On 23 April 2026, we will convene for the first-ever Wolfson Tool Factory meeting—an experimental workshop dedicated to the co-production of theory-based management and consulting tools. This event is supported by the Wolfson College Research Networks. The idea is simple but ambitious: To bring together social (systems) theorists and consultants working with for-profit, non-profit, and […]
Read more "Event | Wolfson Tool Factory"The Next Society Institute Limited (in foundation) conducts and supports research on the structures and semantics of modern societies, with a particular focus on social systems theory and its contemporary extensions. Its formal establishment will be marked by an inaugural meeting held at Clare College, University of Cambridge, on Thursday, 05 March 2026.
Read more "Event | Inaugural Meeting of the Next Society Institute Limited"I look forward to sharing my thoughts on how digitalisation reshapes social theory at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. Title: Digital Transformation of Social Theory Date: 25/11/2025 Venue: Gatsby Room (Chancellor’s Centre), Wolfson College, Barton Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom & Teams Overview: This talk outlines a programme to build a universal social theory machine: a […]
Read more "Talk | Can social theory run like code? @Wolfson College, University of Cambridge"Special Issue of the Journal of Organizational Change Management (SSCI 2.7, Scopus Q2, CABS**, FNEGE**, VHB***) on Reprogramming. Observed with social systems theory Guest Editors: Steffen Roth, Excelia Business School, France; University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Vladislav Valentinov, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies, Halle, Germany; Next Society Institute, Kazimieras Simonavičius University, Lithuania […]
Read more "CFP | JOCM | Reprogramming. Observed with social systems theory"Special Issue of Management Decision (SSCI 5.1, Scopus Q1, CABS**, FNEGE**, VHB***) on Programmes in management and organisation. Observed with social systems theory Guest Editors: Steffen Roth, Excelia Business School, France; University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, roths@excelia-group.com Augusto Sales, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, Brazil; Yale University, United States of America, augusto.sales@fgv.br Closing date for manuscripts submission: 31/01/2026 The issue […]
Read more "CFP | MD | Programmes in management and organisation. Observed with social systems theory"The Book of Abstracts for the Luhmann Conference 2025 at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, is available for download here.
Read more "Announcement | Luhmann Conference 2025 Book of Abstracts"The preliminary version of the programme for the Luhmann Conference 2025 at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, is available for download here.
Read more "Announcement | Luhmann Conference Programme 2025"I am honoured to be joining Wolfson College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, as a Visiting Fellow today! See you at Wolfson, for instance for our Niklas Luhmann Reading Group meeting in mid-April.
Read more "Membership | Wolfson College, University of Cambridge"Niklas Luhmann Reading Group: Session 4 Date: 14th of March 2025. Time: 14:00-17:00 GMTVenue: University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 8PQ, United Kingdom Please check talks.cam for details and updates. This session’s topic: Action Society is often imagined as a collective of acting and interacting individuals. Social order, in this […]
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