The Future Information Society. New Book release
“The accelerated technological development of the modern society is not accompanied by an equally rapid growth in scientific insight, let alone foresight, into the impact of technology on the levels of society other than that of technological organization. […] The public use of the notion of “information society” has been reduced…
Vienna 2017 | Workshop | Systems Approaches to Information Ethics I
Within the framework of the Emergent Systems, Information and Society group, Tomáš Sigmund was invited to the Center to start the joint research project “Systems Approaches to Information Ethics”. In a three-day workshop during his stay in Vienna (23-27 January, 2017), Soft Systems Methodology (Checkland) and Critical Systems Heuristics (Ulrich) were…
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…
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…
Wolfgang Hofkirchner speaks at Duino Castle, Italy
Wolfgang Hofkirchner was invited to participate in a workshop at Duino Castle, Italy. The title of the workshop was “Information – Theory and Practice”. It was organised by physicists Hans Grassmann and Gerhard Luhn, and philosopher Klaus Kornwachs and sponsored by Isomorph srl and Qimonda. The three-day workshop held 19-21…
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