25 November 2026 - 25 November 2026
12:00PM - 1:00PM
DRMC/Nine DTP Hub Boardroom, 1st Floor, Arthur Holmes Building, left of The Calman Learning Centre, up the stairs, turn left. Door signed ‘DRMC’ and ‘Nine DTP’.
Free
DRMC are pleased to announce that Dr Gary Koekemoer, Climate Change Consultant & Postdoctoral Fellow at Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa will be visiting Durham this month and delivering a seminar on the topic of using a transdisciplinary complexity lens to unlock wicked problems.
Dr Gary Koekemoer, Climate Change Consultant & Postdoctoral Fellow at Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa will be giving the following seminar:
Seminar Title: Seeing the Wood and the Trees - Using a transdisciplinary complexity lens to unlock wicked problems.
Lessons from South Africa
Abstract: The 21st Century is locked into some wicked problems: climate change and extinction-level biodiversity loss, widening poverty & inequality gaps, the advent of AI and even sewage systems. In this talk, Dr Koekemoer will talk through some critical wicked problems faced in his South African backyard using a trans disciplinary complexity lens. The aim being to unearth some potential new approaches to unlocking systemic and enduring challenges.
All PGR/PGT students and DU staff welcome!
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