System Dynamics

System Dynamics Seminars

MIT Sloan brings together industry and academic leaders to discuss how System Dynamics can help us better understand complex challenges, shape policy, influence decision-making, and yield lasting benefits for businesses and society.

System Dynamics Seminars are currently held most Fridays from 12:00-1:30pm ET in the Jay W. Forrester conference room (E62-450) and via Zoom this semester, unless otherwise specified. Please email Jocelyn Climent at jcliment@mit.edu to be added to our mailing list and receive updates.

The schedule and guest speakers will be posted as information becomes available.

Current Seminars

  • February 7, 2025

    Ehsan Kianirad (Liberty Mutual Insurance)

    Quantifying the Predictable and Unpredictable: The Role of Catastrophe Modeling in Risk Management

  • April 4, 2025

    Özgecan Koçak (Emory University)

    Hyper-coordinated exploration for organizational learning under interdependence 

  • April 18, 2025

    Marlo Raveendran (UC Riverside)

    All About the Journey? How Task Trajectory Affects Problem-Solving Performance

  • May 2, 2025

    Anjali Bhatt (Harvard Business School)

    Rethinking Newcomer Selection and Enculturation: A Cognitive Model of Cultural Strength in Organizations Groups

  • May 9, 2025

    Sameer Srivastava (Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley)

    From Contestation to Camaraderie: Structural Similarity Dampens Toxic Discourse in Polarized Social Groups