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# S.2 Systems thinking patterns

## Details

**Authors** Brandsberg-Engelmann et al.

**Year** 2025

**Publisher** Regenerative Economics

**Kind of work** article

**Discipline** Education

**Kind of engagement** applications

[Read it](https://www.regenerativeeconomics.earth/regenerative-economics-textbook/s-systems-thinking-and-models/s-2-systems-thinking-patterns)

## In authors' words

### What they set out to do (purpose)

A section of the online Regenerative Economics textbook teaching the four patterns as the basis of systems thinking.

### What they found (results)

Systems thinking is presented as the emergent result of four patterns — distinctions, systems, relationships, perspectives — each walked through in turn, with figures used by permission from the lab.

## Commentary

### In short

This textbook module explicitly teaches DSRP as the four core patterns of systems thinking and provides exercises for applying all four patterns to objects, economic institutions, parks, and everyday systems.

**Patterns it shows** D, S, R, P

**Added** 2026-08-14

**How to cite this** Brandsberg-Engelmann et al. (2025). S.2 Systems thinking patterns. Regenerative Economics.