Next System Studies at GMU

February 19, 2026

Next System Studies at GMU February 19, 2026

This latest issue of Next System News features this year's cohort of Next System Fellows as well as our lineup of speakers for the Next System Speaker Series. This year we're honored to welcome April Doner; Dr. Matt Burke and Hannah Gokaslan; and Nairuti Shastry to discuss community weaving, degrowth, and community wealth-building. You can register to participate online by clicking on the event.

April Doner - Weaving: A Holistic Approach to Societal Transformation

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April Doner, Director of Programs at the Center for Next System Studies will discuss community resilience and trasnformation in times of crisis.

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Dr. Matt Burke and Hannah Gokaslan - Degrowth and the Next System

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Dr. Matt Burke and Hannah Gokaslan will join the Next System Fellows to discuss degrowth as a strategy for system change and next system design.

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Nairuti Shastry - An Introduction to Community Wealth Building

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Nairuti Shastry from the Center for Economic Democracy (CED) introducing community wealth building as a strategy to transform our relationship to land, labor, and capital.

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