KCVS

The King’s Centre for Visualization in Science (KCVS)

The King’s Centre for Visualization in Science (KCVS)1 generates electronic interactive visualizations to help students and the public see and understand science. Around 500,000 unique visitors from 110 different countries use KCVS resources each year. A strong focus for KCVS is to collaborate with local, national and global partners to provide tools and resources for […]

SOCKit, the SOCME Online Construction Kit (KCVS)

SOCKit, the SOCME Online Construction Kit, is an interactive, dynamic, web-based tool for creating and exploring SOCMEs (System-Oriented Concept Map Extension), created by the King’s Centre for Visualization in Science.  Concepts can be connected by labeled, directional links.  Related concepts can be grouped into subsystems, which helps users divide complex systems into more manageable chunks; […]

Planetary Boundaries (KCVS)

The Planetary Boundaries framework, first published by the Stockholm Resilience Centre in 2009, is a great example of using systems thinking to understand sustainability issues. The framework describes nine Earth system processes─biosphere integrity, climate change, novel entities, aerosols, stratospheric ozone, ocean acidification, fresh water, land use, and biogeochemical flows ─that collectively quantitatively assess the state […]

Tips for creating SOCMEs (KCVS)

Follow the link below for some general suggestions to think about when creating SOCMEs. Taken from the help pages at SOCKit (the SOCME Online Construction Kit), by the King’s Centre for Visualization in Science. On the SOCKit tips page you will find information on where to start when making a SOCME, how to add concepts […]