Map the System is a global competition involving 64 educational institutions around the world. Student teams use ‘systems thinking’ as a guiding approach to understanding complex social and environmental challenges. Each team create systems maps to articulate their findings in a way that people can meaningfully understand, share, and learn from. These are key skillsets for those who want to become change leaders in any sector.

Universities and post-secondary education institutions are invited to run their own Map the System competition, with the support of tools provided by

One selected individual or team from each institution will be invited to the Map the System Global Final event held annually at the Saïd Business School, where teams from all over the world will present their research for the chance to win top prizes.

Map the System 2022 is open to all 36,000 University of Oxford students. Students have until 31st January 2022 to register. For any further information please contact mapthesystem@sbs.ox.ac.uk.