Open Systems Thinking: at the crossroads of a complex world
From May 15th to 17th 2013 the University of León (ULE), Spain, offered a 20 hours extension course for its students on “Open Systems Thinking”, BCSSS experts gave lectures. Further information please find here. BCSSS Fellow José María Díaz Nafría moderates the course (photo: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic) The Bertalanffy Center provided also staff…
Accelerated change in the “Morphogenic Society”?
The Centre for Social Ontology (CSO) held its second workshop on social morphogenesis at the EPFL in Lausanne from 16th to 18th January 2013. As collaborator of the CSO since January 2012, Wolfgang Hofkirchner elaborated on systems aspects of current trends ascribed to society. He contended that, in line with…
Rainer E. Zimmermann on “Metaphysics of Emergence”
BCSSS Scientific Council member Rainer E. Zimmermann is invited to give a talk in the Vienna Jour Fixe “Simulation komplexer Systeme”, run by Manfred Füllsack. Zimmermann will talk about “Metaphysics of Emergence”. In the abstract he writes: “During the last fifteen years we can observe a progressive convergence of physics, biology,…
Manfred Drack on roots and problems of Systems Biology
Manfred Drack is invited to give a talk at the Arbeitskreis Information Studies of the Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft about problems of systems biology. In particular, he will discuss the system conception of Paul Weiss (see here). Title: “Systemdenken bei Paul A. Weiss” (in German) Venue: Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft, Room C1,…
Gabriele Bammer: A new discipline for “Integration and Implementation Sciences”?
On 14 June Professor Gabriele Bammer is visiting our Center. She will give a talk with the title: “The Challenges of Integration and Implementation in Systems Approaches to Complex Problems. Would a New Discipline Help?” For Integration and Implementation Sciences click here: http://i2s.anu.edu.au/. Gabriele Bammer (photo: http://epress.anu.edu.au/author/gabriele-bammer) Gabriele Bammer is Director of…
The Morphogenetic Project and Self-Organisation
Margaret Archer, the Director of the Centre for Social Ontology at the École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne, is the leader of the so-called Morphogenetic project. The morphogenetic approach is a social theory attempt to understand change in society in the perspective of critical realism (follow that link: http://cdh.epfl.ch/page-37105-en.html). The usage of the term…
“Ludwig von Bertalanffy 110” Events
The BCSSS has organised two events on the occasion of the anniversary of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s birthday. • Public Lecture David Pouvreau, author of “The Dialectical Tragedy of the Concept of Wholeness – Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s Biography Revisited” (2009), speaks about General systemology as founded and developed by Ludwig von…
BCSSS Lectures “Uncommon Sense in Thinking Society”
Lectures by Michel Saint-Germain and Franz Hörmann’ The Bertalanffy Center invites to attend the 2 lectures: – Michel Saint-Germain, Professor emeritus, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa: “The result-oriented organisation: a critical look from a Bertalanffian perspective” (paper, presentation) – Franz Hörmann, Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Accounting and Statistics,…
Wolfgang Hofkirchner invited to Oxford to talk about sustainability from the perspective of complexity
The Japanese Uehiro Foundation and the Oxford Uehiro Centre invited Hofkirchner to the 2010 Uehiro/Carnegie/Oxford Conference on Information Ethics: Future of Humanities. He is going to speak about “Sustainability and self-organization: sustainability seen in the perspective of complexity and systems science and ethical considerations”. Other speakers include Toru Nishigaki, Rafael…
Lecture by Carl Smith
DBL Interactive – A new on-line tool for Bringing Bayesian Networks to the world, Carl Smith (School of Integrative Systems, The University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA; President Elect of the Australian Bayesian Network Modelling Society) DBL Interactive – A new on-line tool for Bringing Bayesian Networks to the world Bayesian networks…
Manfred Drack invited to a talk at the IFK
The International Research Center for Cultural Studies (IFK) invited Manfred Drack to give a talk on: Weiss, Bertalanffy, Riedl – A Viennese School of System Thinking in Biology
Chroust and Hofkirchner attending IASCYS General Assembly in Chengdu
Chroust and Hofkirchner attended the first General Assembly of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences held in Chengdu, Sichuan, China from 25. to 27.10.2010. The School of Business and Administration of the Sichuan University hosted the event. Chroust and Hofkirchner gave lectures, Chroust on “Systemic aspects of choosing…
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