Release | Special Issue of the JOCM on “Reprogramming. Observed with social systems theory”

Special Luhmann Conference 2025 issue of the Journal of Organizational Change Management on the theme of “Reprogramming. Observed with social systems theory” Click here for the issue as published on the JOCM website. Contributions Steffen Roth and Vladislav Valentinov: Reprogramming. Observed with social systems theory. An introduction Albrecht Fritzsche and Alexander Bohnert: Reprogramming healthcare digitally […]

Release | Special Issue of IT&P on “Coding Society: Programmatic Encounters Between Information Systems and Social Theory”

Special Luhmann Conference 2025 issue of Information Technology & People on the theme of “Coding Society: Programmatic Encounters Between Information Systems and Social Theory” Click here for the issue as published on the IT&P website. Contributions Dinesh Kumar and Nidhi Suthar: Programmes as decision premises in AI-mediated organisations: a social systems theory perspective Diane Laflamme: […]

Announcement | Luhmann Conference Programme 2026

The preliminary version of the programme for the Luhmann Conference 2026 at the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik is available for download here. Luhmann Conference 2026 Theme: Meaning. Observed with … Venue: Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik, Croatia Conference dates: 14–18 September 2026Pre-conference dinner: 14 September 2026 References: Andersen, N. A. (2003). The undecidability of decision. In Bakken T. and Hernes T. (Eds.) Autopoietic Organization Theory. Copenhagen Business […]

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CFP | Luhmann Conference 2026

Call for Papers Luhmann Conference 2026 Theme: Meaning. Observed with … Venue: Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik, Croatia Conference dates: 14–18 September 2026Pre-conference dinner: 14 September 2026 Submission Deadline: 15 May 2026 (Submissions are now closed). Conference Theme Coded as the distinction between actual and potential, meaning (Sinn) occupies a central position in Niklas Luhmann’s theory programme. As the shared medium in […]

CFP | IT&P | Coding society. Programmatic encounters between information systems and social theory

Special Issue of Information Technology & People (SSCI 5.6, Scopus Q1, CABS***, FNEGE***, VHB***) on Coding society. Programmatic encounters between information systems and social theory Guest Editors: Steffen Roth, Excelia Business School, France; University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Tilia Stingl de Vasconcelos Guedes, Vienna University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication, Austria; Next Society Institute, […]

CFP | JOCM | Reprogramming. Observed with social systems theory

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 […]

CFP | MD | Programmes in management and organisation. 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 […]

Announcement | Luhmann Conference 2025 Book of Abstracts

The Book of Abstracts for the Luhmann Conference 2025 at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, is available for download here.