2025 Dialogues
Power, Care, and the Economy We Need, with Jayati Ghosh and Amanda Janoo
June 17, 2025
We are excited to announce the next installment of the Women in Systems Thinking dialogue series, hosted by System of Systems Thinkers. This upcoming conversation features two visionary economists: Amanda Janoo, Economics and Policy Lead at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, and Jayati Ghosh, renowned development economist and recipient of the 2023 Galbraith Award for her contributions to humanity. Together, they will explore how systems thinking can reshape economic paradigms to prioritize equity, sustainability, and collective wellbeing. This dialogue promises to delve into transformative ideas that challenge conventional economic models and highlight the critical role of women in leading systemic change. Join us and bring your questions to this inspiring session.
Jayati Ghosh
Jayati Ghosh is a leading economist and Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, after nearly 35 years at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. She has authored 20 books and over 200 articles on global inequality, feminist economics, and development, including Never Done and Poorly Paid and Women Workers in the Informal Economy. She advises international organizations such as the UN, ILO, WHO, and UN Women, and serves on the UN High-Level Advisory Boards on Economic and Social Affairs and Effective Multilateralism. Her many honors include the 2023 John Kenneth Galbraith Award, the ILO’s Decent Work Research Prize, and the NordSud Prize. Ghosh is a powerful voice for economic justice in both scholarly and public discourse.
Amanda Janoo
Amanda Janoo is a visionary economist and policy expert dedicated to transforming economic systems to prioritize human and planetary wellbeing. As the Economics & Policy Lead at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), she works with governments, civil society, and international organizations to redefine progress and advance economic policies that prioritize human and ecological flourishing over endless growth. Prior to joining WEAll, Amanda worked as an industrial policy expert for UNIDO, the African Development Bank, and GIZ, and is currently an Family Economic Security Fellow with New America. A Fulbright Scholar and graduate of Cambridge University, Amanda is known for making complex economic ideas accessible and inspiring. She brings both technical expertise and visionary thinking to conversations about the future of our economies.
The Economics of Happiness with Helena Norberg-Hodge and Dr. Julia Kim
March 25, 2025
Join the System of Systeme Thinkers for a dialogue between Helena Norberg-Hodge and Julia Kim, where we will consider the systemic nature of their unique approaches to happiness economics. We have invited them into conversation with one another to explore the complementarity of their work and the need for more holistic economics
Helena Norberg-Hodge
HELENA NORBERG-HODGE, linguist, author, filmmaker and pioneer of the new economy movement, is the founder and director of Local Futures. Based on decades of experience in indigenous cultures, in particular Ladakh and Bhutan, Helena has been promoting a big picture understanding of the foundations of human, as well as ecological wellbeing. Her work has gained her the Alternative Nobel prize, the Arthur Morgan Award and the Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.”
Helena is author of the inspirational classic Ancient Futures, and Local is Our Future and producer of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness, of Planet Local and Closer to Home.
Dr. Julia Kim
Dr. Julia Kim is a global wellbeing and Wellbeing Economics expert, program facilitator, and researcher. She is an explorer of the terrain connecting inner transformation and broader systems change, drawing on her past career as a physician and public health researcher in Africa and Asia, Senior Policy Advisor at the United Nations (UNDP and UNICEF), Executive Committee member of the Club of Rome, and International Program Leader at the GNH Centre Bhutan. She integrates global experience in the fields of leadership development, contemplative practice, program design, research, and policy in the fields of wellbeing, wellbeing economics, global health, and sustainable development.
Decolonizing Futures - Creating a Personal Practice, with Ingrid LaFleur
September 30, 2025
Ingrid LaFleur is a futurist, curator, cultural strategist, and thought leader working at the intersection of emerging technologies, race, and decolonization. With over twenty years of experience in curating contemporary art and advancing cultural practice, LaFleur merges foresight methodologies with the cultural movement of Afrofuturism to envision and activate more equitable and just futures.
As the founder of The Afrofuture Strategies Institute (TASI), LaFleur cultivates futures literacy through a unique combination of speculative design, futures research, and artistic inquiry. Her work emphasizes the decolonization of the imagination as a necessary tool in shaping liberatory futures, particularly for historically marginalized communities. From artificial intelligence to blockchain, she explores how emergent science and technologies can be reimagined through culturally specific, justice-oriented lenses.
Ingrid LaFleur
Ingrid LaFleur is a futurist, curator, cultural strategist, and thought leader working at the intersection of emerging technologies, race, and decolonization. With over twenty years of experience in curating contemporary art and advancing cultural practice, LaFleur merges foresight methodologies with the cultural movement of Afrofuturism to envision and activate more equitable and just futures.
As the founder of The Afrofuture Strategies Institute (TASI), LaFleur cultivates futures literacy through a unique combination of speculative design, futures research, and artistic inquiry. Her work emphasizes the decolonization of the imagination as a necessary tool in shaping liberatory futures, particularly for historically marginalized communities. From artificial intelligence to blockchain, she explores how emergent science and technologies can be reimagined through culturally specific, justice-oriented lenses.
LaFleur is a sought-after speaker and facilitator, having presented talks and led workshops at institutions such as the Centre Pompidou (Paris), TEDx Brooklyn, Harvard University, and Oxford University. Her pioneering work has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, and NPR.
She holds a Master of Science in Foresight from the University of Houston and continues to develop methodologies that integrate curatorial practice with strategic foresight and Afrofuturist theory.
