Established in 1998

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

President
Eva BUCHINGER, Austrian Institute Technology, Vienna, Austria, eva.buchinger@ait.ac.at
Vice-president
Margarita MAASS MORENO, Universidad Autónoma de México, Mexico
Secretary
Czeslaw MESJASZ, Cracow University of Economics, Poland
mesjaszc@uek.krakow.pl
Treasurer
Juan Miguel AGUADO, University of Murcia, Spain
Journal of Sociocybernetics Editor
Michael PAETAU, Germany, michael.paetau@sociocybernetics.eu
Newsletter Editor
Patricia ALMAGUER-KALIXTO, Mexico, palmaguer@labcomplex.net
Website Editor

Past Boards

RC07 Futures Research
RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology
RC36 Alienation Theory and Research

The biannual electronic Journal of Sociocybernetics, includes the RC51 Newsletter.

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


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