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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. (online). The resonance of Mike Jackson's work with the use of systems ideas in community operational research. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 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.

Grand Challenges and OR: Bangor, Dragons and Predicting Riots (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2024, September). Grand Challenges and OR: Bangor, Dragons and Predicting Riots. Presented at OR66 The Operational Research Society Annual Conference, Bangor, UK

Miles Weaver, Chair of Grand Challenges and OR, Associate Professor, Centre for Business Innovations and Sustainable Solutions, Edinburgh Napier University

Chris Roberts, Co-Founder of North Wales Dragons Community Football Teams and member of the... Read More about Grand Challenges and OR: Bangor, Dragons and Predicting Riots.

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. Nagy, & D. 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). The Global Cities Can B Movement: Lessons from Edinburgh. Presented at ECoS-CTei Tejiendo Confianzo, Online

Panel of experts in transfer and use of knowledge.

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. de Brito, & B. Andrade Guerra (Eds.), SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region (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. de Brito, & B. Andrade Guerra (Eds.), SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region (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.

Grand Challenges and OR: the Cost of Living Crisis (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2022, September). Grand Challenges and OR: the Cost of Living Crisis. Presented at OR64: OR For a Better World Together, University of Warwick

Each year we pose a “grand challenge” to provide an opportunity to identify how OR can be used to help solve real-world issues in our host city region, the UK and beyond. We have not been short of challenges in the past, be it the climate emergency,... Read More about Grand Challenges and OR: the Cost of Living Crisis.

The Build for Purpose Canvas (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Fonseca, A., & Tan, H. (2022, September). The Build for Purpose Canvas. Paper presented at OR64 The Annual Operational Research Conference, University of Warwick

The paper proposes the “Build for Purpose Canvas” (B4PC) to help organisations to put purpose at the heart of their business, build meaningful relationships with communities and amplify impact by co-creating solutions to common issue(s) of concern wh... Read More about The Build for Purpose Canvas.

B Corps – do network ties matter? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, M., Tan, H., & Weaver, M. (2022, August). B Corps – do network ties matter?. Paper presented at British Academy of Management 2022 Conference, University of Manchester

When a director sits on the boards of directors of multiple firms, linkages are established between these firms which are referred to as director interlocks. Resource dependency theory argues that firms benefit from these interlocks as they have acce... Read More about B Corps – do network ties matter?.

Integrating lean concepts in smallholder farming to catalyze sustainable agriculture for food security in Trinidad, WI (2022)
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Weaver, M., Broatch, R., & St. Martin, C. (2022). Integrating lean concepts in smallholder farming to catalyze sustainable agriculture for food security in Trinidad, WI. In W. Leal Filho, E. Popkova, & M. Kovaleva (Eds.), Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security (283-309). Springer

The development for sustainable smallholder farming is not a transparent and replicable procedure because the agricultural sector focuses primarily on productivity with minimum attention on lean management as a sustainability strategy. Currently, the... Read More about Integrating lean concepts in smallholder farming to catalyze sustainable agriculture for food security in Trinidad, WI.

Integrated soil and water management on smallholder family-farms in building resilience to hydrometeorological hazards in Trinidad (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roop, R., St. Martin, C. C., & Weaver, M. (2021, March). Integrated soil and water management on smallholder family-farms in building resilience to hydrometeorological hazards in Trinidad. Presented at Caribbean Science Symposium on Water: Building Resilience in the Regional Water Sector to Address Climatological and Hydrological Risks and Threats, Online

Hydrometeorological hazards (droughts, floods, and heatwaves) threaten the life and livelihoods of the most vulnerable people worldwide, including the 500 million smallholder farmers who directly depend on seasonal rainfall and marginal soils for foo... Read More about Integrated soil and water management on smallholder family-farms in building resilience to hydrometeorological hazards in Trinidad.

Value(s): Taking a Systems/COR Critical Perspective (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., & Tan, H. (2021, September). Value(s): Taking a Systems/COR Critical Perspective. Paper presented at OR63: Operational Research Society 63rd Annual Conference, Online

Mark Carney - the former Governor of the Bank of England calls for a new kind of economics and attacks the prevalent neo-liberal paradigm, in his 2021 book, Value(s) Building a Better World for All. Echoing the Financial Times attempts to "reset capi... Read More about Value(s): Taking a Systems/COR Critical Perspective.

Sustainability Hub (2021)
Other
Weaver, M., & Tan, H. (2021). Sustainability Hub. [MOOC]

Hub for learning about sustainability. Available for students and businesses engaged in Everyone's Edinburgh.

Systems and Systemic Approaches for Attaining the SDGs Across Partnerships (2020)
Book Chapter
Weaver, M., Tan, H., & Crossan, K. (2020). Systems and Systemic Approaches for Attaining the SDGs Across Partnerships. In W. Leal Filho, A. M. Azul, L. Brandli, A. Lange Salvia, & T. Wall (Eds.), Partnerships for the Goals: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71067-9

Weaver, M., Tan, H., & Crossan, K. (in press). Systems and Systemic Approaches for Partnership Working for the Goals. In W. Leal Filho, A. M. Azul, L. Brandli, A. Lange Salvia, & T. Wall (Eds.), Partnerships for the Goals. Springer.

Business for Good: Balancing Purpose with Profit in a Post-Covid Scotland (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., & Tan, H. (2020, July). Business for Good: Balancing Purpose with Profit in a Post-Covid Scotland. Presented at Interface Webinar Series, Online

This webinar examines the power of ‘purpose’ and the opportunities for SME’s in embracing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create Sustainable Value.

Dr Miles Weaver and Dr Hock Tan, from Edinburgh Napier’s Business School for Purpose... Read More about Business for Good: Balancing Purpose with Profit in a Post-Covid Scotland.

Young People on Boards: Creating a Diverse Talent Pipeline of Young Board Members (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2018, October). Young People on Boards: Creating a Diverse Talent Pipeline of Young Board Members. Presented at Business in the Parliament Conference 2018, Holyrood, Scottish Parliament

Weaver, M. (2018, October). Young People on Boards: Creating a Diverse Talent Pipeline of Young Board Members. Presented at Business in the Parliament Conference 2018, Holyrood, Scottish Parliament.

Meaningful Engagement for Retail Transformation: Value Co-Creation through Digital Technology and Sustainability Innovation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Legl, C. (2018, May). Meaningful Engagement for Retail Transformation: Value Co-Creation through Digital Technology and Sustainability Innovation. Poster presented at Edinburgh Napier University Business School annual conference, 2018

Meaningful engagement for retail transformation: value co-creation through digital technology and sustainability innovation

Name: Carina Legl (MSc with Distinction in International Business Management)

Ever greater demands for finite resources... Read More about Meaningful Engagement for Retail Transformation: Value Co-Creation through Digital Technology and Sustainability Innovation.

Circularity as a Systems Concept
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pokorna, K., Weaver, M., & Chipulu, M. (2024, September). Circularity as a Systems Concept. Paper presented at OR66 The Operational Research Conference, Bangor, UK

A critical management challenge is the move to circular design thinking. Moving away from the “take-make-consume-dispose” linear model of resource consumption (Rasi et al., 2023) to systems that are regenerative and restorative. This is necessary to... Read More about Circularity as a Systems Concept.