• ​Explore relational systems design as a theory and practice within the web of relationships that shape life

• ​Show how co-designing within complex systems can become an empowering practice in an unravelling world through greater attention to relationships among people, things, more-than-humans, and ideas

• ​Engage participants in collective sense-making—feeling our way through systems— while attending to context and conditions

• ​Use dialogue, embodied activities, and reflective exercises to deepen understanding of how relationality shapes systemic transformation

​About the facilitators

​Professors Derek Gladwin and Naoko Ellis collaborate at the University of British Columbia, Canada, integrating socio-cultural aspects with STEM for holistic sustainability expertise. They co-lead the Collaborative Transdisciplinary PhD Cohort on energy transition and co-founded the Systems Beings Lab, promoting systems approaches to everyday life. They're also associated with the UBC Clean Energy Research Centre and give talks and workshops and consult with global partners on educational design.