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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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Groundbreaking new apprenticeship program promotes systems science principles in practice

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Angelika Schanda Posted in Lectures, Socio-Ecological Systems and Design, Systems Medicine and Health Care Systems

Building on a 2017 initiative by Ray Ison, BCSSS board member, IFSR president and professor at the Open University UK, in convening a meeting of employers from which emerged an employer-led Trailblazer Committee, the UK the Institute for Apprenticeships &…

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Is there still a distinction between a Human and a Robot?

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Wolfgang Hofkirchner Posted in Emergent Systems Information and Society, Publications, Uncategorized

The IEEE (“Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers” – the world’s largest professional association) recently published Version 2 of Ethically Aligned Design: A Vision for Prioritizing Human Well-being with Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (A/IS), produced by the IEEE Global Initiative on…

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