BCSSS Scientific Council member Rainer E. Zimmermann is invited to give a talk in the Vienna Jour Fixe „Simulation komplexer Systeme“, run by Manfred Füllsack. Zimmermann will talk about „Metaphysics of Emergence“. In the abstract he writes: „During the last fifteen years we can observe a progressive convergence of physics, biology,…

Manfred Drack is invited to give a talk at the Arbeitskreis Information Studies of the Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft about problems of systems biology. In particular, he will discuss the system conception of Paul Weiss (see here). Title: „Systemdenken bei Paul A. Weiss“ (in German) Venue: Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft, Room C1,…

Franz Pichler, Prof. emeritus, was recently nominated as Honorary Member of the Bertalanffy Center. Educated as mathematician, in 1972 he was appointed Professor of Systems Theory at the Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. He is known for applying systems theory to information technology. Two times he was Visiting Professor for General Systems Theory at the…

Thanks to Michel Saint-Germain another 12 boxes made their way from Gisèle Bertalanffy’s home in Lindsay, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Vienna, Austria. Our archivist will find among others letters, diaries of Maria von Bertalanffy, slides and 8 mm shoots made by Ludwig von Bertalanffy, and the patent of nobility. Gisèle Bertalanffy showing…

On 14 June Professor Gabriele Bammer is visiting our Center. She will give a talk with the title: „The Challenges of Integration and Implementation in Systems Approaches to Complex Problems. Would a New Discipline Help?“ For Integration and Implementation Sciences click here: http://i2s.anu.edu.au/. Gabriele Bammer (photo: http://epress.anu.edu.au/author/gabriele-bammer) Gabriele Bammer is Director of…

Please, follow! Click on the image! (photo: emcsr) From 10 to 13 April 2012 the Campus of the University of Vienna was the venue of the EMCSR 2012. 168 academics and practitioners attended the conference. The focus was on the self-reflection of the field against the background of urgent global…