UNIDO: Global consultations on circular economy
Circular Economy Forum Austria of BCSSS participates in the discussions initiated by UNIDO for experts from Member States. The conversations serve to facilitate the exchange of best practices and innovations as well as the promotion and adoption of circular economy principles and practices by Member State industries.
Promoting a Systems Perspective at circle-17 Sustainable Startup Event
On the 27th of February a circle-17 matchmaking event took place which BCSSS Managing Director Stefan Blachfellner was invited to participate in. circle-17 is an initiative started by respACT and AustrianStartUps and focuses on helping corporations, NPOs and startups to develop solutions to urgent sustainability challenges. This event in particular…
Philosopher Cadell Last researches human evolution and the role of subjective problematics in the anthropocene
Cadell Last, a philosopher and host of the School of Thinking at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium worked with the Bertalanffy Center for an extended period of time in 2019 as one of the first early career researchers the Center intends to support with its Next Generation Program. He…
Unexpected insights about the European Union membership at the ‘15th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement’
The 15th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement: Looking back, looking forward on 8-9 April 2019 commemorated the first wave of new member states from Baltics, Central and South Eastern European countries to join the European Union in May 2004. The event celebrated the ties between East and West by…
Launch event “Design the Change” by designaustria Expert Cluster Sustainable Design
BCSSS Managing Director Stefan Blachfellner, member of the designaustria Expert Cluster Sustainable Design, introduced the Bertalanffy Center at the launch event of the event series “DESIGN the CHANGE!” in the designforum of designaustria. The focus of the event series DESIGN the CHANGE! is ecological sustainability in design. In an interactive…
Join the Journey – Mapping Patterns Landscape
The newly established BCSSS Research Group Systems Science and Pattern Literacy asks for your Expertise. Maria Lenzi & Helene Finidori, the Research Group Leaders, are ready to start their first project, “Mapping Patterns Landscape“. To ensure the completion of the intended “Patterns Landscape” by all domain specific approaches, we invite…
Vienna 2014 | Workshop | Current Problems of Systems Theory
The BCSSS organised a small workshop for invited guests with Rainer E. Zimmermann on May 30, 2014. Start of the workshop (photo: Wolfgang Hofkirchner) Zimmermann stayed during spring term as Researcher in Residence with the Bertalanffy Center. In the workshop he provided an overview of the studies he carried out when being…