Note: Due to the rollout of TU Wien’s new publication database, the list below may be slightly outdated. Once the migration is complete, everything will be up to date again.

2021

• Transhumanism and Philosophy of Technology / Papagni, G. (2021). Transhumanism and Philosophy of Technology. In W. Hofkirchner & H.-J. Kreowski (Eds.), Transhumanism: The Proper Guide to a Posthuman Condition or a Dangerous Idea? (pp. 49–64). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56546-6_3

2020

• A paradigm shift for the Great Bifurcation / Hofkirchner, W. (2020). A paradigm shift for the Great Bifurcation. BioSystems, 197, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2020.104193

2019

• Social relations: Building on Ludwig von Bertalanffy / Hofkirchner, W. (2019). Social relations: Building on Ludwig von Bertalanffy. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 36(3), 263–273. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2594

2017

• World netizenship or barbarism / Hofkirchner, W. (2017). World netizenship or barbarism. Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.3390/is4si-2017-03945
• Imagined futures gone astray. An ontological analysis / Hofkirchner, W. (2017). Imagined futures gone astray. An ontological analysis. Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.3390/is4si-2017-03957
• Information from physics to social science / Hofkirchner, W. (2017). Information from physics to social science. European Physical Journal - Special Topics, 226(2), 157–159. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2016-60373-6
• Transdisciplinarity needs systemism / Hofkirchner, W. (2017). Transdisciplinarity needs systemism. Systems, 5(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems5010015
• The rationale for complexity thinking and emergentist systemism / Hofkirchner, W. (2017). The rationale for complexity thinking and emergentist systemism. Philosophy of Education, 20(1), 43–51. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/146180
• Information for a Global Sustainable Information Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2017). Information for a Global Sustainable Information Society. In W. Hofkirchner & M. Burgin (Eds.), The future information society (pp. 11–33). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/57279
• Introduction: Sociology of Information Processes and the Development of Society / Hofkirchner, W., & Burgin, M. (2017). Introduction: Sociology of Information Processes and the Development of Society. In W. Hofkirchner & M. Burgin (Eds.), The future information society (pp. 1–7). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/57278
• Introduction: Omnipresence of Information as the Incentive for Transdisciplinarity / Hofkirchner, W., & Burgin, M. (2017). Introduction: Omnipresence of Information as the Incentive for Transdisciplinarity. In W. Hofkirchner & M. Burgin (Eds.), Information studies and the quest for transdisciplinarity (pp. 1–7). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/57277
• Creating common good: The Global Sustainable Information Society as the Good Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2017). Creating common good: The Global Sustainable Information Society as the Good Society. In M. S. Archer (Ed.), Morphogenesis and Human Flourishing (pp. 277–296). Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/29633
• The rationale for complexity thinking and emergentist systemism / Hofkirchner, W. (2017). The rationale for complexity thinking and emergentist systemism. In Human in complexity (pp. 229–237). Universitetska Kniga Kiev. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/29632
• Information studies and the quest for transdisciplinarity: unity through diversity / Hofkirchner, W., & Burgin, M. (Eds.). (2017). Information studies and the quest for transdisciplinarity: unity through diversity. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/24385
• The future information society: social and technological problems / Hofkirchner, W., & Burgin, M. (Eds.). (2017). The future information society: social and technological problems. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/24384

2016

• Relationality in Social Systems. Social Relations in the Focus of Social Theory / Hofkirchner, W. (2016). Relationality in Social Systems. Social Relations in the Focus of Social Theory. In W. Li (Ed.), “Für unser Glück oder das Glück anderer”, Vorträge des X. Internationalen Leibniz-Kongresses, Hannover, 18.-23. Juli 2016 (pp. 235–243). Georg Olms Verlag. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/56192
• The Commons and Global Sustainable Information Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2016). The Commons and Global Sustainable Information Society. In W. Baier, E. Canepa, & E. Himmelstoss (Eds.), the Enigma of Europe (pp. 173–182). Merlin Press. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/29162
• Ethics from Systems: Origin, Development and Current State of Normativity / Hofkirchner, W. (2016). Ethics from Systems: Origin, Development and Current State of Normativity. In M. S. Archer (Ed.), Morphogenesis and the Crisis of Normativity (pp. 279–295). Springer International Publishing Switzerland. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/29161

2015

• Information for a Global Sustainable Information Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2015). Information for a Global Sustainable Information Society. IS4IS Summit Vienna 2015: The Information Society at the Crossroads - Response and Responsibility of the Sciences of Information, Wien, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86261
• “Mechanisms” at Work in Information Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2015). “Mechanisms” at Work in Information Society. In M. S. Archer (Ed.), Social Morphogenesis (pp. 95–112). springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13773-5_5
• Ethics for a Global Sustainable Information Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2015). Ethics for a Global Sustainable Information Society. In G. Chroust (Ed.), IDIMT 2015. Information Technology and Society, Interaction and Interdependence (pp. 281–288). Trauner Verlag. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/56380
• "Mechanisms" at Work in the Information Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2015). “Mechanisms” at Work in the Information Society. In M. S. Archer (Ed.), Generative Mechanisms Transforming the Social Order (pp. 95–112). Springer. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/28953

2014

• The commons from a critical social systems perspective / Hofkirchner, W. (2014). The commons from a critical social systems perspective. Recerca. Revista de Pensament i Anàlisi., 14, 73–92. https://doi.org/10.6035/recerca14.4
• "Global Sustainable Information Society" - Vision for the Future / Hofkirchner, W. (2014). “Global Sustainable Information Society” - Vision for the Future. Academics, 188(1), 254–258. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/157802
• Civilisation at the crossroads / Hofkirchner, W. (2014). Civilisation at the crossroads. European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research EMCSR 2014, Vienna, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85987
• Information as relation and structure / Hofkirchner, W. (2014). Information as relation and structure. Understanding Matter, palermo, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85986
• Why freedom of information is not enough / Hofkirchner, W. (2014). Why freedom of information is not enough. Freedom of Information under Pressure, wien, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85985
• Idiotism and the Logic of the Third / Hofkirchner, W. (2014). Idiotism and the Logic of the Third. In M. Lakitsch (Ed.), Stae of Peace Conference 2013 (pp. 55–76). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/55070
• Epistemology and the Study of Social Information Within the Perspective of a Unified Theory of Information / Hofkirchner, W. (2014). Epistemology and the Study of Social Information Within the Perspective of a Unified Theory of Information. In F. Ibekwe-SanJuan & T. M. Dousa (Eds.), Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (pp. 51–69). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6973-1_3
• On the Validity of Describing ‘Morphogenic Society’ as a System and Justifiability of Thinking About It as a Social Formation / Hofkirchner, W. (2014). On the Validity of Describing ‘Morphogenic Society’ as a System and Justifiability of Thinking About It as a Social Formation. In M. S. Archer (Ed.), Social Morphogenesis (pp. 119–141). Springer International Publishing Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03266-5_6
• Potentials and Risks for Creating a Global Sustainable Information Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2014). Potentials and Risks for Creating a Global Sustainable Information Society. In C. Fuchs & M. Sandoval (Eds.), Critique, Social Media and the Information Society (pp. 66–75). Routledge. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/28541
• Civilisation at the Crossroads, Response and Responsibility of the Systems Sciences / Hofkirchner, W. (Ed.). (2014). Civilisation at the Crossroads, Response and Responsibility of the Systems Sciences. Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/23925

2013

• Emergent information - when a difference makes a difference / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). Emergent information - when a difference makes a difference. TripleC: Communication, Capitalism and Critique, 11(1), 6–12. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/154711
• Some perspective problems of Information Science. Towards a Global Sustainable Information Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). Some perspective problems of Information Science. Towards a Global Sustainable Information Society. Perspectives of information in Global Education as a new approach in the 21st century, FIS/ISIS 2013, Moscow University of Humanities, Non-EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85768
• History and prospects of development of the international cooperation in the field of studying of fundamental problems of Information Science. Remarks / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). History and prospects of development of the international cooperation in the field of studying of fundamental problems of Information Science. Remarks. Perspectives of information in Global Education as a new approach in the 21st century, FIS/ISIS 2013, Moscow University of Humanities, Non-EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85767
• Emergent information. The quest for a Unified Theory / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). Emergent information. The quest for a Unified Theory. Simulation komplexer Systeme, Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Wien, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85771
• Global Consciousness - the global brain in the perspective of a global sustainable information society / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). Global Consciousness - the global brain in the perspective of a global sustainable information society. ECCO Seminar, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85770
• 'Global Sustainable Information Society' - Vision for the Future / Hofkirchner, W., & Jahn, R. (2013). “Global Sustainable Information Society” - Vision for the Future. International Conference on Philosophy of Information, Xi´an, China, Non-EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85769
• Vernadsky's concept of the Noosphere within the perspective of systems theory / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). Vernadsky’s concept of the Noosphere within the perspective of systems theory. Vom Mineral zur Noosphäre, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85766
• The validity of describing 'Morphogenic society' as a system and justifiability of thinking about it as a social formation / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). The validity of describing “Morphogenic society” as a system and justifiability of thinking about it as a social formation. `Morphogenic Society´ as a potential new social formation?, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Non-EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85765
• Facing Complexity - General System Theory / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). Facing Complexity - General System Theory. Curso de extensión: Pensamiento sistémico abierto, Universidad de León, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85763
• Foundations of hope for a Global Sustainable Information Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). Foundations of hope for a Global Sustainable Information Society. Curso verano: Redes Sociales 2013 (De la communicación a la solidaridad), Universidad de León, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85764
• Transdisciplinarity by complexity thinking / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). Transdisciplinarity by complexity thinking. Curso de formacion: La Universidad frente a un mundo complejo, Estrategias científicas y docentes para confrontar la complejidad, Universidad de León, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85762
• Emergent information / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). Emergent information. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/23611
• Self-Organisation as the Mechanism of Development and Evolution in Social Systems / Hofkirchner, W. (2013). Self-Organisation as the Mechanism of Development and Evolution in Social Systems. In M. S. Archer (Ed.), Social Morphogenesis (pp. 125–143). Springer. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/28214

2012

• Sustainability and self-organisation / Hofkirchner, W. (2012). Sustainability and self-organisation. In T. Nishigaki & T. Takenouchi (Eds.), Information ethics (pp. 190–217). V2 Solution. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/54483
• Empathy / Hofkirchner, W. (2012). Empathy. In D. Favareau, P. Cobley, & K. Kull (Eds.), A more developed sign (pp. 119–122). Tartu University Press. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/27809
• emcsr book of abstracts / Hofkirchner, W., Blachfellner, S., & Bichler, R. (Eds.). (2012). emcsr book of abstracts. Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/23612

2011

• Emergent information. Some system-theoretical considerations about an integrative information concept / Hofkirchner, W. (2011). Emergent information. Some system-theoretical considerations about an integrative information concept. International Journal Information Theory and Applications, 18, 50–55. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/163217
• General System Theory and Complex Systems Philosophy / Hofkirchner, W. (2011). General System Theory and Complex Systems Philosophy. Systems in Biology, Universität Wien, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85282
• Emergent Information. When a Difference makes a Difference... / Hofkirchner, W. (2011). Emergent Information. When a Difference makes a Difference... the difference that makes a difference, milton keynes, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85281
• Communities of Action and the Message Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2011). Communities of Action and the Message Society. In Messages and Messengers, Angeletics as an Approach to the Phenomenology of Communication (pp. 255–270). Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Uni Taschenbücher. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/27505
• Does Computing Embrace Self-Organisation? Ontological Problems of Information-Processing / Hofkirchner, W. (2011). Does Computing Embrace Self-Organisation? Ontological Problems of Information-Processing. In Information and Computation, Essays on Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Foundations of Information and Computation (pp. 185–202). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/27504
• General System Theory / Hofkirchner, W., & Schafranek, M. (2011). General System Theory. In Philosophy of Complex Systems, Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 10 (pp. 177–194). North-Holland. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/27503
• Information and Communication Technologies for a Good Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2011). Information and Communication Technologies for a Good Society. In A. Mirijamdotter & D. Haftor (Eds.), Information and Communication Technologies, Society and Human Beings: Theory and Framework (pp. 434–443). Information Science Reference. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/27502
• "Kritische Systemtheorie" - eine contradictio in adjecto? / Hofkirchner, W. (2011). “Kritische Systemtheorie” - eine contradictio in adjecto? In Widerworte. Politik Philosophie Kommunikation (pp. 29–39). innsbruck university press. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/27506

2010

• How to Design the Infosphere: the Fourth Revolution, the Management of the Life Cycle of Information, and Information Ethics as a Macroethics. / Hofkirchner, W. (2010). How to Design the Infosphere: the Fourth Revolution, the Management of the Life Cycle of Information, and Information Ethics as a Macroethics. Knowledge, Technology & Policy, 23(1–2), 177–192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12130-010-9108-6
• Teaching transdisciplinarity: the case of ICTs and Society / Hofkirchner, W. (2010). Teaching transdisciplinarity: the case of ICTs and Society. In Proceedings of 2010 General Assembly of International Academy of Systems and Cybernetic Sciences (pp. 26–29). Sichuan University. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/53574
• Die Methode: Die Natur der Natur / Morin, E., Hofkirchner, W., & Zimmermann, R. E. (Eds.). (2010). Die Methode: Die Natur der Natur. turia + kant. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/23264
• twenty questions About a Unified Theory of Information. A Short Exploration into Information from a Complex Systems View / Hofkirchner, W. (2010). twenty questions About a Unified Theory of Information. A Short Exploration into Information from a Complex Systems View. emergent publications. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/23263

2003

• Evolutionäre Systemtheorie. Die wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung unserer Zeit / Hofkirchner, W. (2003). Evolutionäre Systemtheorie. Die wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung unserer Zeit. Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft: Dynamik–Komplexität–menschliche Systeme, AKH Wien, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/84229
• Informational Universe. A Praxeo-Onto-Epistemological Approach / Hofkirchner, W., Fuchs, C., & Klauninger, B. (2003). Informational Universe. A Praxeo-Onto-Epistemological Approach. Human Approaches to the Universe – An Interdisciplinary Perpsective, Helsinki, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/84228
• Knowledge and Self-Organization / Fuchs, C., & Hofkirchner, W. (2003). Knowledge and Self-Organization. Heinz von Foerster Konferenz “Knowledge - Organization - Society,” Wien, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/84214
• Homo creator in einem schöpferischen Universum. "Selbstorganisation" als Grundlage neuer Konzepte von "Natur" und "Gesellschaft". / Hofkirchner, W. (2003). Homo creator in einem schöpferischen Universum. “Selbstorganisation” als Grundlage neuer Konzepte von “Natur” und “Gesellschaft”. In Natur als Politikum (pp. 371–392). RLI-Verlag. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/25341

2002

• On the Ontology of Evolutionary Systems / Hofkirchner, W. (2002). On the Ontology of Evolutionary Systems. Human Strategies in Complexity 1, Yalta, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/84133
• Unified Theory of Information and Self-Organisation / Hofkirchner, W. (2002). Unified Theory of Information and Self-Organisation. INTAS+, Kassel, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/84132
• Selbstorganisation im Spannungsfeld zwischen Formalem und Nichtformalem / Hofkirchner, W. (2002). Selbstorganisation im Spannungsfeld zwischen Formalem und Nichtformalem. Kultur der Visualisierung, Semmering, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/84131
• Conceptualizations of Information and Ways of Thinking / Hofkirchner, W. (2002). Conceptualizations of Information and Ways of Thinking. Electronic Conference on Foundations of Information Science: The Nature of Information: Conceptions, Misconceptions, and Paradoxes, -, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/84129
• Aspects of a Unified Theory of Information: Agenda – Framework – Applications / Hofkirchner, W. (2002). Aspects of a Unified Theory of Information: Agenda – Framework – Applications. Wirtschaftsuniversität Prag, Prag, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/84124
• The differentia specifica of Biosemiosis in the Perspective of a Theory of Evolutionary Systems / Hofkirchner, W. (2002). The differentia specifica of Biosemiosis in the Perspective of a Theory of Evolutionary Systems. Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2, Tartu, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/84123
• Studienbuch Informatik und Gesellschaft / Fuchs, C., & Hofkirchner, W. (2002). Studienbuch Informatik und Gesellschaft. Libri BOD. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/22273
• Stufen zur Informationsgesellschaft. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski / Floyd, C., Fuchs, C., & Hofkirchner, W. (Eds.). (2002). Stufen zur Informationsgesellschaft. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski. Peter Lang. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/22271

• Member
  2010 / International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences / Austria
• Mitglied
  2006 / Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin / Germany

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