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Join our Bertalanffy Lecture and Conference Homo Digitalis

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Angelika Schanda Posted in Calls, Human Digitalization, Lectures, Meetings

***UPDATE 2: We have established the opportunity of an online meeting and thanks to the readiness of our experts will hold the meeting online on March 19, 9am to 12:30pm. If you want to join please visit https://zoom.us/j/213680378. The program…

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Call for papers! IRDO 2020, Maribor. Personal and Social Responsibility for Sustainable Future

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Tess Marja Werner Posted in Calls, Circular Economy Systems, Socio-Ecological Systems and Design

Call for papers! 15th IRDO International Science and Business Conference 4 – 5 June 2020 Maribor, Slovenia Social Responsibility and current Challenges 2020: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE IRDO – Institute for the Development of Social Responsibility, in…

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BCSSS Board member Ray Ison publishes new book on the hidden power of systems thinking

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Angelika Schanda Posted in Publications, Socio-Ecological Systems and Design

In times of great societal changes and challenges such as climate change, the need for new ways of thinking and acting have become urgent. Together with campaigner and writer Ed Straw, BCSSS board member and IFSR president Ray Ison has…

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BCSSS becomes an active supporter for a digital humanism

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Angelika Schanda Posted in Human Digitalization, Meetings

Upon concluding a year of an intriguing workshops series concerned with new technological developments the BCSSS joins a movement supporting a new digital humanism. The center became an official supporter of the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism. The manifesto is…

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BCSSS Circular Economy Systems team contributes to the Academy for Circular Economy in Belgrade

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Stefan Blachfellner Posted in Circular Economy Systems, Lectures, Socio-Ecological Systems and Design

BCSSS Research leaders Ladeja Godina Košir, Karin Huber-Heim and Stefan Blachfellner have been invited to contribute to the co-design of the ACE Circular Economy Academy in Belgrade, Serbia, after the successful 4th Circular Change conference in May 2019 in Slovenia.…

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Review of the 4th International Circular Change Conference 2019 Maribor

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Tess Marja Werner Posted in Circular Economy Systems, Meetings, Socio-Ecological Systems and Design

Maribor, Slovenia, May 16th and 17th 2019. The 4th edition of the International Circular Change Conference was at the same time a celebration of successes and best practices, a meeting of the global “circular community”, and a platform that sent…

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4th Circular Change Conference in Maribor showcases how to succeed as a business in the Circular Economy

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Angelika Schanda Posted in Calls, Circular Economy Systems

Current challenges for humanity make a transition from a linear to a circular economy inevitable. But how may such a large-scale system change succeed, overcoming diverging interests of various societal groups, legal barriers, competition with conventional businesses and other constraints?…

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Research Group System Science and Pattern Literacy – 2018 Activity Report

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Helene Finidori Posted in Systems Science and Pattern Literacy

The Group’s Objectives and Organization The BCSSS Research Group System Science and Pattern Literacy was launched in October 2017 by Maria Lenzi and Helene Finidori to bring together researchers and practitioners from different fields interested in the connection between patterns and…

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