Development, science and complexity event at UKCDS - 10th February 2014

UKCDS is a group of UK government departments and research funders with interests in international development.  UKCDS has long been interested in the application of complexity science to development, having previously worked on the water, land, energy and health nexus, and with Ben Ramalingam to host a complexity workshop in 2011.  Ramalingam's acclaimed new book, Aid on the Edge of Chaos, draws on the science and complex adaptive systems to argue for an urgent rethink of the linear cause and effect models often underpinning aid and development assistance.

The event will provide an opportunity to share knowledge and identify areas of common interest on how complexity thinking can shape research relevant to international development research being undertaken in and supported by the UK.

Further information can be found at: http://www.ukcds.org.uk/news-events/events/development-science-and-complexity-what-new-scientific-thinking-means-for-policy