Mechanismen als Ursachen für gesellschaftliche Entwicklung
Social scientists are inclined to talk of social „mechanisms“ to designate that which brings about effects in the course of development. „Mechanisms“ are the causes for the reproduction of society and its transformation as well. However, „mechanisms“ are not strictly deterministic as mechanical causations might be. They depend on the…
Einladung zum Bertalanffy Symposium 2013
We heartly invite you to the upcoming 2nd Bertalanffy Symposium Emergence: Systems – Evolution – Information jointly organised by the BCSSS and the Working Group Information Studies at the Austrian Computer Society. The current worldview of complexity aims at understanding emergent phenomena. Austrian and international experts from different disciplines –…
Systems Sciences trifft Systems Engineering
A small group of international experts from both systems sciences and systems engineering met in the beginning of November for a six days conversation in a research retreat near Cómpeta (Malaga, Spain). Janet Singer, an independent researcher, member of the ISSS, convoked that group „to test the premise that more robust, coherent and effective…
León 2013 | Workshop | Social Networks
September 13-15, 2013, the University of León, León, Spain, held a workshop for students on „Social networks: from communication to solidarity (an interdisciplinary approach)“. It was organised by BCSSS Fellow José María Díaz Nafría. Two Board Members were invited to give talks. Wolfgang Hofkirchner introduced the notion of the Global…
Systems Sciences und die globalen Herausforderungen
These bubbles are the symbol for the EMCSR facilitated by the Bertalanffy Center: a self-organised meeting on sciences and technologies for the self-organisation of our future (photo: Scott Camazine) The next European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research is scheduled for 22-25 April 2014. As always, it will take place…
Gouverneur von Hai Phong in Wien und zu Gast bei der IFSR
Gary Metcalf, Stefan Blachfellner and Gerhard Chroust, International Federation for Systems Research officers (IFSR), established strong relations with Dr. Nguyen van Thanh, Governor of Hai Phong City of Vietnam at the 57th ISSS Congress in Hai Phong, July 2013. As a consequence Dr. Thanh and a delegation of 9 high-ranking…
Konferenz zu „Research Integration und Implementation“
Von 8. bis 11. September 2013 findet in Canberra, Australien, die erste weltweite Konferenz zu „Research Integration und Implementation“ statt. Eine Teilnahme ist online möglich oder während einer der Partnerkonferenzen in Deutschland, den Niederlanden oder Uruguay. Weitere Informationen dazu finden Sie hier. Organisatorin ist Gabriele Bammer, Leiterin mehrerer Institute an…
„Ich seh‘ etwas, was Du nicht siehst!“ Ein Radio Feature über systemische Ansätze
Am 21. Februar 2013 war in der Ö1 Radioreihe „Dimensionen – Die Welt der Wissenschaft“ (ORF, Österreichischer Rundfunk Fernsehen) ein fast 25minütiges Feature über systematische Ansätze zu hören, produziert von Mariann Unterluggauer. Nun können auch wir es präsentieren. Es ist in deutscher Sprache, mit dem Titel „Ich seh‘ etwas, was…
León 2013 | Advanced Training Course | University in the face of a complex world
On 15 May 2013, the School of Education of the University of León, Spain, held a training course for faculty members interested in transgressing their disciplines. Research and teaching strategies for confronting complexity were discussed, in particular, the role of systems theory as transdisciplinary methodology for the integration of sciences. From the BCSSS José…
León 2013 | Workshop | Open Systems Thinking
The University of León (ULE), Spain, offered a 20 hours extension course for its students on Open Systems Thinking. The programme was scheduled from 15 to 17 May 2013. Institutions involved included the National University of Distance Education (UNED) with its headquarter in Madrid. Accordingly, lectures were not only given face-to-face…
„Exploring Unity through Diversity“ No. 3 out now!
The book of Matjaž Mulej and co-authors on an application of their Dialectical Systems Thinking to economic innovation is available at different bookshops. Mulej, amongst others appointed member of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences, is famous for having formulated the „Law of Requisite Holism“. ISBN 978-1-938158-09-4 (zum Lesen…
Open Systems Thinking: at the crossroads of a complex world
Vo 15. bis 17. Mai 2013 konnten StundentInnen der Universität von León (ULE), Spanien, an einem 20stündigen Kurs zum Thema „Open Systems Thinking“ teilnehmen. Mitglieder des BCSSS waren vor Ort, um mit der interessierten StudentInnenschaft in Dialog zu treten. Weitere Informationen finden Sie here. BCSSS Partner José María Díaz Nafría…
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