Join our joint School of Thinking in Brussels and learn how systems thinking connects with further famous schools of thought
The First Summer School of Thinking by the Montparnasse Initiative in July 2018 in Paris was the first step of the today existing School of Thinking in Brussels, a program that is organised by the Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies (CLEA), a transdisciplinary research centre at the Vrije Universiteit…
Join our Bertalanffy Lecture and Conference Homo Digitalis
****UPDATE 3: You can download the documentation of the online conference here. ——- ***UPDATE 2: We have established the opportunity of an online meeting and thanks to the readiness of our experts will hold the meeting online on March 19, 9am to 12:30pm. If you want to join please visit…
Call for papers! WOSC & ASC Conference Moscow September 2020
In September 2020 two conferences on Systems Science and Cybernetics are taking place in Moscow. 18th WOSC Congress 16 – 18 September 2020 Systems approach and cybernetics, engaging the future of mankind – The significance Call for active participation Increasingly, people and institutions are recognizing the systemic nature of our…
New lecture series by BCSSS visiting scholar Cadell Last on ‘Systems Science and Subjectivity’
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…
The ISSS Conference 2019 – A buzzing hub for the BCSSS and scientists throughout the systems sciences
After both deep conversations and playful workshops at the American Society for Cybernetics Conference, Ray Ison (BCSSS Board member) and Angelika Schanda (BCSSS Program Manager) traveled south, from Vancouver, British Columbia to Corvallis, Oregon to attend the 63rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS). This…
Opportunities and Limits of an Eco-Systems View beyond Socio-Ecological Systems
“Innovation and Optimization in Nature and Design” was the topic of #ISSS2018, the 62nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Science (ISSS) which took place at the College of Engineering of the Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, United States from 22nd to 27th of July 2018….
ISSS 2018 Corvallis – Register now and meet BCSSS Members!
ISSS 2018 is getting closer! REGISTER NOW! DON’T MISS THE EARLY DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION ENDING WITH 15 MAY 2018! On this year’s theme “Innovation and Optimization in Nature and Design” we warmly invite you to share in the 62nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences in July…
Call for Proposals! 62nd ISSS World Conference 2018
ISSS 2018 Innovation and Optimization in Nature and Design 62nd Annual Conference and Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 22nd to 27th July 2018 Corvallis, Oregon, USA The ISSS 2018 will explore foundational discoveries about the nature of complex systems which are now arising from research in…