Stefan Blachfellner appointed as Secretary General of the IFSR
BCSSS Managing Director, Stefan Blachfellner, was appointed as the new Secretary General of the International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR) on April 13th, 2018, after serving as Vice President before, from 2012-2016. Stefan assumed the function from Gerhard Chroust and will take office on May 1st, 2018. IFSR is a non-profit,…
The General Assembly of the BCSSS has elected a new Board of Directors, a virtuous composition of diverse expertise for the BCSSS
We are pleased to announce the newly elected Board of Directors of the BCSSS. In the General Assembly of members, on April 13th, 2018 a promising composition of high level scientists was appointed as the new Managing Board. We are proud to report Alexander Laszlo as our newly elected President…
Stefan Blachfellner joins the Scientific Committee of the European Union for Systemics
Stefan Blachfellner was appointed as a member of the Scientific Committee for the 10th congress of the European Union for Systemics (UES2018), 15 – 17 October 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. The conference is titled “A Systemic Vision of the Crises. From optimization to change strategy?” and will focus on the…
Cooperation with “The European Master Programme in System Dynamics”. Erasmus Mundus student Monika Pichler visits the BCSSS
This spring Monika Pichler is guest student at the BCSSS to work on her Master thesis. We are very glad to support her with her resarch, Monika is Erasmus Mundus student and takes part in The European Master Programme in System Dynamics (EMSD), a new BCSSS Cooperation Partner. The EMSD…
General Systems Theory & McLuhan. Ernest A. Hakanen visits the BCSSS
Next April the Bertalanffy Center welcomes Ernest A. Hakanen, PhD, Professor of Communication at the Graduate Faculty of Communication, Culture and Media, Drexel University, Philadelphia. His current research focuses on the relationship between General Systems Theory and McLuhan’s Media Theories as well as his Legacy Theories, such as Media Ecology and…
Modeling health impacts for decision-making – On status and perspectives
In affiliation with the 9th European Public Health (EPH) Conference, Vienna, 9-12 Nov 2016, at 10 Nov, an evening colloquium took place in the Bertalanffy Center (BCSSS). The topic was: „Modeling health impacts for decision-making – On status and perspectives“ This workshop was organized as a joint venture between BCSSS…
Amber Elkins | PhD Scholar from Texas visits the BCSSS
In November 2016 Amber Elkins visited the BCSSS, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the fields “Epidemiology & Biostatistics” in the School of Public Health and “Industrial and Systems Engineering” of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. As Expert in Computational Systems Modeling she supported BCSSS Managing Director Stefan…
Visiting Students and Outgoing Scholars | Cooperation with the Jiaotong University, Xi’an
Thanks to the cooperation with the Jiaotong University in Xi’an and a scholarship from the Chinese Research Council the BCSSS welcomed a new Phd student in autumn 2016. Liang Wang will stay in Vienna for two years. During his research on the notion of “Information” the BCSSS will support him…
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