrated Systems of Production
Tom Snow
Resetting the Growth Curve
OCTOBER 2019
Designing for Second Life: Systemic Design for Sustainable Packaging in Appliance Manufacturing Industry
OCTOBER 2019
Developing Systemic Design Tools: The CHRIIS Model
OCTOBER 2019
Improving Well-being in Universities: A Transdisciplinary Systems Change Approach
Mieke van der Bijl-Brouwer, Tyler Key, Giedre Kligyte, Bridget Malcolm, Prasuna Reddy, and Clementine Thurgoo
Paying Attention to Where Attention is Placed in the Rise of System(s) Change(s)
Zaid Khan and David Ing
Anti-Archetypes: Systemic stories of hope
Leah Zaidi
Outside in: Activation and Impact Through Improved Understanding
OCTOBER 2019
The Generator project as a paradigm for systemic design
Ben Sweeting
Inclusive Worklife Innovation – Reflections on Problem Framing and Solution Spaces Across Systems
OCTOBER 2019
Collaborative Foresight for Long-Range Problem Discovery in Complex R&D
OCTOBER 2019
Using Systemic Design for the Understanding and Evolving of Organizational Culture
Juan de la Rosa and Leon Paul Hovanesian II
RSD8 Workshops & Interactives
Disruption, Innovation, Opportunity: The Power of Circularity within the Commercial Built Environment
OCTOBER 2019
Feminist Design: Methodologies for Equity and Inclusion
OCTOBER 2019
Informed Empathy: Tool, Practice, System
OCTOBER 2019
Developing Strategic Narratives: Designing Services as Systems
OCTOBER 2019
A Method to Include System Mapping in Strategic Planning
Alana Boltwood and Fran Quintero Rawlings
Getting the Whole System into the … Map: Addressing key issues in open social mapping
OCTOBER 2019
Core Shifts for Emerging Desired Futures: Unpacking the collective unconscious
Jananda Lima and Tieni Meninato
Designing Sustainable Futures with the Systemic Design Toolkit
Kristel Van Ael, Philippe Vandenbroeck, Alex Ryan, Peter Jones, Andre Nogueira, Sabrina Tarquini and Stefanos Monastiridis
DesignShop for Systemic Transformation
Dan Lockton, Lisa Brawley, Manuela Aguirre Ulloa, Matt Prindible, Laura Forlano, Karianne Rygh, John Fass, Katie Herzog, and Bettina Nissen
What’s the Worst That Could Happen? Creative Visualization Tools for Ethical Foresight
Sydney Luken, Jonathan Healey, J.R. Osborn, and Evan Barba
Visualizing Systems: Applying Good Practices from the SystemViz Project
Peter Stoyko
Probing the Future, Acting Today
OCTOBER 2019
Tangible Thinking: Materializing How We Imagine and Understand Systems, Experiences, and Relationships
Dan Lockton, Lisa Brawley, Manuela Aguirre Ulloa, Matt Prindible, Laura Forlano, Karianne Rygh, John Fass, Katie Herzog, and Bettina Nissen
RSD8 Maps & Exhibits
How patients and providers visualise healthcare?
Cecilia Landa-Avila, Gyuchan Thomas Jun, Rebecca Cain, and Carolina Escobar-Tello







