Making space to reflect and adapt in our work isn’t always easy, yet it feels more important than ever. I’ve gathered a few resources to support reflective and reflexive practice in complex, multi-actor settings. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/reflective-p...

How can participatory action research address complex challenges? This LfS post explores collaboration, reflection action and co-design to empower groups for meaningful change. learningforsustainability.net/post/par-for...

Rethinking scaling in complex settings: reflections from practice learningforsustainability.net/post/scaling...

Rethinking scaling in complex settings: reflections from practice learningforsustainability.net/post/scaling...

How can participatory action research address complex challenges? This LfS post explores collaboration, reflection action and co-design to empower groups for meaningful change. learningforsustainability.net/post/par-for...

Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Looking to use AI for preparation and reflection, not just polished outputs? Check out a short framework: five prompt types, plus a simple structure to keep the human work front and centre. learningforsustainability.net/post/ai-prom...

New publication from #TIAH: 🌍Global climate R&D funding is skewed — UK, EU, and US dominate, while Africa and other regions lag behind. Critical areas like industrial decarbonisation and social sciences remain underfunded. Read the policy brief here: tipconsortium.net/news/new-pub... #Funding

Following #AF2025 in Ōtautahi Christchurch – inspiring focus on trust, relationships, and inclusion in how adaptation happens. I’ve refreshed the Learning for Sustainability page, curating links to frameworks and reflections. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/climate-adap... #AdaptationFutures2025

Running a training scheme for new graduates or managers in the #energy sector? We can offer our #PowerTrader or #TransportPlanner #facilitated workshops as part of your training. More information on our website: bit.ly/3HoqfdC Game brochure: tinyurl.com/mvk9ubcv

#AF2025 (Adaptation Futures 2025) comes to Ōtautahi Christchurch next week. I’ve refreshed the climate adaptation hub on Learning for Sustainability, bringing together frameworks, MEL, collaboration, and futures resources. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/climate-adap... #ClimateAdaptation #MEL

DOUGHNUT 3.0 IS HERE! 🎉 Today, DEAL is launching the latest update of the global Doughnut, now monitoring trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot across the 21st century. #DoughnutEconomics Check out the link below to see all the resources and dive in:

Most climate adaptation plans look good on paper. The real test is whether they work in practice. I’ve curated a revamped LfS site section with annotated links to key open-access resources on adaptation – frameworks, tools, adaptive management & MEL. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/adaptation/

Indicators help track change, but often miss what matters. This LfS page update shares frameworks & examples for designing indicators that are credible, useful & connected to real-world decisions. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/developing-i... #Evaluation #Sustainability

🌱 New post: Social learning in action When challenges are complex, progress often comes from people learning their way forward together. Reflection, dialogue, and trust make collaboration possible. 🔗 medium.com/@will_allen/... #SocialLearning #SystemsChange

Standing Tall under Brooding Skies - Pukehou, Hawke's Bay, NZ. #photography #landscape #newzealand

🌱 New post: Social learning in action When challenges are complex, progress often comes from people learning their way forward together. Reflection, dialogue, and trust make collaboration possible. 🔗 medium.com/@will_allen/... #SocialLearning #SystemsChange

Although more researchers use #AI, its full potential for achieving global sustainability goals #SDGs is largely untapped. An new analysis of 792 peer-reviewed articles finds few combine advanced AI applications with deep #sustainability expertise: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @efesce.bsky.social

A great visualization of how focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs can help guide the pillars of an #ESG strategy, representing the major global challenges that businesses can help to address. #responsiblebusiness #corporatesocialresponsibility

Golden Reflection - Lake Tutira, Hawke's Bay. #photography #landscape #nz #foggytrees

📢 HAPPENING NOW 📢 The IPBES Bureau has commenced its 24th meeting in Bonn, Germany! 🇩🇪 On the agenda: charting the course for future Plenary sessions, reviewing financial plans, and enhancing engagement with key partners. Wishing all a productive day of discussions #ForNature !

A powerful example of participatory systems thinking in education. Evidence as dialogue, not decree. 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/micro-... 🌍🧪 #Education #SystemsChange #ParticipatoryResearch

Great article. In a world saturated with mis- and disinformation, trust in science must rest not just on evidence, but on openness, care, and connection. 🌍🧪

💥New: We need social science as much as STEM in policymaking STEM steered the #COVID-19 response, but Sebastian Ludwicki-Ziegler ( @sebaszieg.bsky.social) & Lise Moawad @humboldtuni.bsky.social argue for integrated, interdisciplinary science advice beyond the #crisis 🤝

Raising awareness isn’t enough. Real change in sustainability depends on alignment, not just information. My latest post explores why collaboration, context, and practice matter more than persuasion. 🌍🧪 🧭 learningforsustainability.net/post/shiftin... #behaviourchange #sustainability

New resource hub on social learning in complex settings—tools, framings, and links to support reflection, collaboration, and adaptation. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/social-learn... #SocialLearning #SystemsThinking #Collaboration #Complexity #LfSinsights 🌍🧪

New blog post: Social learning in action 🌍🧪 In complex settings, progress depends on people learning together. This post explores how reflection, dialogue, and shared sense-making help teams adapt and move forward. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/social-... #LfSinsights

New resource hub on evaluation in complex settings 🌍🧪 Tools, framings, and approaches to support learning and adaptation. For practitioners, evaluators & facilitators working on systems change and sustainability. 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/evaluation/ #Evaluation #Complexity #LfSinsights

🌍 Participatory action research (PAR) blends reflection, collaboration, and action. In this post I explore how it supports work on climate, equity, and systems change. 🧪 🔗 learningforsustainability.net/post/par-for... #PAR #collaboration #systemschange

Five opportunities for knowledge cumulation at science-policy interfaces. ✍🏻 Insights from a new paper by Benjamin Hofmann‪ and colleagues @eawag.bsky.social, @ethz.ch & @unibe.ch transforming-evidence.org/blog/cumulat...

🌍 Thinking about the future is essential—but terms like foresight, scenarios & visioning often blur together. This post shares a practical take on four futures approaches, incl. the 'wave' method for exploring change. 🧪 🌊🧭 learningforsustainability.net/post/explori...

How do we define 'successful' scale up? What influences this? In our latest paper we found that 'success' was a combination of scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes and contexts... Read more about it here: academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...

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 🧪

🌍 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...

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/...

🌍 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

🌍 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

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

"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

🌍🧪 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...

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

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

✨ 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

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

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

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...

| 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

🌱 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

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