Investigating effects of group model building on sustainable design decision-making

Watz, Matilda; Johansson, Christian; Bertoni, Alessandro; Hallstedt, Sophie I.

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2022.08.005

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“…Instead, the literature addressing these relationships' strengths can be used as a foundation to describe how strong they are. Knowledge maturity (KM) is a concept that can also address the knowledge and provide support to show the level of confidence in the information for decision makers (Watz et al, 2022). Different researchers have applied this method to assess and support decision-making and understand the reliability of their rationals (Johansson et al, 2011;Svensson et al, 2018).…”

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Assessing Systemic Drivers and Barriers to Sustainable Design Transitions: Relationship Strengths and Research Gaps

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The sustainable design transition has proven to be a challenging process, in part due to the diverse set of stakeholders, which includes the general public, policymakers, scientific researchers, and businesses. In prior work, the interconnected relationships among systematic drivers and barriers for sustainable design were identified and mapped using a causal loop diagram at a relatively abstract level. To further understand and characterize this complex system, this research aims to identify the relationship strength levels among the variables in the system, as indicated by previous research identified in the literature. In addition, the knowledge maturity levels of these identified relationships are specified to illustrate strengths and gaps in the literature. The findings are used to create a refined system representation that illustrates the power dynamics between systemic driving forces to sustainable design transitions. The results of this work reveal valuable insights about the linkages among the driving forces of sustainable design transitions that can be used as a foundation for further investigation, such as experiments and data analytics that can better quantify these relationships.

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Assessing Systemic Drivers and Barriers to Sustainable Design Transitions: Relationship Strengths and Research Gaps

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“…The increase in energy efficiency and the development of new building materials are both significantly influenced by sustainable development in both the building design and the civil infrastructure [ [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] ]. Global warming and greenhouse gas emissions into the environment have been rising worldwide due to increased urbanization and population [ 7 , 8 ].…”

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A comprehensive study on engineering and sustainability characteristics with emphasizing on 3R's approach in building construction

Raj R,

Arulraj,

Anand

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“…This co-production process enables joint identification and prioritization of system-wide interventions to facilitate coordinated actions among its participants [ 4 ]. The co-creation has potential to maximise the impact and sustainability of the developed interventions by ensuring that the ownership of the interventions co-developed with the researchers rests with the decision-makers [ 7 – 11 ].…”

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Cultural adaptations and methodological innovations to group model building for the systems actions to reduce malnutrition in all its forms in Southeast Asian countries and China (SYSTAM CHINA-SEACS International Consortium) project

Li,

He,

Peters

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Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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Background Group Model Building (GMB) is a participatory system dynamics method increasingly used to address complex public health issues like obesity. GMB represents a set of well-defined steps to engage key stakeholders to identify shared drivers and solutions of a given problem. However, GMB has not yet been applied specifically to develop multi-duty interventions that address multiple inter-related issues such as malnutrition in all its forms (MIAIF). Moreover, a recent systematic review of empirical applications of a systems approach to developing obesity interventions found no published work from non-western, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In this paper we describe adaptations and innovations to a common GMB process to co-develop systemic MIAIF interventions with Chinese decision-makers. Methods We developed, piloted and implemented multiple cultural adaptations and two methodological innovations to the commonly used GMB process in Fang Cheng Gang city, China. We included formal, ceremonial and policy maker engagement events before and between GMB workshops, and incorporated culturally tailored arrangements during participant recruitment (officials of the same seniority level joined the same workshop) and workshop activities (e.g., use of individual scoring activities and hand boards). We made changes to the commonly used GMB activities which enabled mapping of shared drivers of multiple health issues (in our case MIAIF) in a single causal loop diagram. We developed and used a ‘hybrid’ GMB format combining online and in person facilitation to reduce travel and associated climate impact. Results Our innovative GMB process led to high engagement and support from decision-makers representing diverse governmental departments across the whole food systems. We co-identified and prioritised systemic drivers and intervention themes of MIAIF. The city government established an official Local Action Group for long-term, inter-departmental implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the co-developed interventions. The ‘hybrid’ GMB format enabled great interactions while reducing international travel and mitigating limitations of fully online GMB process. Conclusions Cultural and methodological adaptations to the common GMB process for an Asian LMIC setting were successful. The ‘hybrid’ GMB format is feasible, cost-effective, and more environmentally friendly. These cultural adaptations could be considered for other Asian settings and beyond to address inter-related, complex issues such as MIAIF.

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Investigating effects of group model building on sustainable design decision-making

Cited by 6 publications

References 76 publications

Assessing Systemic Drivers and Barriers to Sustainable Design Transitions: Relationship Strengths and Research Gaps

Assessing Systemic Drivers and Barriers to Sustainable Design Transitions: Relationship Strengths and Research Gaps

A comprehensive study on engineering and sustainability characteristics with emphasizing on 3R's approach in building construction

Cultural adaptations and methodological innovations to group model building for the systems actions to reduce malnutrition in all its forms in Southeast Asian countries and China (SYSTAM CHINA-SEACS International Consortium) project

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