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Towards an Holistic Framework for Environmental Change: The Role of Normative Behaviour and Informal Networking to Enhance Sustainable Business Practices (2009)
Journal Article
Espinosa, A. (2009). Towards an Holistic Framework for Environmental Change: The Role of Normative Behaviour and Informal Networking to Enhance Sustainable Business Practices. Systemic practice and action research, 22(4), 275 - 291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-009-9123-2

The term 'Sustainable Development' is brandished by modern businesses as a marketing ploy used to suggest evidence of ethical conduct, innovative thinking and moral superiority. However, when analysing an organisations' adoption of sustainable practi... Read More about Towards an Holistic Framework for Environmental Change: The Role of Normative Behaviour and Informal Networking to Enhance Sustainable Business Practices.

A complexity approach to sustainability - Stafford Beer revisited (2008)
Journal Article
Espinosa, A., Hamden, R., & Walker, J. (2008). A complexity approach to sustainability - Stafford Beer revisited. European journal of operational research, 187(2), 636-651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2007.03.023

There is wide acceptance of the need for a more holistic approach to sustainability. However, practical solutions remain elusive and tend to exhibit underlying conflicts between different paradigms and their associated methodologies. This paper argue... Read More about A complexity approach to sustainability - Stafford Beer revisited.

A systemic integration approach to designing interagency responses to wicked problems
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sydelko, P., Midgley, G., & Espinosa, A. (2017, July). A systemic integration approach to designing interagency responses to wicked problems. Presented at 61st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, ISSS 2017: From Science to Systemic Solutions - Systems Thinking for Everyone, Vienna

Wicked problems are open-ended, highly interdependent issues that cross agency, stakeholder, jurisdictional, political and geopolitical boundaries. This confounds governments because policies and budgets tend to be aligned within these boundaries an... Read More about A systemic integration approach to designing interagency responses to wicked problems.