Walter Buckley Memorial Award for Excellence
Award for Excellence in Presenting Sociocybernetics of Research Committee on Sociocybernetics (RC51)
Research Committees
RC51 Sociocybernetics
Contact RC51 at isa-rc51@isa-sociology.org
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.
Board 2024 - 2027
| President | Saburo AKAHORI, Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan, akahori@lab.twcu.ac.jp | |
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| Vice-President | Dalila CEREJO, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal | |
| Secretary | Andrew MITCHELL, Kumamoto University, Japan, mitchell.andrewneil@gmail.com | |
| Treasurer | Jorge CARDIEL, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico, jorgecardiel@comunidad.unam.mx | |
| Newsletter Editor | Satoshi IGUCHI, Chuo University, Japan, siguchi05@gmail.com (Advisor Member, co-opted) | |
| Online Communications Managers | Luciano GALLÓN, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia, luciano.gallon@hotmail.com (Advisor Member, co-opted) Patricia Eugenia ALMAGUER-KALIXTO, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, almaguer@unizar.es (Advisor Member, co-opted) |
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| Membership Development | Raija KOSKINEN, Hame University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), Finland (Advisor Member, co-opted) | |
| Past President | Patricia Eugenia ALMAGUER-KALIXTO, University of Zaragoza, Spain | |
Program Coordinators for 5th ISA Forum of Sociology 2025 are:
Dalila CEREJO, dalilacerejo@fcsh.unl.pt
Saburo AKAHORI, akahori@lab.twcu.ac.jp
Andrew MITCHELL, mitchell.andrew.neil@gmail.com
Publications
The Journal of Sociocybernetics is available here.
Membership
Dues for a 4-year period:
Category A countries: USD 25 (students USD 15)
Category B and C countries: USD 10
Table of countries per category
A life membership in RC51 is a one-time payment of USD 50 (USD 20 for country category B or C) after the age (70) when ISA life membership becomes possible according to the ISA rules.
Interested in joining? Start your membership by visiting: https://members.isa-sociology.org/login
Newsletter
Available on RC51 website.