The “Praxis of Co” in an Anthropocene-World

What does it mean to value ourselves in relation to others in a world defined by entanglement? How can the “praxis of co” become a guiding orientation for navigating Anthropocene conditions? And what role does the cybersystemic community play in cultivating this orientation across scales of practice, governance, and inquiry? These questions form the entry point to the 2025 agenda for the cyber-systemic community.

The 2025 agenda argues that the Anthropocene exposes the insufficiency of individualistic, mechanistic frameworks. Instead, what is needed is a practice grounded in relationality, what the 2025 agenda terms the “praxis of co.” This praxis emphasises co-existence, co-creation, and co-responsibility, not as optional ethical stances but as conditions for survival and flourishing in complex, interdependent systems. The cyber-systemics community is called upon to acknowledge and work with these entanglements, developing forms of knowledge and action that embrace interbeing.

Key to the 2025 agenda is recognising that value arises not from isolated entities but from relationships. The agenda highlights how systemic crises, ecological, social, and political, reveal the limitations of separationist logics. By contrast, the praxis of co draws on traditions of systems thinking, cybernetics, and indigenous wisdom to foster collective sense-making and adaptive capacity. It invites humility, reflexivity, and responsiveness to more-than-human worlds.

The paper positions the cyber-systemic community as a convener of such praxis, bridging epistemic traditions and nurturing transformative practices. Its core message is that in the Anthropocene, systemic value lies not in the singular “I” but in the emergent “we” that arises through co-engagement.

Klein, Louis, Pamela Buckle, Nam Nguyen, Rika Preiser, Philippe Vandenbroeck, and Ray Ison. ‘Valuing Who We Are in Relation to Others: The “Praxis of Co” in an Anthropocene-World. The 2025 Agenda for the Cybersystems Community’. Systems Research and Behavioral Science 41, no. 6 (2024): 946–51. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3087.