SIG: Systemic Dialogue

Systemic Dialogue Systemic Dialogue Launch Year 2025 Chair Yiannis Laouris Other Organizers Kevin Dye Marcus Hallside Key Domains Key Domains Notable Achievements Notable Achievements Links External Links

The Systemic Dialogue Special Integration Group was launched in the beginning of 2025

Focus of the Action Research SIG

The Systemic Dialogue SIG is dedicated to advancing participatory methodologies and enhancing the role of structured deliberation in democratic decision-making. Its creation responds to the growing need for a forum where systems science methodologies can be explored, refined, and applied to complex societal challenges. At its core, this SIG promotes structured, systemic dialogue—a methodical approach that fosters equitable participation, deepens collective insights, and strengthens democratic engagement at both local and global levels. The term "systemic" reflects the need for methodologies and modeling techniques that structure and guide dialogue toward meaningful, actionable and impactful outcomes.

By integrating and cross-referencing diverse systems methodologies, the SIG aims to develop synergistic approaches for managing complex societal challenges. The group will investigate how different systems thinking methodologies can inform, supplement, and enhance each other in decision-making and conflict resolution processes.

Links to other Organizations

The Systemic Dialogue SIG collaborates closely with the Institute for 21st Century Agoras.

Chairs, Members and Reading Materials

The founder of the Systemic Dialogue Special Integration Group is Yiannis Laouris.

Members

• Gerald Midgley
• Gary Metcalf
• Norma Romm
• Peter Tuddenham
• Peter Hayward Jones
• Allenna Leonard
• Kevin Dye
• Tom Flanagan
• Michele Friend
• Marcus Hallside
• Marios Michaelides
• Demitrios Varsos
• Marilia Charonitaki
• Kirk Weigand
• Nikitas Assimakopoulos

Links to videos

Below are links to videos from discussion sessions attended by ISSS members.