-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] 17th UKSS International Conference 2013 Datum: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:29:17 +0000 Von: Christine Welch christine.welch@port.ac.uk An: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org
Call for Papers
17^th UK Systems Society International Conference, St Anne?s College, Oxford, UK; September 9-11 2013
The theme of this year?s conference is ?Systems and Society: ideas from practice?.
Living In the 21st century, it is difficult for anyone to be unaware of the interconnectedness of ?things?. To take just one example widely covered in the Press, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 had far reaching consequences, causing extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats, to the Gulf's fishing and tourism industries, and hence to the livelihoods of many people in the USA and Mexico. The subsequent White House commission reported that /"The root causes are systemic and, absent significant reform in both industry practices and government policies, might well recur" /(The Telegraph, 5 January 2011)/./ This shows that there is a great need for effective Systems thinking, and that it is vital for industry, government, academics and practitioners to engage with one another. Society, which transcends any national boundaries, requires appropriate tools for systemic inquiry, together with both a spirit of collaboration and the political will for change.
Systems tools, techniques and methodologies can only be helpful in addressing real world problems if there is opportunity for feedback from companies and government agencies on their use, usefulness and usability in practical contexts. There is a continuing need for Systems research to take existing ideas forward and build on them so that they remain relevant to the kinds of problems faced by new generations.
Contributions are invited from all sections of the Systems community, whether concerned with Information Systems, management systems, environmental systems or development and application of theory in Systems or cybernetics. These could be accounts of the kinds of problems faced by organizations for which Systems tools are required; presentations of feedback on use of systemic approaches to tackle such problems; suggested new approaches or adaptations to those we already know; or developments in Systems theory to inform our thinking for the future.
Abstracts and proposals, or full papers are invited by May 31 2013
For further details, visit http://www.ukss.org.uk or email conference2013@ukss.org.uk mailto:conference2013@ukss.org.uk