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International Sociological Association
Research Committee on Sociocybernetics RC51
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Established in 1998

Objectives
It is the main objective of the RC to promote the development of (socio)cybernetic theory and research within the social sciences. Sociocybernetics is broadly defined here as including first- and second-order cybernetics, general systems theory, and various combinations and variations of these that can be subsumed under the term "the emerging sciences of complexity", to the extent these can be applied to the subject matter of the social sciences.

Statutes revised, June 2009 [PDF file, 71KB]

RC51 website

Board 2006-2010
President
Bernard Scott, Cranfield University, United Kingdom, b.c.e.scott@cranfield.ac.uk
Vice-President
Eva Buchinger, ARC system research GmbH, Austria
Secretary
Chaime Marcuello, Zaragoza University, Spain, chaime@unizar.es
Treasurer
Diane Laflamme, Canada
Journal Editor (CHK)
Soeren Brier, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Journal Editor (JoS)
Karl-Heinz Simon, University of Kassel, Germany
Newsletter Editor
Cor van Dijkum, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Website Editor
Barry Gibson, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Research Promotion
Michael Paetau,Fraunhofer AIS, Germany
Young Scientists Promotion
Dario Menanteau, University of Minnesota,St. Paul, USA
Publications
Vessela Misheva, Uppsala University, Sweden
Members by Office
Organizer 2007 conference
Juan Miguel Aguado,Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Organizer 2008 conference
Margarita Maass Moreno, UNAM, Mexico
Organizer 2009 conference
RC51 World Congress Programme Coordinator
Margarita Maass, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, maass@labcomplex.net
Honorary President
Felix Geyer,University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Past President
Bernd R. Hornung, Marburg University Hospital, Germany

Past Boards

Cross Interest
RC07 Futures Research

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research

Forthcoming Activities
XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology

Newsletter
The biannual electronic Journal of Sociocybernetics, includes the RC51 Newsletter, and will be  published in March and September on the RC51 website. Editorial board: Cor van Dijkum, Felix Geyer and Richard Lee.

awards
Walter Buckley Memorial Award for Excellence in Presenting Sociocybernetics of Research Committee on Sociocybernetics, RC51

Membership
Dues category A countries: USD 25 (students USD 15) for a 4-year period.
Dues category B and C countries: USD 10 for a 4-year period.
A life membership in RC51 is a onetime payment of USD 50 (USD 20 for country caegory B or C) after the age (60) when ISA life-membership becomes possible according to the ISA rules.
ISA membership registration form is available on https://secured.com/~f3641/formisa.htm

 
2007-07-09
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