Conference on “Research Integration and Implementation”
In Canberra, Australia, the first global conference on Research Integration and Implementation is scheduled for September 8-11, 2013. You can be part of the conference online or at a co-conference in Germany, the Netherlands or Uruguay. Further information please find here. The conference is organised by Gabriele Bammer. She is…
“Ich seh’ etwas, was Du nicht siehst!” A radio feature on systems approaches
An almost 25-minutes broadcast on oe1 (Österreichischer Rundfunk Fernsehen) featured different systems approaches. It was produced by Mariann Unterluggauer for the series “Dimensionen – Die Welt der Wissenschaft”. It was on air on 21 February 2013. Now we can present it. It’s in German, its title: “Ich seh’ etwas, was du…
“Exploring Unity through Diversity” No. 3 out now!
The book of Matjaž Mulej and co-authors on an application of their Dialectical Systems Thinking to economic innovation is available at different bookshops. Mulej, amongst others appointed member of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences, is famous for having formulated the “Law of Requisite Holism”. ISBN 978-1-938158-09-4 (to read…
Open Systems Thinking: at the crossroads of a complex world
From May 15th to 17th 2013 the University of León (ULE), Spain, offered a 20 hours extension course for its students on “Open Systems Thinking”, BCSSS experts gave lectures. Further information please find here. BCSSS Fellow José María Díaz Nafría moderates the course (photo: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic) The Bertalanffy Center provided also staff…
Bertalanffy and Vernadsky
Vladimir I. Vernadsky is the Russian founder of Biogeochemistry. He died in 1945. On the occasion of his 150th birthday several scientific institutions met at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin for a conference on 15th March 2013 (at the same building Vernadsky held two lectures in 1927). Wolfgang Hofkirchner…
Accelerated change in the “Morphogenic Society”?
The Centre for Social Ontology (CSO) held its second workshop on social morphogenesis at the EPFL in Lausanne from 16th to 18th January 2013. As collaborator of the CSO since January 2012, Wolfgang Hofkirchner elaborated on systems aspects of current trends ascribed to society. He contended that, in line with…
Charles François received Honorary Membership of the Bertalanffy Center
The first volume of the 2004 edition of the Encyclopedia The editor of the well-known International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics (because of the cross-references of the entries a work put together in hyperlink style apt for the electronic age), Charles François, was elected honorary member of the Bertalanffy Center. He had donated in…
Manfred Drack on roots and problems of Systems Biology
Manfred Drack is invited to give a talk at the Arbeitskreis Information Studies of the Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft about problems of systems biology. In particular, he will discuss the system conception of Paul Weiss (see here). Title: “Systemdenken bei Paul A. Weiss” (in German) Venue: Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft, Room C1,…
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