Balancing Individualism and Collectivism / Contemporary Systems Thinking (PDF)

McIntyre-Mills, J.

Dr Janet McIntyre-Mills is an Associate Professor in the School of Social and Policy Studies at Flinders University, Adjunct Professor at the University of Indonesia and Islamic National University in Indonesia, and Honorary Professor at the University of South Africa. Her research focuses on systemic representation, accountability and re-generation applied to social and environmental justice concerns such as health, housing and social inclusion and the mitigation and adaptation to climate change.  She addresses complex needs by exploring the meanings and 'what if' questions with diverse stakeholders.

Her recent books include 'From Wall Street to Wellbeing: Joining up the dots through Participatory Democracy and Governance to Mitigate the Causes and Adapt to the Effects of Climate Change'.  ISBN 978-1-4899-7465-5 and 'Systemic ethics and Non-anthropocentric Stewardship: Implications for Trans disciplinarity and Cosmopolitan politics', ISBN 978-3-519-07655-3.



Romm, N.



Norma (DLitt et Phil, Sociology) is a research professor in the Department of Adult Basic Education and Youth Development, University of South Africa. She is the author of The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism (Macmillan, 1991), Accountability in Social Research (Springer, 2001), New Racism (Springer, 2010), People's Education in Theoretical Perspective (with V. McKay, Longman, 1992), Diversity Management (with R. Flood, Wiley, 1996), and Assessment of the Impact of HIV and AIDS in the Informal Economy of Zambia (with V. McKay, ILO, 2008). She has co-edited two books-Social Theory (with M. Sarakinsky, Heinemann, 1994) and Critical Systems Thinking (with R. Flood, Plenum, 1996). She has published more than 95 research articles on the contribution of research to social development, the way in which research can be practised accountably, Indigenous ways of knowing and living, and the facilitation of adult learning.  She