Release | When Programmes Disagree About Programmes: Large Language Models, Code Poetry, and the Problem of Programme–Programme Communication

Abstract: Purpose: This article examines the theoretical implications of organisational decisions being increasingly prepared, filtered, produced through or attributed to computational programmes rather than individual human actors. It asks under what conditions interactions between such programmes may be analysed as communicatively consequential and what this implies for management and organisation theory.Design/methodology/approach: The article develops a conceptual analysis […]

Event | When Programmes Disagree About Programmes: Code Poetry and the Problem of Programme–Programme Communication

What happens when programmes interpret programmes? As decision-making becomes increasingly mediated by computational procedures, interactions between programmes themselves come into view as a potential site of communication. This workshop explores the challenge of programme–programme communication through the case of code poetry—an artefact that simultaneously invites formal execution and semantic interpretation. Drawing on a moderated dialogue […]

Event | Wolfson Tool Factory

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 […]

Talk | Can social theory run like code? @Wolfson College, University of Cambridge

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 […]

Announcement | Luhmann Conference Programme 2025

The preliminary version of the programme for the Luhmann Conference 2025 at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, is available for download here.

Membership | Wolfson College, University of Cambridge

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.

CFP | Luhmann Conference 2025 in Cambridge

Call for papers to the Luhmann Conference 2025 Topic: Programmes. Observed with social systems theory Venue: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Submission deadline (abstracts): 15 May 2025Conference dates: 09-12 September 2025Pre-conference dinner: 08 September 2025 Supported by the Next Society Institute at Kazimieras Simonavicius University, European Sociological Association and the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik. To download this Call for Papers, please click […]