What is it about?
Doughnut Economics offers a way to balance human needs with environmental limits. This study explores how the Doughnut Economics model can help engage diverse stakeholders in designing a new academic institution. It shows how a visual tool helped facilitate discussions about complex issues and workplace challenges during collaborative workshops.
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Why is it important?
This tool helps people from different backgrounds share ideas and values more effectively. The visual method makes it easier for everyone to develop a shared understanding of issues, leading to better decision-making in complex organisations, especially when dealing with social and ethical challenges.
Perspectives
I hope this article introduces many more readers to Doughnut Economics and offers an alternative model for thinking about sustainability. This innovative approach offers a fresh perspective on balancing human needs with environmental limits. By exploring how Doughnut Economics can be applied in real-world settings, particularly within institutions, we hope to demonstrate its practical value.
Pushpi Bagchi
University of Edinburgh
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This page is a summary of: Baking An Institutional Doughnut: A Systemic Design Journey for Diverse Stakeholder Engagement, July 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3643834.3660748.
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