Several BCSSS members have been invited to the Systemic Inquiry on Governing the Anthropocene. Cybersystemic Possibilities?
The Systemic Inquiry ‘Governing the Anthropocene. Cybersystemic Possibilities?’ was held at Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover from 30-31st July 2015. Stefan Blachfellner (BCSSS Managing Director and IFSR Vice President), David Rousseau (BCSSS Scientific Council Member), Felix Tretter (BCSS Fellow), Thomas Wallner (BCSSS Board Member), and Liss C. Werner (BCSSS Research Group Leader)…
BCSSS contributes to the International Society for Information Studies Summit 2015
The Bertalanffy Center was – besides many other organisations – co-organiser of the ISIS Summit Vienna 2015, held at the Vienna University of Technology and including a floating part on the Danube. The focus of that event that attracted almost 400 people, mainly scientists, but also entrepreneurs and activists, was on…
The systems view of health care. Felix Tretter at the 11th Conference of the Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies 10-11 July 2015, Athens
(photo show by courtesy of HSSS) The Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies (HSSS) has organized its 11th National & International Conference. The topic oft this year was “Systemics and Health Care”. The conference had a track for representation and discussion of national projects. Several issues were discussed such as Health Care…
New edition of Bertalanffy’s “General System Theory”
George Braziller published a new edition of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s “General System Theory” (GST) – a collection of publications representative for the life work of the father of a new approach to the understanding of the world and of a new practice for intervening in the world. That publication is…
On the foundations of systems
The project on the “Metaphysics of Emergence” has yielded a milestone. Scientific Council member Rainer E. Zimmermann published the first volume of a three-volumes book publication on the topic. The manuscript was finalised during Zimmermann’s stay in Vienna as Researcher in Residence last year. It deals with philosophical and mathematical…
Call for papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Consumer Policy on System Perspectives on Sustainable Consumption Policies
Guest Editors: André Martinuzzi, WU Vienna, Austria Lucia Reisch, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark Submission of papers: September 30th, 2015 Planned publication: September 2016 (No. 3) Prospective contributors are invited to discuss their ideas informally with the special issue editors (contact: andre.martinuzzi@wu.ac.at). Research on sustainable consumption in general and on…
“Designing Design” at the Digital Bauhaus Summit 2015, a contribution in collaboration with the BCSSS
After a successful first public appearance at the Information Studies Summit in June 2015 in Vienna, we were proud to be invited at the Digital Bauhaus Summit for the Creative Economy on Designing Society in July 2015 Weimar, Germany. Liss C. Werner from Tactile Architecture Berlin, co-leader of the BCSSS…
The governance of communicative spaces in Europe in times of crisis
Asimina Koukou is writing a Phd thesis on “The governance of communicative spaces in Europe in times of crisis”. Her research concentrates on the role of social movements in the transformation of society through the use of social media. At the core of her work is the notion of public…
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