For more than five decades, Kybernetes has provided a scholarly home for pioneering research in
cybernetics and systems thinking. As the newly appointed co-editors-in-chief, we are honoured
to contribute to the legacy of this journal and guide it into a new phase of development. In this
editorial, we present our renewed vision for Kybernetes, clarify its epistemic and thematic
orientation, and outline the operational adjustments that will accompany this evolution.
Our aspiration is to position Kybernetes as the pre-eminent international journal for the
study of second-order cybernetics and systems-theoretical inquiry. Building on a strong
institutional foundation and a vibrant international community, we aim to foster conceptual
innovation, cross-disciplinary dialogue and self-reflective engagement with the manifold
challenges of organised complexity. We write this editorial to encourage submissions that
reflect these priorities, and to articulate the criteria and expectations that will guide our
editorial decisions.

Click here to read the full inaugural editorial.

Recommended citation: Roth S. and Sales A., (2025), Cybernetics and Systems Theories for the 21st Century. Introducing the New Aims and Scope of Kybernetes, Kybernetes, Vol. 54 No. 8, pp. 4071-4077 [SSCI 2.90, Scopus Q1, CABS*].