The idea that there is a βscience of learningβ (singular) currently holds considerable policy sway.
Join Rosemary Hipkins at #cccss26 as she uses insights from the complexity sciences to explore learning as a non-linear, highly contextualised and nuanced phenomenon β https://bit.ly/3ZrEpVn
Health inequity, climate breakdown, and institutional failure are not simply products of flawed systems.
Join us at #cccss26 to explore how place-based Indigenous frameworks, particularly those grounded in MΔori knowledge, are reshaping the study of complexity β https://bit.ly/3MypHcf
We live in a world more complex, interdependent, and entangled than at any point in human history β from shifting climates to fragile democracies π§ͺπ§΅
Join us at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium to hear Brian Castellani distil the traits needed for social complexity research to stay open, reflexive, transdisciplinary and disruptive β www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
We've just published the programme for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, and registrations are open π
#cccss26 #complexsystems
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
Yes, my complexity / computational folks @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social there is also a maths joke: βCalculus tells us that even as we approach infinity, we approach limits.β Standard economic models will hit their limits long before networks of people do.
So excited to be visiting Aotearoa New Zealand in February for the Capitol City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 (with side trips to Otago, Canterbury, and U. Auckland).
If you're in Wellington or fancy a visit, check out the program.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
Registrations are now live for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 β www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/capital-ci...
#cccss #complexsystems
Renata Muylaert presents at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium.
π¨Deadline extended π¨ Get your abstracts in for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 by Tuesday 7 October β forms.gle/vdMooRs2srtz...
#cccss26 #complexsystems π§ͺ
A social slide showing Kylie Reiri as a keynote presenter at the Capital City Complex Systems 2026.
Kylie Reiri is a deputy chief executive at the Social Investment Agency, where she works to improve systems to benefit our communities.
Kylie will be a keynote presenter at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 β www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
A picture of Diane Finegood as a keynote speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, which looks a little bit like an election sign tbh.
Our next confirmed keynote for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium is Diane Finegood, whose current passion is for the application of systems thinking and dialogue to address complex problems across a broad range of topics, with a particular focus on health systems and public health #cccss26
A social slide showing Shaun Hendy as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
@hendysh.bsky.social is chief scientist and a co-founder of Toha, the founding director of Te PΕ«naha Matatini & led the team that won the Prime Ministerβs Science Prize for their Covid-19 response
He is a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
A social slide showing Tom Johnson as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
Our next confirmed keynote speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 is Tom Johnson.
Tom is the design lead at Whakaue Research, where he develops kaupapa MΔori innovations that turn research into systems change.
#cccss26 #complexsystems
A social tile showing Tanya Allport as a keynote speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
Our next confirmed speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 is Tanya Allport.
Tanya draws on Indigenous models of systems change to advance whΔnau-centred solutions for MΔori health and wellbeing β www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
Social slide showing Brian Castellani as a speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.
Brian Castellani mapped how disciplines, concepts and people have weaved together over time to create our understanding of complex systems.
He'll be joining us as a keynote speaker for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 β www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
#cccss26 #complexsystems
A group of smiling complex systems researchers chat at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium.
π¨ Call for abstracts π¨ Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026. Nau mai haere mai ki tΔnei hui!
You are warmly invited to the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, 24-25 February 2026 in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Submit your abstract β forms.gle/as6ArigFQW34...
#cccss26 #complexsystems π§ͺ
A meme from Breaking Bad with Jesse saying "New Zealand. That's where they made Lord of the Rings".
Want to come to New Zealand this summer? The call for abstracts for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 is now open: forms.gle/g22s2dR85oFq... π§ͺ
Yes indeed π‘
I've long thought that the dominant - progressive - policy narrative, and social statistical analysis, of 'health inequalities' is wrong. This lovely little story by @drannamatheson.bsky.social helps articulate why.
Thanks Sophie, an active complexity narrative is a more accurate one, eh π
A screenshot of the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium website showing Carl Bergstrom as a keynote speaker.
Hey NZ science bluesky you made it happen π§ͺ
A photo of Jonathan Burgess and Anna Brown presenting on emergent engagement at PCST25.
A pile of three storytelling books published by Te PΕ«naha Matatini.
A pile of 'hand books' published by Te PΕ«naha Matatini.
Jonathan Burgess and Anna Brown pose in front of a large pink Aberdeen sign.
Jonathan Burgess and Anna Brown from Te PΕ«naha Matatini were at #PCST2025 in Scotland recently, sharing our low-tech tools for facilitating engagement with unexpected outcomes and our new project on emergent engagement and how it contributes to better research π§ͺ
So sorry to hear that Evelyne π all the love to you
Imagine youβre watching a river flow through a beautiful valley. At first glance, the river seems peaceful, carrying water gently downstream. But if you look closely, youβll notice the current carving paths, altering landscapes, and influencing every living community it flows through π§ͺπ§΅
Governments urged to invest in keeping people out of prison, instead of criminalising poverty, homelessness and disadvantage www.croakey.org/governments-... #publichealth
Minister of health describing that ED wait times are related to hospital performance
ED wait times are not a βwhole of hospitalβ measure. They are now a βwhole of systemβ measure ie impacted by primary care and community access.
The system βgoing solidβ is not about flow of patients from ED to ward. That was the early 2000s, itβs not the issue now.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/29/w...
Itβs a difficult time right now in NZ and globally. Our work, and how we do it, matters.
The line between applying de-ex tech to save endangered species is not straight; it's not even a line. Rather, it's a multifaceted network that must incl diverse perspectives and knowledges to address the myriad of issues it raises, esp here in Aotearoa New Zealand.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Data offers a tool for communities, not a substitute for their leadership and voice. Real system change happens when we fundamentally rethink how change happens, and who leads that change in the first place β theconversation.com/yes-data-can...
