This is part three of our “Getting to know…” series, in which we invite you to learn more about our speakers and participants. You can find Part 1 presenting some of our keynote speakers here and Part 2 here. The…
Getting to Know…EMCSR Speakers Part III
Tagged with: 2012, co-creation, complexity, cybernetics, emergence, innovation, strate, sustainability, systems research, systems theory
Last-Minute News & Updates for EMCSR 2012!
1. Bertalanffy Center awards prize to Edgar Morin In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of complexity thinking, the Bertalanffy Center will award a prize to Edgar Morin. The award ceremony will take place at the forthcoming…
One Week Until EMCSR 2012: News and Updates for Participants and Attendees
>> This is a message from Wolfgang Hofkirchner, Chair of the EMCSR 2012 << Dear Participants and Attendees, this year’s EMCSR is coming closer, only a few more days until we all gather in Vienna. With this, I would like…
Getting to Know…EMCSR Speakers Part II
This is part two of our “Getting to know…” series, in which we invite you to learn more about our speakers and participants. You can find part one presenting some of our keynote speakers here. The speaker profiles include interesting…
Tagged with: 2012, architecture, complexity, creative thinking, cybernetics, management, self-organizing systems, systems theory
Zdenka Zenko
Zdenka Ženko Ph. D. is Assistant Professor of Innovation Theory and System Theory at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia. She teaches courses in innovation management, system theory, methods for creative thinking and decision making, research…
Tagged with: 2012, complexity, Creative processes, ethics, management, sustainability, systemic approach, systemic thinking, systems theory
Andree Piecq
Andrée Piecq graduated from the Free University of Brussels in the faculty of psychology. During 20 years, she led a parallel career as a therapist, teacher, trainer and speaker in systems analysis. In 1975 she co-founded a center for marital…
Tagged with: 2012, complexi, emergence, systemic approach, systems research, transdisciplinary field
Carlos Gershenson
Carlos Gershenson is a Mexican researcher. He has a wide variety of academic interests, including self-organizing systems, complexity, artificial life, evolution, cognition, artificial societies, robotics, and philosophy. He is a full time researcher and head of the Computer Sciences Department…
Tagged with: 2012, complexity, cybernetics, interdisciplinary, self-organizing systems, systems research
Ranulph Glanville
Ranulph Glanville is a British freelance researcher and theoretician in both architecture and cybernetics. He studied architecture at the Architectural Association from 1964 to 1971. He completed a PhD in cybernetics at Brunel University in 1975, and obtained a second…
Looking back…Systems Theory and Ludwig von Bertalanffy
Since we had a closer look at the beginnings of Cybernetics with regard to the Macy Conferences a couple of weeks ago, we now contribute this blogpost to Systems Theory, its history and background especially with regard to the pioneer…
Getting to Know…EMCSR Keynote Speakers
In order to familiarize yourself a bit with some of the speakers and participants at this year’s meetings, we’re providing you with a series of in-depth profiles. They include valuable background information, links for further reading and interesting interviews. This…
