Advancing Sustainability through Participatory Systems Thinking: From Urban Regeneration to Net Zero
This is an online event. If you're interested in joining this seminar, please contact netzero@kcl.ac.uk for the Teams meeting link.
This month we are joined by Dr Irene Pluchinotta and Dr Ke Zhou from University College London (UCL). This seminar will explore how participatory systems thinking can advance sustainability from urban regeneration to net-zero goals using the learnings from two large transdisciplinary research projects.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Irene Pluchinotta is a Lecturer in Systems Thinking for Sustainability at the Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, UCL. An environmental engineer by training, she specializes in developing formal support systems to aid decision-makers operating in collaborative, multi-stakeholder settings. Her research integrates participatory system dynamics and decision analysis to inform the design of sustainability strategies and net-zero policies. She brings a transdisciplinary perspective to sustainability, systems thinking, and decision making, connecting diverse methods, tools, and stakeholders.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Ke (Koko) Zhou is a researcher at UCL specializing in urban environment decision making. She integrates systems thinking approaches to address environmental challenges including climate change mitigation and adaptation, urban regeneration, water management, and health equity. Through co-designing models, she engages with decision-makers and policymakers to develop strategies that promote healthy and sustainable urban outcomes.
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Net Zero Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
The Net Zero Interdisciplinary Seminar Series is the flagship seminar series for King’s College London’s Net Zero Centre, providing a platform for cross-pollination between academia, industry and government to develop novel research projects to achieve Net Zero.
Every month, we host a speaker to discuss a new research idea and seek contributions from audience members on a proposed challenge. A half-hour talk is followed by a discussion, and we encourage speakers to engage with colleagues on research related to our four priority areas, decarbonisation, sustainable manufacturing, equitable resource allocation and resilient infrastructure.
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The Net Zero Centre at King's is dedicated to addressing the challenges of decarbonising our society and reducing the environmental impact of our manufacturing, infrastructure, and cities. It serves as hub for scientific, technological and engineering research geared towards this challenge.
Based in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences (NMES), the Centre works across the boundaries of disciplines at King’s from geography and business to law and social science to deliver solutions for sustainable development. The Centre fosters the next generation of King’s change-makers by educating scientists and engineers on the holistic context of these challenges and developing technologically aware social scientists, lawyers, and policy makers.
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