Systems Engineering and Computer Science scholar Harold ‘Bud’ Lawson memory lives on in his students
Harold “Bud” Lawson, an influential scholar in computer-based systems and computing passed away in palliative care on June 10. Since 2013 Lawson supported the BCSSS as a partner for the BCSSS book series on systems. He edited several educational volumes in systems engineering and systems science. His pioneering work included…
Stefan Blachfellner invited to exclusive IASCYS meeting along side several key figures in systems research
On May 10, BCSSS managing director Stefan Blachfellner was called to Beijing, PR China as part of a select audience, among others the presidents of the World Organization for Cybernetics (WOSC) and the International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR), invited by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academy of Mathematics and…
We welcome Angelika Schanda as new team member who sets out to build strong networks
Promoting cooperation between all sectors and disciplines & enhancing systems science and its practical application – this is the passion of our newest team member, Angelika Schanda. With this focus, she will support the BCSSS’ role as an ambassador for system science. She takes over the baton from Marina Naomi…
Alexander Laszlo and Charles François on the BCSSS-Stewardship of the International Encyclopaedia of Systems and Cybernetics
BCSSS President Alexander Laszlo meets Charles François. In December 2018 the President of the BCSSS, Alexander Laszlo, visited Charles François and his wife in their residence in Buenos Aires, together with the Coordinator of the Group for the Study of Integral Systems (GESI), Eva Sarka. Alexander and Charles François discussed,…
Stefan Blachfellner invited by Ervin Laszlo to become a core institutional partner of the Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research
As of November 2018 Stefan Blachfellner, Managing Director of the BCSSS, is a member of the Creative Board of The Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research (L-INPR), founded by BCSSS Scientific Council member Ervin Laszlo. Ervin Laszlo, who welcomed Stefan Blachfellner, highlighted his personal relationship with Ludwig von Bertalanffy, which he…
BCSSS PhD Guest Scholar from China concludes his research in Vienna on Systematic Approach to Transcultural Information Ethics
Liang Wang was a visiting scholar at the BCSSS for one year, from October 2017 until October 2018. Liang was working on his dissertation thesis on “Systematic Approach to Transcultural Information Ethics”, focussing on the ideas of the young generations in China. After going back to China Liang will receive…
From Heritage to Present Future – Expansion of the Bertalanffy Archive
Recently the BCSSS managed to physically bring together all three partial estates of Ludwig van Bertalanffy and expanded the Archive at the BCSSS. Two parts of the archive were kept at the Department for Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna as a loan by the BCSSS until October 2018….
We welcome Marina Noack as the new team member at the BCSSS
We are very happy to welcome our new colleague Marina Naomi Noack in our team. With her internationally gained professional experience in management and managing social, nongovernmental organisations and her scientific expertise in International Development Research Marina will support the BCSSS in Vienna in Project Management and Communications as well…
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