About WOSC

The World Organization for Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC) – Organization Mondiale pour la Systémique et la Cybernétique (OMSC), is an association of people and organizations that promote systems thinking and cybernetics around the world.
 
WOSC was founded in 1969, with the desire to support the communication of people and organizations related to systems thinking and cybernetics around the world.
 
 

Congresses

WOSC actively facilitates the organization of triennial congresses across diverse regions globally, aiming to enhance its local presence and foster collaboration among members of the systems and cybernetic communities. These congresses are orchestrated and overseen by local institutions, including universities, scientific organizations, and specialized institutions within specific countries. The responsibility for securing agreements with these local institutions for the execution and management of the congresses lies with the Management Committee.

Complexity, Organisation

WOSC actively encourages initiatives aimed at expanding the application of systems thinking and cybernetics in managing complexity within various types of organizations. Through the Norbert Wiener Institute, WOSC provides support for its members in publishing reports, projects, papers, and communications. These efforts are facilitated through WOSC's official journal, its website, and other networking tools. The Institute also lends its support to activities held at WOSC's congresses and other relevant educational, research, and development gatherings.

WOSC and Society

WOSC deems it legitimate to play a role in aligning policy processes at the local, regional, and global levels, aiming to amplify the impact of systems thinking and cybernetics for the benefit of society. However, WOSC strictly refrains from involvement in political campaigns or endorsing political parties or candidates for public office.

WOSC’s
Purposes

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    To promote and foster global and local collaboration of parties interested
    in Systems and Cybernetics, aiming at the inclusion of
    representatives from all parts of the world.

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    To co-operate with other organisations in matters related
    to Systems Thinking and Cybernetics.

     

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    To organise triennial congresses in different parts of the world.

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    To make apparent the effectiveness of methods of Systems
    and Cybernetics in all areas of social systems and management,
    modern technology and the sciences in general

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    To promote educational programs devoted to the distribution
    of knowledge and information of Systems and Cybernetics.

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The Congress is finished, but materials will be published soon on Youtube

 

 

 

Shaping collaborative ecosystems for tomorrow

The complexity of interactions and relationships in our world have consistently surpassed our ability to fully comprehend and govern. The presence of intelligent tools, both in the digital and physical realms, is progressively enhancing our capacities to act on personal, organizational, national, and international levels, leading to both intended and unintended consequences. Collectively, these changes are reshaping our primary habitat—the planet Earth—at a speed and scale that necessitate earnest consideration. In the midst of uncertainty, the development and utilization of these new capabilities would greatly benefit from CyberSystemic approaches and methods of learning. This advancement is crucial for fostering a sustainable understanding and taking actions to avert major threats to our civilization.

Therefore, Congress's submissions are encouraged but not constrained by the following themes:

 

1 Enhancing Active Citizenship and democratic processes

1.1 Enabling Active Citizenship
1.2 Enhancing democratic processes

2 Integrating ecological, social, and economic dimensions of organizational governance and management

2.1 Systemic Governance and Management
2.2 Exploring the nexus of ecology, society, and economics in organizational governance
2.3 A Shift in paradigm: how the Viable System Model shapes collaborative, self-governing organisations and networks

3 Combining Physical, Digital, Natural, and Artificial worlds into CyberSystemic ontologies

3.1 AI in the environment of uncertainty
3.2 CyberSystemic examination of Interactions, relationships, and agents of change 

4 Learning to develop new personal and organisational capabilities

4.1 Cybernetic and Systems Education: Past, Present and Future

 

Publications

Accepted abstracts will be published in the electronic WOSC 19th Congress 2024 book of abstracts. 

After the congress closes, a selection of congress full papers will be published in a Book published by Emerald. Fully developed papers can be submitted for special issues in scientific journals indexed in Thomson JCR, Scopus, RISC, VAK,  listed below. Submission of papers congress resulting from the WOSC congress will comply with the publishing standards of these publications.

Special issue in Kybernetes Special issue in Systems Research and Behavioural Science  Journal of Knowledge Management Monography, published by Emerald Special issue in Systems

Submissions to journals follow their individual editorial policies. Special issues of selected journals and papers are expected to be published during 2024-26.

Keynotes

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