Hassannezhad, M;
Gogarty, M;
O'Connor, CH;
Cox, J;
Meier, PS;
Purshouse, RC;
(2023)
A cybernetic participatory approach for policy system of systems mapping: Case study of inclusive economies.
Futures
, 152
, Article 103200. 10.1016/j.futures.2023.103200.
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Abstract
Traditional participatory systems modelling demands synchronous time from many experts and face-to-face interaction. This is not always feasible (e.g., during a pandemic) and can restrict which participants can be included. There are additional limitations in the effectiveness of physical paper-based modelling when handling large complex systems with numerous variables and links between them. The key challenge facing practitioners is then how can we retain the benefits of traditional participatory modelling whilst exploiting the advantages of new technologies? This paper contributes to development of an original systematic methodology inspired by Cybernetic principles. The proposed method, referred to as 5X – standing for Expose, Explore, Exploit, Explain, and Expand – offers a fully virtual co-produced environment for iterative cycles of stakeholder engagement and feedback before, during and after workshops, leading to developing more confidence in systems mapping, and promoting knowledge across policy areas. A primary application of the proposed method in a real policy setting illustrates its capability to generate a shared policy understanding of a complex inclusive economy system, where there is conflicting or dispersed knowledge about system structure, refine this understanding through online feedback channels and dynamic visualisations, and transfer this understanding to wider policy and academic partners.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | A cybernetic participatory approach for policy system of systems mapping: Case study of inclusive economies |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.futures.2023.103200 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103200 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Complex systems, Cybernetics, Fuzzy cognitive mapping, Inclusive growth, Network propagation, Participatory modelling, System of systems |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194371 |




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