“Transforming Systems through Design” marked the cornerstone for a new research group at the BCSSS
On June 6th 2015 the newly established Research Group on Socio-Ecological Systems and Design led by Stefan Blachfellner at the BCSSS contributed to the International Society for Information Studies Summit at the Technological University in Vienna with a track and workshop on Transforming Systems through Design. The workshop was held…
Thomas Bugnyar presents “Raven politics” at the BCSSS
On 11 December 2015, at 16:15, the Bertalanffy Center, Paulanergasse 13, 1040 Vienna, hosts the Austrian Computer Society Information Studies Working Group with a talk by Thomas Bugnyar. He is Professor for Cognitive Ethology and head of the Department for Cognitive Biology at the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University…
From Civilisation to the Information Society – Social Development at the Crossroads
The overall theme of the EMCSR 2014 was “Civilisation at the Crossroads: Response and Responsibility of the Systems Sciences”. Now the Bertalanffy Center is supporting another conference in Vienna that variegates that theme: “The Information Society at the Crossroads – Response and Responsibility of the Sciences of Information”. This new…
Vienna 2014 | Rainer E. Zimmermann | On the Foundations of Systems
On 5 June, 2014, Rainer E. Zimmermann was invited to give a special talk in the Lunchtime Scientific Series, organised by the HCI Group of the Institute for Design and Assessment of Technology at the Vienna University of Technology. The talk gave a broad overview of philosophical considerations that are…
Mario Bunge on “Quantum Physics” and on “Mind”
Mario Bunge, EMCSR keynote speaker and winner of the Ludwig von Bertalanffy Award in Complexity Thinking 2014, was invited to hold two additional talks during his stay in Vienna. Both events were co-organised by the BCSSS. Anton Zeilinger, President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, invited Bunge to the Vienna branch of…
Rainer E. Zimmermann Researcher in Residence
Rainer E. Zimmermann, member of the BCSSS Scientific Council, joins our current team in Vienna. Between April and June 2014 he is Researcher in Residence, working with us on different issues related to the project on the foundations of emergence.
Invitation to the European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research 2014
The Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science proudly presents the upcoming European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research 2014, 22-25 April 2014 in Vienna. It is the second time we are responsible for the co-production of the most distinguished systems organizations and communities in the world, in addition…
Systems Sciences and the global challenges
These bubbles are the symbol for the EMCSR facilitated by the Bertalanffy Center: a self-organised meeting on sciences and technologies for the self-organisation of our future (photo: Scott Camazine) The next European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research is scheduled for 22-25 April 2014. As always, it will take place…
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