Making Sense of SETS: Our Host Alysha on Complex Infrastructure Systems

Resilient Futures Podcast · Mar 2, 2026 · 25m

This month, Alysha Helmrich is our host and guest! This short episode discusses social-ecological-technological systems and sensemaking. She explores urban systems as SETS, positions SETS thinking for sensemaking, and identifies four modes of SETS to build requisite variety. To learn more, follow the links below!

Links:

Foundational reading on SETS: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018EF000926

Main perspective discussed regarding SETS and sensemaking: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-023-00120-1

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