Latest issue of Systemist
The Winter 2025 issue is available here
Newsletter start of 2026
Here is our newsletter for the start of 2026 – with details of our conference this year, webinars and other activities. It also covers membership of UKSS with our new fee structure. Read the newsletter
UKSS Annual Conference 2026
Planning for the UKSS 2026 annual conference is now well advanced. It will be held at Portsmouth University on the 17th of September. The conference theme is: Systems – addressing the challenges of the digital age Download the conference flyer here. We are pleased to emphasise that this year’s conference attendance will be free of charge for UKSS members, reflecting the society’s commitment to providing high-quality intellectual exchange as a core membership benefit.
Preprint version of the editorial for the SPAR edition
Here is a pre-print version of the editorial for the special issue of SPAR on soft systems methodology. Preprint version of the editorial for the SPAR edition You can access the full papers here: Systemic Practice and Action Research
Newsletter end of year 2025
Here is a recap of what has happened over the last year and a look ahead to 2026. Wishing you all a prosperous new year. Read our newsletter.
New Peter Checkland scholarship
News from LUMS. A new scholarship has been donated in the name of Emeritus Professor Peter Checkland the £5K scholarship, which was donated by a former student of Peter through the Team Lewis Foundation, will be awarded to one post-experience student per annum studying an MSc within the management science department.
UKSS Conference 5th Sept, 2025
Conference report Making Systems Work- breaking down the silos. See our conference details.
SSM Special Issue call for papers
Systemic Practice and Action ResearchSpecial Issue, Soft Systems; Theory and Practice. Guest Editor Frank Stowell See full details: [wpfilebase tag=file id=58 /] Submission guidelines see https://link.springer.com/journal/11213/submission guidelines Abstracts submitted by March 2025;Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited by May 2025 to submit the full paper via SPARsubmission system.
BS Labs symposium Jan 23/24 2025
9th Business Systems Laboratory International Symposium: TECHNOLOGY and SOCIETY. Boon or Bane? University of Insubria Varese, Italy January 23-24, 2025 https://bslab-symposium.net/ The scientific society Business Systems Laboratory (http://www.bslaboratory.net/ )is glad to announce the Call for Abstracts for the 9th International Symposium: “TECHNOLOGY and SOCIETY: Boon or Bane?” that will be held in Varese (Italy) at the University of Insubria Department of Economics, on January 23-24, 2025.
Systemist – special- call for papers
Call for papers – Special Issue of Systemist JournalSystems thinking education for professional practice? Please read the full details here. [wpfilebase tag=file id=56 /].