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Map the System is a global competition that challenges you to think differently about social and environmental change.

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Take Part

Map the System helps you to deeply explore an issue that matters to you, find the levers for positive change and share your findings with the world.

Find out how to apply  

 

 

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Partner With Us

Want to bring Map the System to your campus? Learn how to run your own competition and register your institution as a global Map the System partner.

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“Seeking to understand systems requires more than just technical know-how and mapping skills; it also requires heart and a connection to our own and others’ humanity.”

 

Joe Hsueh, 2020 Judge and Founder, Omplexity

 

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Map the System 2020 in numbers

 

3,500+ teams registered globally:

comprising interdisciplinary teams of students and recent graduates passionate about social and environmental issues

54 higher education institutions:

each running internal Map the System competitions

16 countries represented:

Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Ireland, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, UK, and USA

 

Previous Competitions

Participating institutions 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supported by

Global Partners:

 

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Canadian Partners:

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