Horse Welfare 12 with Dr Karen Luke: Systems Thinking, Wicked Problems, and Rethinking Equestrian Practice.
About this episode
In this episode, Dr. Karen Luke discusses her framework 'Horse Welfare 12' and the complexities of the equestrian world.
In this episode of the River Tiger Podcast, I am joined by returning guest Dr. Karen Luke to explore her new paper and framework referred to as “Horse Welfare 12”, based on Donella Meadows’ 12 leverage points for intervening in complex systems. Drawing on systems thinking and decades of hands-on experience with horses, Karen unpacks why the equestrian world is a “wicked problem” – full of genuinely conflicting stakeholder needs (riders, organisers, horses, wider horse industries) – and why q...
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Host: Marianne Davies
Guest: Dr. Karen Luke
Topics covered
- horse welfare
- systems thinking
- equestrian practice
- wicked problems
- stakeholder needs
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Donella Meadows
Books & works: Horse Welfare 12
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