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Immersive practice in Circular Economy principles: Taking A Systems Thinking perspective Systems Thinking CBISS LAB (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., & Pokorna, K. (2025, November 4-6). Immersive practice in Circular Economy principles: Taking A Systems Thinking perspective Systems Thinking CBISS LAB [Keynote]. U!REKA Research Days, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. https://researchdays2025.event-hva.nl/

Immersive practice in circular economy principles promotes active engagement and experiential learning to understand the complex interconnections within systems. By adopting a systems thinking perspective in U!REKA collaborations, we aim to address d... Read More about Immersive practice in Circular Economy principles: Taking A Systems Thinking perspective Systems Thinking CBISS LAB.

Applying permeable pavement and gabion basket concepts as nature-based drought management strategies in the Caribbean (2025)
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Matouq, M., Eslamian, S., Fonseca, A. P., & Weaver, M. (2025). Applying permeable pavement and gabion basket concepts as nature-based drought management strategies in the Caribbean. In S. Eslamian, & F. Eslamian (Eds.), Handbook of Nature-Based Drought Solutions. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-29993-3.00021-7

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Synthesis Report of 2023 attributes many weather and climatic extremes in every region globally to human-caused climatic change, leading to extensive effects and damages to nature and humans, inclu... Read More about Applying permeable pavement and gabion basket concepts as nature-based drought management strategies in the Caribbean.

Exploring Systems Ideas and Approaches to Trigger Action towards the Circular Economy Systems (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., & Pokorná, K. (2025, September 30). Exploring Systems Ideas and Approaches to Trigger Action towards the Circular Economy Systems [Keynote]. Invited presentation to Defra Systems Research & National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) programme communities in the Chief Scientific Adviser’s Office, UK Civil Service, Online.

Systems thinking is essential for addressing sustainability challenges and promoting sustainable development. While management approaches such as Doughnut Economics and Circular Economy are rooted in systems thinking, research in this area remains li... Read More about Exploring Systems Ideas and Approaches to Trigger Action towards the Circular Economy Systems.

WHAT'S HOT AT NAPIER-VSB? Initiating the Systems Thinking Lab for Sustainable Solutions (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Pokorna, K., & Chipulu, M. (2025, May 21-22). WHAT'S HOT AT NAPIER-VSB? Initiating the Systems Thinking Lab for Sustainable Solutions [Presentation / Talk]. U!REKA Connects, Helsinki, Finland. https://ureka.eu/all-events/ureka-connects-2025-2/

The Centre for Business Innovation and Sustainable Solutions (CBISS) at Edinburgh Napier and the Bulk Solid Research Team at the Faculty of Mining and Geology, VSB-TUO, are founding the Systems Thinking for Sustainability Lab. To deepen our combined... Read More about WHAT'S HOT AT NAPIER-VSB? Initiating the Systems Thinking Lab for Sustainable Solutions.

Systems Thinking and the Circular Economy (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pokorna, K., Weaver, M., & Chipulu, M. (2025, May 21-22). Systems Thinking and the Circular Economy [Presentation / Talk]. U!REKA Connects 2025, Helsinki, Finland.

Systems thinking is essential for addressing sustainability challenges and promoting sustainable development. While management approaches like Doughnut Economics and Circular Economy are rooted in systems thinking, research in this area is limited. S... Read More about Systems Thinking and the Circular Economy.

The Global Cities Can B Movement Lessons from Edinburgh (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2025, May 21-22). The Global Cities Can B Movement Lessons from Edinburgh [Presentation / Talk]. U!Reka Connects 2025, Helsinki, Finland. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31000.51204

Edinburgh is part of the Global Cities CAN-B initiative. The movement invites every neighbour, person or organisation to be a stakeholder in the future of its city. As the first European city to join, Edinburgh sets an example for other cities on how... Read More about The Global Cities Can B Movement Lessons from Edinburgh.

Systems Thinking for Sustainability: Shifting to a Higher Level of Systems Consciousness (2025)
Journal Article
Weaver, M., Fonseca, A. P., Tan, H., & Pokorna, K. (2025). Systems Thinking for Sustainability: Shifting to a Higher Level of Systems Consciousness. Journal of the Operational Research Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2025.2486698

The grand challenges encapsulated in the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030, are complex, messy and interconnected. Fulfilling these goals necessitates a shift in mindset from ego-to-ecosystems awareness and an imperati... Read More about Systems Thinking for Sustainability: Shifting to a Higher Level of Systems Consciousness.

Practising Systemic Sustainability for the Circular Economy Concept (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Pokorna, K., Osowska, R., Chipulu, M., Fonseca, A., & Tan, H. (2025, June 22-25). Practising Systemic Sustainability for the Circular Economy Concept [Conference Abstract]. 34th European Conference on Operational Research 2025, Leeds, UK. https://euro2025leeds.uk/

Systems thinking is essential for addressing sustainability challenges & promoting sustainable development. While management approaches like Doughnut Economics & the Circular Economy are rooted in systems thinking, research in this area is limited. C... Read More about Practising Systemic Sustainability for the Circular Economy Concept.

The resonance of Mike Jackson's work with the use of systems ideas in community operational research (2024)
Journal Article
Herron, R. J. M., Mendiwelso Bendek, Z., Salinas Navarro, D. E., Vilalta‐Perdomo, E., & Weaver, M. W. (2025). The resonance of Mike Jackson's work with the use of systems ideas in community operational research. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 42(1), 51-68. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3100

The body of work of Mike Jackson covers several major themes in OR/Systems Thinking and articulates key aspects of Critical Systems Thinking; with an interest throughout in applications to complex social challenges. In this paper, as a direct respons... Read More about The resonance of Mike Jackson's work with the use of systems ideas in community operational research.

Integrating nature-based solutions with traditional smallholder farming systems to build climatic resilience in the Caribbean (2023)
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Matouq, M., Fonseca, A. P., & Weaver, M. (2024). Integrating nature-based solutions with traditional smallholder farming systems to build climatic resilience in the Caribbean. In W. Leal Filho, G. J. Nagy, & D. Y. Ayal (Eds.), Handbook of Nature-Based Solutions to Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98067-2_85-1

Despite the current technological advancement in agriculture to improve the production capacity and livelihood of the estimated 608 million smallholder family farmers across the globe, there is a need to uptake these technologies among smallholder fa... Read More about Integrating nature-based solutions with traditional smallholder farming systems to build climatic resilience in the Caribbean.

The Global Cities Can B Movement: Lessons from Edinburgh (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2023, September 26). The Global Cities Can B Movement: Lessons from Edinburgh [Keynote]. ECoS-CTei Tejiendo Confianzo, Online.

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Innovative Approaches in Smallholder Farming Systems to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals (2023)
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Weaver, M., Fonseca, A. P., & Matouq, M. (2023). Innovative Approaches in Smallholder Farming Systems to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals. In W. Leal Filho, N. Aguilar-Rivera, B. Borsari, P. R. B. de Brito, & B. Andrade Guerra (Eds.), SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region (pp. 971-998). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16017-2_70

The identified 169 targets in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) refer to agriculture and smallholder farmers’ contributions toward eliminating human hunger globally between 2015 and 2030. Notwithstanding the potential of smallholder farming, t... Read More about Innovative Approaches in Smallholder Farming Systems to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals.

Agroecology as Catalyst for Smallholder Farming Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change: Caribbean Region (2023)
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Weaver, M., Fonseca, A. P., & Matouq, M. (2023). Agroecology as Catalyst for Smallholder Farming Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change: Caribbean Region. In W. L. Filho, N. Aguilar-Rivera, B. Borsari, P. R. B. de Brito, & B. Andrade Guerra (Eds.), SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region (pp. 405-427). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16017-2_112

Agriculture production emits approximately 29% of greenhouse gases, contributing to climatic changes. These changes increase pests and disease outbreaks according to the frequency and severity of droughts and floods, which results in crop failures an... Read More about Agroecology as Catalyst for Smallholder Farming Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change: Caribbean Region.

Innovative Approaches in Smallholder Farming Systems to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals (2023)
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Weaver, M., Fonseca, A. P., & Matouq, M. (2023). Innovative Approaches in Smallholder Farming Systems to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals. In W. L. Filho, N. Aguilar-Rivera, B. Borsari, P. R. B. de Brito, & B. Andrade Guerra (Eds.), SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region (pp. 1-28). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91188-1_70-1

The identified 169 targets in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) refer to agriculture and smallholder farmers’ contributions toward eliminating human hunger globally between 2015 and 2030. Notwithstanding the potential of smallholder farming, t... Read More about Innovative Approaches in Smallholder Farming Systems to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals.

Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland (2023)
Book Chapter
Fonseca, A., Crossan, K., Weaver, M., Tan, H., Bratton, A., & Pershina, E. (2023). Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland. In W. Leal Filho, M. A. Pimenta Dinis, S. Moggi, E. Price, & A. Hope (Eds.), SDGs in the European Region. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91261-1_38-1

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) argues that the global coronavirus pandemic has caused unimaginable consequences to the global community's economy, social structure, and ecosystem. Overcoming this situation is only possible when envir... Read More about Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland.

Undertaking supply chain management research: philosophy and practice (2022)
Book Chapter
Nunes, B., Bennett, D., & Weaver, M. (2022). Undertaking supply chain management research: philosophy and practice. In S. Childe, & A. Soares (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods for Supply Chain Management (pp. 71-85). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975865.00010

This chapter addresses both philosophical and practical issues when undertaking research in Supply Chain Management (SCM). Key issues in all research phases (design, plan, and execution) prior to publication of a PhD thesis are discussed and illustra... Read More about Undertaking supply chain management research: philosophy and practice.

The Applicability of Autopoietic Cybernetics in Humanitarian Supply Chain Thinking (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Duddy, D., Weaver, M., & Stantchev, D. (2022). The Applicability of Autopoietic Cybernetics in Humanitarian Supply Chain Thinking. Full Papers. Logistics Research Network Conference 2022: Supply Chain Innovation; People, Process, Technology (pp. 129-139). Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.

Purpose: This research examines whether an autopoietic cybernetic model can assist in achieving greater
effectiveness and efficiency in the humanitarian supply chain paradigm. It examines the extent to which a holistic view
is taken during humani... Read More about The Applicability of Autopoietic Cybernetics in Humanitarian Supply Chain Thinking.