标题：THE 8TH EUROPEAN SYSTEM DYNAMICS WORKSHOP (EUSDW-VIII): MODELLING SUSTAINABILITY PATHWAYS: BRIDGING SCIENCE,POLICY AND SOCIETY (31ST MAY – 2ND JUNE 2017,LISBON). AN ADMITTEDLY PERSONAL ACCOUNT FROM AN OUTSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE
期刊名称：Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
印刷版ISSN：2061-5558
电子版ISSN：2062-087X
出版年度：2017
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：119-122
语种：English
出版社：Corvinus University of Budapest
摘要：System dynamics (hereafter: SD) can be considered a special field in several senses. Proponents of this research area do not necessarily share a common disciplinary background,but they do have a common methodological commitment. First,this school of thought stresses that systems should be understood from the inside; that is,it focuses on the internal structures and operation of systems and not on external forces or shocks. Secondly,it maintains a comprehensive outlook about situations or problems. This means that instead of attempting to analyse individual causal mechanisms,it strives to lay out and model the complexity of the web of causes of a given situation. Apart from these features,there is also a strong emphasis on visual representation – that is,on the delineation of causal relations in a clear and understandable manner. This commitment towards ‘graphic elicitation’ and understanding,alongside the presupposition that models can be built through utilising several sources of and forms of knowledge,also makes SD’s approach a suitable match for participatory research projects.
