Nutzen-Risiko-Kommunikation bei Corona: Aspekte der Optimierung
Vorschlag für und Bericht von einem interdisziplinären Video-Meeting von Felix Tretter & Stefan Blachfellner am 1. Februar 2021. Grundsätzlich stellt sich die Frage, wie eine Wissensgesellschaft ihre Konsensbruchstellen überwinden kann, nicht nur beim Klimawandel, sondern jetzt wieder beim Thema Corona. Die Wissenschaft (also auch die Medizin) als Wissensquelle ist institutioneller…
A systemic view on the Corona-crisis revisited by BCSSS Vicepresident Felix Tretter
A SYSTEMIC VIEW ON THE CORONA-CRISIS Felix Tretter, Vicepresident, BCSSS, (April 25th, updated on December 3rd 2020) Revisited Preface Now in fall 2020, I think it is time to review lessons learned from CVOID-19 crisis. Facing the beginning Corona pandemic in spring 2020 I tried to identify topics for analysis…
Neue Publikationen von BCSSS Vorstandsmitglied Ray Ison
Wir sind stolz darauf, den aktuellen Beitrag “Systemic ‘biodiversity’ governing” von unserem BCSSS Vorstandsmitglied Ray Ison zusammen mit Ed Straw und der Applied Systems Thinking in Practice (ASTiP) Group, STEM Faculty, The Open University, UK in der neuen Publikation “Seeds of Change – inspiring a new research agenda for life…
A systemic view on the Corona-crisis by BCSSS Vicepresident Felix Tretter
A SYSTEMIC VIEW ON THE CORONA-CRISIS Felix Tretter, Vicepresident, BCSSS, (April 25th) Preface The so-called “Corona-crisis” is a shocking reset-push for the global society. Fundamental nature-humans relations that up to now seemed to be controlled by technology and society are currently disrupted by this “communicable disease”. With other words: the…
A great and generous mind passes on: Charles François and his legacy
In the beginning of August, sad news reached us about the passing of Charles François, a long term colleague and friend to the BCSSS. He passed away on July 31st in a hospital in Buenos Aires in the loving prescence of his family. François was one of the most important…
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…
Article on the Contribution of the Systems Sciences to the Humanities by BCSSS President Alexander Laszlo is now available online
Alexander Laszlo, BCSSS President, has, together with Ervin Laszlo published an article on “The Contribution of the Systems Sciences to the Humanities”, in 2003. The full article is now availabe online. Summary. The article presents the systems sciences as a field of inquiry and discusses the way in which it…
Leadership and Systemic Innovation
Alexander Laszlo, BCSSS President, presented at the 14ª Congreso Brasileña de Sistemas in Goiania, UFG (Universidade Federal de Goias), Brazil, from 25th to 26th October. His keynote presentation was on “Leadership and Systemic Innovation: Socio-Technical Systems, Ecological Systems, and Evolutionary Systems Design.” Alexander also published an article by the same name in the International Review…