About ISI

The International Systems Institute (ISI) is a non-profit, public benefit, scientific and educational agency. Organized as a community of scholars and practitioners and a network of institutions, ISI aims to apply systems and design thinking to create models and methods for the design of educational and other human activity systems and to design and develop resources for systems and design learning.

ISI's mission is carried out through the year-round collaboration of self-organizing research teams and a series of conferences or "conversations" where scholars and practitioners engage in dialogue about their inquiries and present their findings to others.

The objectives of ISI include the following:

• To foster individual and collective research in the application of the systems and design sciences.
• To design and develop models, approaches and methods applicable to the analysis, design, development and management of educational and other human activity systems.
• To design and develop resources and programs for systems and design learning.
• To organize and support conferences that provide opportunities for professional development in systems and design applications.
• To develop knowledge bases in support of the objectives above.
• To develop and publish learning resources, conference proceedings and monographs that are relevant to the work of the institute.
• To provide resources and assistance to communities engaged in the design of their systems of learning and human development.

Getting Involved

Anyone whose interests fall within the scope of social systems design and who wishes to foster positive social change through scholarly conversation and research is invited to become an ISI Fellow, attend the international conversations, and participate in online exchange on the subject of social systems design. Contact any of the individuals listed in the Contact section for more information.