On March 6-7, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) hosted the 3rd International Workshop on Multi-System Dynamics in Sustainability Transitions in Winterthur, Switzerland. Organized by Cristian Pons-Seres de Brauwer and Jochen Markard, the workshop was arranged in connection with the newly established Thematic Group on Multi-System Dynamics. The workshop was the 3rd in a row, building on earlier events in Gothenburg (2024) and Oslo (2023).
The hybrid workshop gathered 22 people in person and up to 17 online, including early career researchers and scholars from the Global South. It provided a vivid forum for discussing ongoing research on topics such as multi-system transition pathways, value chains, systems in decline, subsumption, complexes of systems, or different types of actors, such as system entanglers connecting different systems.
Apart from in-depth discussions and networking, the workshop also addressed the upcoming events and activities within the thematic group, such as a dedicated open track at the IST 2025 conference and the recently announced special issue in EIST on multi-system transitions (see separate news article).
The organizers are grateful for the co-funding they received from the Swiss National Science Foundations, STRN, and ZHAW INE.