The BCSSS fosters research in the field of system sciences and supports system thinking.

• It administrates the archive of Ludwig von Bertalanffy and makes it open to the public.
  
• It administrates also other collections which are of interest to the systems movement.
• It carries out and supports reserach projects in the field of systems science.
• It carries out and supports scientific activities like lectures, workshops, conferences and international cooperations of scientists interested in general system theory and related fields.