The New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) was formerly named The Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR).

Social Systems Lab: Our Strategic Blueprint 2021

Please note: As of 1 July 2025, the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) is the new name for the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). Research and reports published prior to this date may reference the organisation’s former name.

Summary

The Social Systems Lab (SSL) aims to be a space where transdisciplinarity, systems thinking, and multiple perspectives come together to collaboratively undertake problem structuring and identify systemic solutions to specific areas of work or research. The SSL aims to grow as a learning lab and become a leader and influencer in systems thinking, co-design and in the transdisciplinary research space.

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