What prompted the idea for the course? As a control systems researcher, I have long felt that control systems – and systems science in general – have much to contribute to solving social problems.

This is a contribution to the ongoing efforts to interpret the significant contribution to American sociology of Talcott Parsons (1902-1979). The author corrects an implication of his previous article ...

A new article lays out three concepts from complex systems science that could advance studies into animal social complexity. From bees to birds to humans, the animal kingdom is full of organisms that ...

ABSTRACT. We reviewed the literature on leadership in linked social-ecological systems and combined it with the literature on institutional entrepreneurship in complex adaptive systems to develop a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Control systems make other systems behave in some desired manner. Think of the cruise ...

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. As a control systems researcher , I have long felt that control systems – and ...