The Systems Thinking Unit is working to foster a strong, critically informed community of practice for Food Systems Transformation in Scotland by:
- Creating, and curating, spaces for actors to listen to, connect with, learn from and network about, food systems thinking and transformation.
- Co-designing, and piloting, a bespoke Executive Education Programme in Food Systems Thinking, Data and Practice to build core competencies, confidence and comfort in, and with, food systems thinking, data and practice.
- Curating and broadcasting a 12-episode Podcast Series with key Scottish food systems transformation actors exploring inspirational food stories and reflections on food systems transformation.
- Exploring how engaging with, and learning through, the Living Food Systems Lab impacts what, why and how individuals, and their organisations, understand, make sense of, incorporate, and practice systems thinking in their working and daily lives.
Members of the Systems Thinking Unit are:
- Professor Mary Brennan, Principal Investigator and Lab Director, Systems Thinking Co-Lead, Chair of Food Marketing and Society at University of Edinburgh Business School
- Professor Simon Pringle, Systems Thinking Unit Co-Lead, Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh Business School
- Dr Ndungu Nyokabi, Research Fellow in Food Systems Transformation (Systems Thinking & Practice)
- Adam Wilkinson, Impact Measurement Ltd