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WHO ARE WE?

CRSD is an international centre that advances transdisciplinary action-research in social science. To institutionalise good governance, sustainable investment, and responsible innovation in resilient and sustainable systems, we harness collective intelligence using our innovative systems-based methodologies.

 

OUR MISSION 

CRSD is dedicated to fostering sustainable, equitable, and resilient futures where diverse stakeholders have the power to transform, at scale, the systems within which they operate.

We facilitate and accelerate the development of new, workable approaches to some of the world’s most intractable problems. We use and develop interdisciplinary tools and techniques drawn from systems thinking and social sciences to catalyse and institutionalise transformation.

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Our Featured Projects

"Their Future, Our Action"

"Their Future, Our Action" is our important and successful collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat, focussed on attracting climate finance for Small Island Developing States.
Creating Cross-Cultural Deliberative Spaces

In collaboration with the Khalili Foundation, this project envisions a network of experts and a suite of methodologies for approaching the cultivation of deliberative spaces.
THRIVE Academy Launched

Working alongside the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, THRIVE has launched an academy to support policy-makers to address water and food scarcity in the NENA region.
Feeding Children Nutritiously in Kosovo

This lengthy project has been in partnership with the University of Business and Technology, focussing on improving the nutrition of under fives in Kosovo. 
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Our Methods

CRSD stand out through our unique approach to action-research and complex systems-based research. Our methodology drives creative collaborations between diverse stakeholders, to frame the right questions and devise actionable policies and strategies.

We deliver a variety workshops, seminars, courses, academic papers, challenge notes, case studies, in-depth project reports and blogs, all tailored to diverse needs.

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Academic Publications

CRSD publishes in journals, books, case studies and reports. Featured publications include:
Biofuels, Food Security, and Developing Economies
Science, Policy and Politics of Modern Agricultural System
Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development
Cultures of transformation: An integrated framework for transformative action
Does a change in the ‘global net zero’ language matter?
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Sinews of Development: Event Series

Our Sinews of Development Series is our popular seminar program that brings together expert practitioners, policy makers, and academics to exchange views on challenging subjects such as sustainable development, peace and conflict, gender rights and education. Past Sinews events have featured distinguished speakers and participants from His Majesty’s Government, UK Parliament, the United Nations, BBC journalists, and world-class academics. We host one Sinews event per academic term.

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