I2S News #20 showcases a webcast from the First Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation titled ‘Integration and Implementation Sciences (I2S): An Introduction’ by Gabriele Bammer.

The featured journal is ‘Action Research’, and in this I2S News the highlighted association is the ‘Project Management Institute’.

We also overview two digital posters from the First Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation titled; ‘Integrating Unknowns’ from the work of Michael Smithson; and, ‘Anticipating the Unexpected’ on feedback loops, unexpected events and complex systems.

The two featured conferences are the: (1) 5th World Congress on Social Simulation; and the (2) Society for Risk Analysis 2014 Annual Meeting.

We also link to a resource highlighted on the Global Network for Research Integration and Implementation LinkedIn Group, on why common sense doesn’t work for complex problems.

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