Conversations

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

IFSR Conversations, Conversation Theory and Dialogue – An annotated bibliography by M. Shelton, 2023

Systems: from science to practice – proceedings of the IFSR Conversation 2018
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Proceedings of the IFSR Conversation 2018 available! IFSR proudly announces the availability of the Proceedings of the IFSR Conversation 2018 (St. Magdalena, Linz, April 8 – 13, 2018) under the title ‘Systems: from science to practice’ edited by Gary S. Metcalf, […]

Other Intellectual Approaches and commentary as well as further links
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Isaacs, William. ‘DIALOGUE: THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE THINKING’. The Systems Thinker 4, no. 3 (1993). Laszlo, Alexander. ‘Conversations Communities in Context: A Retrospective Prospective’. Constructivist Foundations 11 (1 November 2015): 54–56. Schein, Edgar H. ‘The Process of Dialogue: Creating Effective Communication’. The […]

Conversation Theory: Pask and Second-Order Cybernetics
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Pask, Gordon. Conversation Theory: Applications in Education and Epistemology. Amsterdam ; New York: Elsevier, 1976. Pangaro, Paul. ‘Why Do We Want To Live In Cybernetics?’ Cybernetics and Human Knowing 23, no. 2 (2016): 9–21. Glanville, Ranulph. ‘SECOND ORDER CYBERNETICS’. In Encyclopedia of Life […]

The Banathy Conversation Methodology and the IFSR Conversations
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Edson, Mary. ‘What Is the IFSR Conversation?’ Official Newsletter of the International Federation for Systems Research, 2015. When asked about the value the IFSR brings to the Systems Community, the answer can sound heavy. After all, the IFSR serves as the umbrella […]

Any information we are missing?
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Please get in touch with Maddie Shelton, at maddie.shelton@ifsr.org our community curator, Sebastian Wolf, at community@ifsr.org

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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

IFSR Conversations, Conversation Theory and Dialogue – An annotated bibliography by M. Shelton, 2023

Systems: from science to practice – proceedings of the IFSR Conversation 2018
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Other Intellectual Approaches and commentary as well as further links
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Conversation Theory: Pask and Second-Order Cybernetics
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The Banathy Conversation Methodology and the IFSR Conversations
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Any information we are missing?
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Systems Change starts here

Meeting the complexity of the 21st century and the challenges of the Anthropocene makes system thinking inevitable.

Be part of the whole!

Executive Committee 2024/2026

President: Ray Ison (Australia)
Secretary General: Louis Klein (Germany)
VP: Pamela Buckle (Canada, USA)
VP: Nam Nguyen (Vietnam, Australia)
VP: Rika Preiser (South Africa)
VP: Philippe Vandenbroeck (Belgium)

Past presidents

1980: George J. Klir
1984: Robert Trappl
1988: Gerrit Broekstra
1992: Gerard de Zeeuw
1994: Bela H. Banathy
1998: Michael C. Jackson
2000: Yong Pil Rhee
2002: Jifa Gu
2006 Matjaz Mulej
2008 Matjaz Mulej
2010 Gary S. Metcalf
2012 Gary S. Metcalf
2014 Gary S. Metcalf
2016 Mary C. Edson

Fellows

Gary Metcalf
Robert Trappl
Gerhard Chroust
Mike Jackson
Gerard de Zeeuw
Jifa Gu

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

IFSR Conversations, Conversation Theory and Dialogue – An annotated bibliography by M. Shelton, 2023

Systems: from science to practice – proceedings of the IFSR Conversation 2018–

Other Intellectual Approaches and commentary as well as further links–

Conversation Theory: Pask and Second-Order Cybernetics–

The Banathy Conversation Methodology and the IFSR Conversations–

Any information we are missing?–

Systems: from science to practice – proceedings of the IFSR Conversation 2018
–

Other Intellectual Approaches and commentary as well as further links
–

Conversation Theory: Pask and Second-Order Cybernetics
–

The Banathy Conversation Methodology and the IFSR Conversations
–

Any information we are missing?
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