The system approach principle places individual system elements in their environments and observes the relationships between them. Instead of studying a specific phenomenon first – an automobile ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3- Good health and wellbeing. The paradigms of action theory and control theory dominate both science and practice, based on the belief ...

ABSTRACT. This paper presents a conceptual tool, or heuristic, for describing the epistemological context for social learning within complex social–ecological systems. The heuristic integrates several ...

The world is experiencing more catastrophic weather events with greater frequency. As vulnerable populations continue to face the consequences of climate change, world leaders are faced with the ...

The article addresses post-communist transformations in Central and Eastern Europe through the conceptual apparatus of Luhmann’s social systems theory, which sees increasing functional differentiation ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a new approach to applying thermodynamics to microscopic quantum systems.

The traditional approach treats digital transformation as a checklist: gather requirements, select technology, deploy and ...

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Family systems therapy, also called family therapy, is a psychotherapy treatment that focuses on the relationships between family members. Family systems therapy uses a different approach than many ...