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Open Systems Thinking: at the crossroads of a complex world

BCSSS Board Members give lectures at a University of León course on systems. See more here.

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Call for Ludwig von Bertalanffy PhD Scholarship applications open now!

The Bertalanffy Center is in the position to offer a scholarship for PhD students enrolled in a doctoral programme at an Austrian university. The thematic orientation can belong to any academic field, as long as it promises to yield or … Continue reading

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Jennifer Wilby member of the Scientific Council

Jennifer Wilby (photo: Jennifer Wilby) Jennifer Wilby is the first female member of our Scientific Council (see here). She is a senior lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Programmes in the Business School at the University of Hull.  Jennifer is a Fellow … Continue reading

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Dissertation about Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s “general systemology”

David Pouvreau (see here), author of “The Dialectical Tragedy of the Concept of Wholeness”, volume 1 of our book series “Exploring Unity Through Diversity”, finished his dissertation with the title: “A history of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s ‘general systemology’ – Genealogy, … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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