65th Annual Meeting for the International Society of the Systems Sciences Call for Submissions
In our 65th year, and as one of the oldest and premier professional societies dedicated to systems thinking and systems science, we invite you to join us as we seek to build wider collaborations with other systems and systems related organizations and communities. Please submit your contribution to the ISSS 2021 conference.
Call for Papers, Workshops, and Presentations
We are seeking papers and presentations covering areas of systems science, use of systems approaches in applications or subject sciences (natural and social), concept or position papers, and speculative (novel) thinking. Most submissions should indicate a target SIG venue. If, however, there may not be a suitable SIG, the proposal may be considered for non-aligned paper sessions. Submissions related to the theme of the conference are especially encouraged, but not required.
Paper/Presentation categories
Category 1: Complete papers and presentations regarding completed work. A selection of authors will be invited to submit an extended/reworked or updated version of the presented paper for review to the Systems Research and Behavioral Science (SRBS, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991743a) special issue known as the ISSS Yearbook.
Category 2: Reports and presentations on work-in-progress, preliminary results and directions of future work. Full reports suitable for the proceedings of the conference.
Category 3: Presentations of proposed concepts, position papers/essays, or speculative thoughts.
All three categories require extended abstracts (up to 500 words) with submission, abstracts to be published in the conference proceedings. Category 1 requires full paper submissions for peer review. Categories 2 and 3 may be proposals for presentations only (except in the case of position papers or essays). All abstracts will be reviewed by SIG chairs.
Requests to plan other paper and workshop sessions should be sent to admin@isss.org no later than June 15, 2021. All abstracts must be submitted to https://journals.isss.org/
Abstract acceptance MUST be obtained prior to submitting full papers.
Full papers for the double-blind peer reviewed sessions should be submitted after acceptance of the abstract but no later than June 15th, 2021, with the abstracts submitted no later than April 30, 2021. Notice of acceptance will be given no later than May 15 2021.
Earlier submissions will lead to earlier notifications as the ISSS will review and approve proposals on a rolling basis.
Planned SIG Session Streams
If you wish to submit a paper, presentation or workshop in a stream not reflected in this list, please email admin@isss.org for more information.
- Action Research
- Balancing Individualism and Collectivism
- Crises and Disaster
- Critical Systems Theory and Practice
- Designing Educational Systems
- Digital Product-Service Systems (IS/ICT)
- Health and Systems Thinking
- Hierarchy Theory
- Human Systems Inquiry
- Leadership and Systemic Innovation
- Living Systems Science
- Organizational Transformation & Social Change
- Relational Science
- Research towards General Theories of Systems
- Science, Spirituality and Systems Science
- Socio-Ecological Systems & Design
- Student SIG
- Systemic Ethics
- Systems Applications in Business and Industry
- Systems Biology and Evolution
- Systems Modelling and Systems Engineering
- Systems Pathology
- Systems Philosophy
- Viable Systems Model (VSM)
- Another category, not seen here.
Important Dates
April 30, 2021. Deadline for abstracts of papers for double peer-reviewed sessions
May 15 2021. Notification of abstract acceptance and invitation of full papers for double peer-reviewed sessions.
June 15, 2021.The final deadline for abstracts of developing work sessions, recognizing that abstracts may not be developed into full papers for this conference.
June 15, 2021. The deadline for poster abstract submission. No more than 3 posters may be submitted.
June 15, 2021. The deadline for panel, workshop and stream proposals.
June 15, 2021. The deadline for full papers for double peer-reviewed sessions.
