2012
Call for Papers: »Liquid Democracy
This is a call for papers of the The "Jounal of Sociocybernetics" for a thematic issue on "Liquid Democracy". We want to focus the question if new media, especially so-called »social media«, may overcome the traditional dichotomy between parliamentary representative democratic tradition and grassroots oriented plebiscitary democratic elements. This issue has been primarily debated under the term of »Liquid Democracy«. It stands for the idea to make democracy more liquid, more transparent and more flexible. The complete Call for Papers you will find here.
Call for Papers: »Complexity of Migration"
The "Jounal of Sociocybernetics" (ISSN 1607-86667) is a peer reviewed, electronical journal published biannually - Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter - by the Research Committee on Sociocybernetics (RC 51) of the International Sociological Association (ISA). One of the next Issues of the JoS will be concerned with the woldwide problem of migration respectively with the problem of governance of migration. You can download the complete Call for Papers here.
Call for Papers: Second ISA-Forum, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012
Sociocybernetics Sessions
Second ISA Forum of Sociology on Social Justice and Democratization (Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2012). RC51 will organize four sessions: Sociocybernetic Principles: Technology & Ecology & Globalization (session organizer: Eva Buchinger), Modern Sociological Systems Theory in Social Practice - Applications to Societal Problems (session organizer: Karl-Heinz Simon), Systemic perspective to think knowledge and cultural management development (session organizer: Margarita Maass), »Diaspora« and Complexity of Migration (session organizer: Michael Paetau), Observing, Measuring and Reconstructing Emergent Meaning (session organizer: Liliana Ramírez Ruiz), Sociocybernetic approach to democratization processes (session organizer: José A. Amozurrutia) and a slot for presenting two books "Society, Ciberculture and Sociocybernetics" and "Sociology on the move" (session organizer: Margarita Maass). Abstract submission: from 25th of August to 15th of December 2011. Please check ISA Forum website for more information.
