Heinz von Foerster Society president Albert Müller passes on the legacy of the systems sciences
Albert Müller, a dear Austrian colleague, co-founder and president of the Heinz von Foerster Society in Vienna, passed away unexpectly on August 6 after a short illness. Throughout his life, he was dedicated to the safekeeping and to passing on the legacy of the systems sciences. As co-editor of the…
Call for Applications – Ludwig von Bertalanffy Young Scientist Award and Günther Ossimitz Memorial Award 2019
The Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science calls for your applications to apply for the Ludwig von Bertalanffy Young Scientist Award and Günther Ossimitz Memorial Award 2019. The Ludwig von Bertalanffy Young Scientist Award (YSA) is donated to researchers in recognition of the most promising contribution from philosophy,…
Guest Lecture on Systemic Psychology by Guido Strunk
Dipl.-Psych. Dr. phil. Dr. rer. pol. Guido Strunk gave a guest lecture on Systemic Psychology at the BCSSS on November 22nd 2018. He gave an insight to the complexity of human behaviour and human interaction. His book “Systemic Psychology – an Introduction to the Complex Basis of Human Behaviour” (2006)…
Innovation in Government – Behavioural Insights and Systems Thinking for Policy Making – an Invitation from the OECD
Stefan Blachfellner, BCSSS Managing Director, followed the personal invitation of The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) to the ‘Innovation in Government: Steps, leaps and bounds’ Conference, on 19th and 20th November 2018 in Paris, France at the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). OPSI convened…
Big Data – Epistemological Requests of Systems Science
On October 10th and 11th in 2018 the BCSSS became a Big Data Hub, where about 15 people of different disciplines came together in order to critically assess the fundamental epistemological potential of Big Data. The event dealt with a philosophical oriented, multidisciplinary examination as an epistemology of Big Data….
Opportunities and Limits of an Eco-Systems View beyond Socio-Ecological Systems
“Innovation and Optimization in Nature and Design” was the topic of #ISSS2018, the 62nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Science (ISSS) which took place at the College of Engineering of the Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, United States from 22nd to 27th of July 2018….
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