Research Resources

Some institutions and organisations working on complex systems in global systems and sustainability:

Complex Systems Society

http://css.csregistry.org/tiki-index.php
http://www.assystcomplexity.eu

Santa Fe Institute

http://www.santafe.edu

The Santa Fe Institute is a transdisciplinary research community which aims to discover, comprehend, and communicate the common fundamental principles in complex physical, computational, biological, and social systems that underlie many of the most profound problems facing science and society today.

School of Sustainability

http://schoolofsustainability.asu.edu

Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability is the first of its kind: a comprehensive degree-granting program with a transdisciplinary focus on finding real-world solutions to environmental, economic, and social challenges.

Sustainability Institute

http://www.sustainer.org
http://www.thinkinginsystems.org

A non-profit organization founded in 1996 by the late Donella (Dana) Meadows, the Sustainability Institute applies systems thinking, system dynamics modeling, and organizational learning to economic, environmental and social challenges.

Resilience Alliance

http://www.resalliance.org

The RA is a multidisciplinary research group that explores the dynamics of complex adaptive systems.

Earth Policy Institute

http://www.earth-policy.org
 

GLOBE International

http://www.globeinternational.org

The Global Legislators' Organisation (GLOBE) supports national parliamentarians to develop and agree common legislative responses to the major challenges posed by sustainable development.