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Addressing global challenges requires complex problem-solving skills, not just high IQ. Developing systems competencies is crucial for navigating complex, dynamic situations and achieving sustainable development goals.

Area of Science:

  • Social Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Education

Background:

  • Grand societal challenges, such as climate change and distributive justice, impact global populations.
  • The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals highlight interconnected global problems.
  • These complex problems are characterized by dynamic, intransparent, and interconnected systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define consequential world problems as complex systems.
  • To argue for the importance of complex problem-solving competencies over traditional intelligence metrics.
  • To emphasize the need for systems competencies in addressing global challenges.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of global problems.
  • Definition of complex systems attributes (complexity, connectivity, dynamics, intransparency, polytely).
Keywords:
Sustainable Development Goalscomplex problemsconsequential world problemsgrand societal challenges

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  • Argumentation for specific competencies required for global problem-solving.

    • Main Results:

    • Consequential world problems are inherently complex systems.
    • Complex problem-solving competencies are more critical than IQ for global challenges.
    • Systems competencies, including understanding and control, are essential.

    Conclusions:

    • Effective solutions for global problems necessitate advanced problem-solving skills beyond analytical intelligence.
    • Developing systems thinking and control is vital for future global stability.
    • Focus should shift towards cultivating complex problem-solving abilities for sustainable development.