Register to join the Circular Economy Conference for the Alps Adriatic region
The Slovenian Economic Assoication invites to a Circular Economy Conference for the Alps Adriatic region on February 5, where BCSSS Research Group leader Ladeja Godina Košir will hold a keynote on success factors for pioneers in the circular economy. The event is set at the beautiful Klopeiner lake in St….
On the way to the 8th European Environmental Program Action Paper – Catalysing a Just Transition to a One Planet Economy
On Monday, 10th of December, Stefan Blachfellner, Managing Director of the BCSSS, was invited to attend the first follow-up event by the Austrian Umweltdachverband (UWD, Environmental Umbrella Organisation) and the Europen Environment Bureau (EEB): Presentation and discussion of the 8th European Environmental Program Action Paper. The 8UAP Action Paper is…
Is there still a distinction between a Human and a Robot?
The IEEE (“Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers” – the world’s largest professional association) recently published Version 2 of Ethically Aligned Design: A Vision for Prioritizing Human Well-being with Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (A/IS), produced by the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems. This initiative consists of…
New book on “Social-ecological systems”
BCSSS Fellow Felix Tretter published a new book. It’s an edited volume on systems approaches towards social-ecological systems, a field called in German “Humanökologie”. Though ecology seems to be the role model for the application of systems thinking, the volume shows that there is still an academic and a professional debate…
“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…