Our mission is to advance the science and practice of system dynamics in organizations and communities.
The Social System Design Lab (SSDL) pursues its mission through work to:
- Strengthen and expand the pipeline of model-based systems thinkers in social work and public health spaces.
- Create infrastructure for innovation & peer learning in the practice of community-based system dynamics.
Our work:
We offer courses in community based system dynamics, workshops, internships and a MSW specialization.
We use system dynamics computer modeling, simulations, and group model building in our research.
We partner with organizations around the globe to facilitate group model building workshops on a wide range of issues.