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…
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….
BCSSS Board member Ray Ison publishes new book on the hidden power of systems thinking
In times of great societal changes and challenges such as climate change, the need for new ways of thinking and acting have become urgent. Together with campaigner and writer Ed Straw, BCSSS board member and IFSR president Ray Ison has published a new book to uncover “The Hidden Power of…
Delegation from the Art Academy of Latvia show interest in systems science principles for design
On May 5, Master’s students from the Functional Design Department of the Art Academy in Riga, Latvia requested to visit the Bertalanffy Center for an introduction to systems science and design. They spent an internship of two months at hi-pe.at, design partner of the BCSSS, where they worked on pedestrian…
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…
Strong Participation of the BCSSS at the #ISSS2018 – 62nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Science
The BCSSS was strongly represented at the #ISSS2018 – 62nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Science, 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. David Rousseau, the current President…
“Systems Thinking” at the First Summer School of Thinking by the Montparnasse Initiative
Stefan Blachfellner represented the BCSSS together with Helene Finidori at the first summer school program by the Montparnasse Initiative – School of Thinking, which was hosted by the Center for Research and Interdisciplinary (CRI) in Paris, France from 12th to 18th July 2018. The summer school focussed on the exploration…
Executive Symposium on the Future of Mulitmodal Freight Transport
Stefan Blachfellner, Managing Director of the BCSSS, was invited by the European Commissioner for Transport to contribute to the Executive Symposium on the Future of Mulitmodal Freight Transport on Monday, 19th March, 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The symposium was one of the interactive and participative design symposia of the European…