The Dutch Systems Group, or Netherlands Society for Systems Research or Systeemgroep Nederland, is a society in the Netherlands for systems theory

Systems theory

Systems theory is the transdisciplinary study of systems in general, with the goal of elucidating principles that can be applied to all types of systems at all nesting levels in all fields of research...

, and its applications. Systems theoretical problems the society focuses on are, for example evolution, innovation, selection, variation, translation, participation and methodological innovation.

Overview

The Dutch Systems Group was initiated by Ab Hanken and Gerard de Zeeuw

Gerard de Zeeuw

Gerard de Zeeuw is a Dutch scientist and professor Mathematical modelling of complex social systems at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.- Biography :...

 and others in 1970. The activities of the Dutch Systems Group, according to de Zeeuw]] (2006), made an important contribution to the introduction of the area of systems studies

Systems science

Systems science is an interdisciplinary field of science that studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science. It aims to develop interdisciplinary foundations, which are applicable in a variety of areas, such as engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences.Systems...

 in the Netherlands.

In the beginning of the 1980s the Dutch Systems Group cofounded the International Federation for Systems Research

International Federation for Systems Research

The International Federation for Systems Research is an international federation for global and local societies in the field of systems science...

 together with the international American based Society for General Systems Research

Society for General Systems Research

The Society for General Systems Research is predecessor of the current International Society for the Systems Sciences , known to be one the first interdisciplinary and international co-operations in the field of systems theory and systems science...

 and the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies.

During the 1970s the Dutch Systems Group published the refereed journal Systemica, edited by Ranulph Glanville

Ranulph Glanville

Ranulph Glanville is a British freelance researcher and theoretician in both architecture and cybernetics.- Biography :Glanville studied architecture at the Architectural Association from 1964 to 1971...

 and Gerard de Zeeuw

Gerard de Zeeuw

Gerard de Zeeuw is a Dutch scientist and professor Mathematical modelling of complex social systems at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.- Biography :...

.

Since the 1980s the Dutch systems group has held more than 18 conferences on systems science in Amsterdam. Together with the IFSR they organised biannual International Conferences.

The current president is Loet Leydesdorff

Loet Leydesdorff

Loet Leydesdorff is a Dutch sociologist, cyberneticist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. He is known for his work in the sociology of communication and innovation.- Biography :...

, and previous presidents were Gerrit Broekstra

Gerrit Broekstra

Gerrit Broekstra , is a Dutch scientist and professor in the field of organization behavior and systems sciences at the Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, Northwestern University, Chicago, and Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands.- Biography :Broekstra was born in 1941 in Alkmaar in Holland...

 for 8 years and Gerard de Zeeuw

Gerard de Zeeuw

Gerard de Zeeuw is a Dutch scientist and professor Mathematical modelling of complex social systems at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.- Biography :...

.

Annals of Systems Research

From 1971 until 1978 the Dutch Systems Group published the journal "Annals of Systems Research". This journal published "original papers in the field of general systems research, both of a mathematical and non-mathematical nature. Research reports on special subjects which are of importance for the general development of systems research activity as a whole are acceptable for publication". The journal was edited by Bob van Rootselaar.

External links

• Homepage Dutch Systems Group (in Dutch)