GALLANT STREAM 1 - SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION

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Generating evidence and insights to achieve systems transformation on a city scale.

GALLANT's "Systems Transformation" Goal 

Workstream one facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue and generates insights to support systems transformation at the city scale. 

Using the Doughnut Economics framework to create a shared vision for a Thriving Glasgow, the Systems Transformation team brings diverse forms of knowledge together to inform dynamic, adaptive decision-making.  

 

Our Approach to Systems Transformation

The work of GALLANT’s Systems Transformation team involves working with a range of stakeholders (e.g. policy, business, civil society) to change structures and processes as well as to influence policy and drive action. 

The overall aim is to identify dynamics, dependencies, synergies, and trade-offs to discover optimal interventions to achieve a just transition towards a Thriving Glasgow, balancing the needs of the planet with the wellbeing of people in Glasgow and around the world. 

Research Areas 

  • Doughnut Economics.   
  • City Portraits. 
  • Systems Thinking and Systems Science. 
  • Social Justice.  
  • Sustainability and Climate Change.  
  • City Planning.

Our Team

Led by Prof. Petra Meier and Prof. John Crawford the Systems Transformation team includes expertise in policy engagement and a range of systems methods. Jo Winterbottom is our key policy and stakeholder engagement expert and provides support and project management across the team. Sarah Lester and Elizabeth Inyang provide expertise in participatory soft systems mapping approaches, and Cris Hasan provides expertise in quantitative system dynamic modelling. Annika Hjelmskog led on the development of the Thriving Glasgow City Portrait. Our work on identifying local indicators is supported by Michail Georgiou from the data analytics team (Workstream 3), and our international collaborations to identify global indicators are supported by Mary Menton.  

PhDs  

Amy Stevenson: Amy’s research explores feminist city planning, health and wellbeing. This aligns with shifts towards local, sustainable living. Through literature reviews, surveys and GIS, Amy will produce a list of indicators and associated visual outputs to support Glasgow and other cities on their journeys to becoming more equitable.  WS 1 Team Pic

The Thriving Glasgow Portrait report
The Thriving Glasgow Portrait report

Thriving Glasgow Portrait

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:47:00 GMT

The Thriving Glasgow Portrait presents a vision for the future, where the people, wildlife, and ecology of Glasgow are all able to mutually thrive. The Portrait downscales the principles of Doughnut Economics, a conceptual framework which aims to answer, ‘how can we meet the needs of all people within the means of the living planet?’

Glasgow Doughnut
Glasgow Doughnut

The Glasgow Doughnut

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:47:00 GMT

The Glasgow Doughnut is an interactive tool designed to explore the 44 Thriving Definitions from the Thriving Glasgow Portrait. In the coming months we will be adding interconnections between doughnut dimensions and developing the doughnut data visualisation to show a snapshot of where we are now in relation to our future ambitions.

Buchannan Street (Artur Kraft)
Buchannan Street (Artur Kraft)

Community Wealth Building

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:47:00 GMT

Community Wealth Building is a systems approach to local economic transformation. We are looking at the potential of community wealth building strategies to operationalise the intended outcomes of the Thriving City Portrait.

Tide Monitoring
Tide Monitoring

Climate Action and Health Inequalities

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:47:00 GMT

People already experiencing health disadvantages are most likely to be affected by the health impacts of climate change. This systematic review examines existing evidence on the potential of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies to narrow or widen health inequalities in high-income countries. 

Sunset light glinting off solar panels
Sunset light glinting off solar panels

Economic Development

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:47:00 GMT

Using soft systems methodology, the Systems Transformation team has supported Glasgow City Council’s Economic Development division to develop shared understanding of their goals and actionable priorities to support the process of developing their next Economic Strategy.

Doughnut Economics in Glasgow
Doughnut Economics in Glasgow

Stakeholder Analysis

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:47:00 GMT

We are building an understanding of how GALLANT’s stakeholder relationships have changed over time and their contribution to GALLANT’s ‘systems story’. Through a stakeholder analysis involving academics, government staff and professionals connected to GALLANT, we will deepen knowledge of systemic barriers and facilitators of sustainable transformation at the city scale.

Engaging Businesses

GALLANT has been working in partnership with Glasgow Chamber of Commerce to ensure that the research outputs have the greatest impact.  Building on the work of C40 Cities and supported by Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL), this collaboration has mobilised Chamber of Commerce networks to take the “Living Lab” concept to Glasgow’s local businesses. 

Find out more about our work with Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.

Erin Miria John speaking at the GALLANT Gatherinbg
Erin Miria John speaking at the GALLANT Gatherinbg

My Experience with GALLANT as a Research Assistant Intern

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:47:00 GMT

In this blog post, University of Glasgow Senior Honours Economics student Erin Miria John talks about her experience as a Research Assistant interning through the Centre for Sustainable Solutions with GALLANT’s Systems Transformation team

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