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{{ISSS President | |||
|name=Ludwig von Bertalanffy | |||
|image= Ludwig_von_Bertalanffy.png | |||
|period=2022-2023 | |||
|service=[[ISSS Founder]] | |||
|previous_posts= | |||
|current_post=Director ... | |||
|degrees=BSc Economic Subjects, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1988<br> MSc (cum laude), Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1995<br>Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education (cum laude) from Unisa, 1998<br>PhD, Information Technology, University in Pretoria, 2005 | |||
|fields= Critical Systems Thinking<br>Information Technology<br>Data Science and Computing<br> Systems Thinking in Business Intelligence | |||
|universities=North-West University, South Africa | |||
|specializations=Systems Thinking in Business Intelligence | |||
|socioacademic=Philosophy, Higher Education<br>Implements humanitarian projects empowering Syrian refugees in the Netherlands and also projects in India on empowering women in the corporate world. | |||
|achievements=National Research Foundation Rating of B1 <br> Distinguished Excellence in Teaching Award in 2018<br>Supervised 12 MSc students and 9 PhD students | |||
|orcid=0000-0001-7255-465X | |||
|external_links= https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/computer-science-and-information-systems/roelien-goede | |||
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'''Ludwig von Bertalanffy''' 1901–1972)¹ was an Austrian theoretical biologist and philosopher whose interdisciplinary approach helped shape the modern understanding of complex systems³. | |||
Ludwig von Bertalanffy, together with Ralph Gerard (a biologist), Kenneth Boulding (an economist), and Anatol Rapoport (a mathematician) initiated in 1954 at the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences society the foundation of what is today the ISSS. | |||
Educated in philosophy, art history, and biology at the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna, Bertalanffy combined scientific rigor with deep philosophical inquiry. His influential publication, General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications (1968),² introduced a framework that impacted fields from biology and ecology to sociology and organizational management. Throughout his academic career—which took place in Austria, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States— he remained dedicated to bridging disciplinary boundaries.³ He also played a key role in founding the Society for General Systems Research, which later became the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS).⁴ | |||
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Ludwig von Bertalanffy 1901–1972)¹ was an Austrian theoretical biologist and philosopher whose interdisciplinary approach helped shape the modern understanding of complex systems³.
Ludwig von Bertalanffy, together with Ralph Gerard (a biologist), Kenneth Boulding (an economist), and Anatol Rapoport (a mathematician) initiated in 1954 at the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences society the foundation of what is today the ISSS.
Educated in philosophy, art history, and biology at the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna, Bertalanffy combined scientific rigor with deep philosophical inquiry. His influential publication, General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications (1968),² introduced a framework that impacted fields from biology and ecology to sociology and organizational management. Throughout his academic career—which took place in Austria, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States— he remained dedicated to bridging disciplinary boundaries.³ He also played a key role in founding the Society for General Systems Research, which later became the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS).⁴
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