“Ich seh’ etwas, was Du nicht siehst!” A radio feature on systems approaches
An almost 25-minutes broadcast on oe1 (Österreichischer Rundfunk Fernsehen) featured different systems approaches. It was produced by Mariann Unterluggauer for the series “Dimensionen – Die Welt der Wissenschaft”. It was on air on 21 February 2013. Now we can present it. It’s in German, its title: “Ich seh’ etwas, was du…
Bertalanffy and Vernadsky
Vladimir I. Vernadsky is the Russian founder of Biogeochemistry. He died in 1945. On the occasion of his 150th birthday several scientific institutions met at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin for a conference on 15th March 2013 (at the same building Vernadsky held two lectures in 1927). Wolfgang Hofkirchner…
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…
Vienna 2012 | European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research 2012 (emcsr 2012)
From 10 to 13 April 2012 the Campus of the University of Vienna was the venue of the emcsr 2012. 168 academics and practitioners attended the conference as well as 17 journalists (13 of whom were in training at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg) (click here and…
Vienna 2012 | European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research 2012 (EMCSR 2012)
From 10 to 13 April 2012 the Campus of the University of Vienna was the venue of the EMCSR 2012. 168 academics and practitioners attended the conference as well as 17 journalists (13 of whom were in training at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg) (click here and…
Systems experts gathered in Vienna: Systems thinking – what’s it for?
On 10 November 2011 the Bertalanffy Center was host of 20 international systems theorists and practitioners, among them leading representatives of systems movement organisations like the President of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences (IASCYS), Matjaz Mulej; the representative of the European Union for Systemics (UES/EUS), Pierre Bricage;…
Vienna 2011 | Ludwig von Bertalanffy 110 Aniversary
In 2011 there was the 110th anniversary of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s birthday. Thanks to sufficient funding, the BCSSS could organise two LvB 110 Events on 9 and 10 November 2011 and invite renown systems theorists from abroad. On the eve of a one-day symposium David Pouvreau held a public lecture…
Systems Movement Organisations Agree on Strengthening Cooperation
Representatives of five international organisations met on the occasion of the 8ème Congrès International de l’Union Européenne de Systemique in Brussels from 20 to 22 October: • Andrée Piecq, President of the European Union for Systemics (UES) • Gerhard Chroust, Secretary General of the International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR)…
“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…
Vienna 2001 | Bertalanffy’s 100 Anniversary Conference (BAC 2001)
Bertalanffy Anniversary Conference 2001 The very first call to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Bertalanffy’s Birthday were essentially concerned with the conceptual of General Systems Weltanschauung as an indispensable framework needed for helping the humans to search how to make sustainable the dynamics of their civilization. The first announcement was…
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…
BCSSS Co-Organiser of Beijing Science of Information Conference
Beijing, China, 21-24 August 2010 The Bertalanffy Center is, together with other institutions, co-organiser of a conference held in Beijing, China, 21-24 August 2010. The topic is “Towards a New Science of Information”. The background of the conference is the growing movement for the founding of a transdisciplinary field dealing…
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