Systems science is the interdisciplinary field of science surrounding

systems theory Systems theory is the interdisciplinary study of systems, i.e. cohesive groups of interrelated, interdependent components that can be natural or human-made. Every system has causal boundaries, is influenced by its context, defined by its structu ...

, cybernetics, the science of complex systems. It aims to develop interdisciplinary foundations, which are applicable in a variety of areas, such as engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences. Systems science and systemics are names for all research related to

. It is defined as an emerging branch of science that studies

holistic Holism () is the idea that various systems (e.g. physical, biological, social) should be viewed as wholes, not merely as a collection of parts. The term "holism" was coined by Jan Smuts in his 1926 book '' Holism and Evolution''."holism, n." OED On ...

systems and tries to develop logical, mathematical, engineering and philosophical paradigms and frameworks in which physical, technological, biological, social, cognitive and

metaphysical Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of conscio ...

systems can be studied and developed. This list of systems sciences organizations gives an overview of global and local

organization An organization or organisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), see spelling differences), is an legal entity, entity—such as ...

s in the field of systems science. This list shows all kinds of organizations and institutes listed thematically.

Awards

* Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award * George B. Dantzig Prize * Donald P. Eckman Award *

IEEE Simon Ramo Medal The IEEE Simon Ramo Medal is an award for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science, and was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1982. The medal is named for Simon Ramo, one of the founders of the TRW corporat ...

: award for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science *

John von Neumann Theory Prize The John von Neumann Theory Prize of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is awarded annually to an individual (or sometimes a group) who has made fundamental and sustained contributions to theory in operat ...

Rufus Oldenburger Medal The Rufus Oldenburger Medal is an award given by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognizing significant contributions and outstanding achievements in the field of automatic control. It was established in 1968 in the honor of Rufus O ...

* A. M. Turing Award * UKSS Gold Medallists by the United Kingdom Systems Society * The Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Medal

Research centers

General

America

* Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences: a multi-disciplinary center in Florida Atlantic University founded in 1985 *

International Institute for General Systems Studies The International Institute for General Systems Studies (IIGSS) is an American non-profit scholastic organization for the advancement of scientific studies and education in Systems science and Systemic research with applications in all branches ...

(IIGSS): an American non-profit scholastic organization for studies and education in Systems science in Pennsylvania, USA * International Systems Institute (ISI): a non-profit, public benefit scientific and educational corporation in Carmel, California, USA * MIT Institute for Data, Systems and Society (IDSS): MIT research institute dedicated to analyzing complex, high-impact systems in society and to applying analytical methods to address complex social challenges *

Mental Research Institute The Palo Alto Mental Research Institute (MRI) is one of the founding institutions of brief and family therapy.Nichols, M., & Schwartz, R. (2005). ''Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods'' (7th Edition), New York City: Prentice Hall. Founded by Do ...

: a center for systems theory and psychotherapy located in Palo Alto, California, USA *

New England Complex Systems Institute The New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) is an independent American research institution and think tank dedicated to advancing analytics and its application to the challenges of society, and the interaction of complex systems with the envi ...

(NECSI): an independent educational and research institution dedicated to advancing the study of complex systems *

Santa Fe Institute The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) is an independent, nonprofit theoretical research institute located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of the fundamental principles of complex adaptive systems, inclu ...

(SFI): a non-profit research institute dedicated to the study of complex systems in Santa Fe, New Mexico, founded in 1984 * The Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at JHU: (CSSE) is a research collective housed within the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering (CaSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, MD, USA

Europe

* Institut für Unternehmenskybernetik, Germany * Institute for Complex Systems Simulation, University of Southampton, UKInstitute for Complex Systems Simulation
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International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an independent international research institute located in Laxenburg, near Vienna, in Austria. Through its research programs and initiatives, the institute conducts policy-o ...

(IIASA): an international non-governmental research organization located in Laxenburg, near Vienna, in Austria *

Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems The Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI) is a research center of the University of Zaragoza devoted to the study of complex systems from a multidisciplinary perspective. Biochemists, physicists, mathematicians, comp ...

, Spain *

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems is a German research institute of Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridge ...

, Germany *

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen, Germany, is a research institute for investigations of complex non-equilibrium systems, particularly in physics and biology. Its founding history goes back to Ludwig Pran ...

, Germany

Australia

* CSIRO Centre for Complex Systems Science *

ARC Centre for Complex Systems The ARC Centre for Complex Systems (ACCS) was established in 2004 from a consortium of Australian universities, led by the University of Queensland. The objective of ACCS was to conduct basic and applied research in the field of complex systems. ...

(ACCS) * Centre for Complex Systems, The University of Sydney

Asia

* Center of Excellence in Systems Science,

IIT Jodhpur Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IIT Jodhpur or IITJ) is a public technical university located in Jodhpur in the state of Rajasthan in India. It is one of the eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) established by the Minist ...

Systems biology

* Department of Systems Biology *

Institute for Systems Biology Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) is a non-profit research institution located in Seattle, Washington, United States. ISB concentrates on systems biology, the study of relationships and interactions between various parts of biological systems, ...

* Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

Systems ecology

* ETH Zurich, Terrestrial Systems Ecology *

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

, Systems Ecology Department *

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

, Systems Ecology program * State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Systems Ecology Lab * Stockholm University, Systems Ecology Department

Systems engineering

United States

GTRI Electronic Systems Laboratory The Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS) is one of eight labs in the Georgia Tech Research Institute and one of three labs under the Electronics, Optics, and Systems directorate. Among its research focuses are systems engineering, electronic war ...

(ELSYS) at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA * GTRI Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems Laboratory at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA * Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University, Montana, USA

Europe

* Hasso Plattner Institute related to the University of Potsdam, Germany *

University of Reading Business School The University of Reading is a public university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 192 ...

: Informatics Research Centre, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK *

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

: I2S – Institut d'ingénierie des systèmes in Lausanne, Switzerland *

University of the West of England CEMS The University of the West of England (also known as UWE Bristol) is a Public university, public research university, located in and around Bristol, England. The institution was know as the Bristol Polytechnic in 1970; it received university ...

, Systems Engineering Estimation and Decision Support (SEED) Bristol, England, UK * University of Bristol, Systems Centre, Bristol, England, UK * Technical University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany * Mullard Space Science Laboratory: UCL Centre for Systems Engineering (UCLse), the London, England, UK * Research Centre for Automatic Control (CRAN), joint research unit with

Nancy-Université Nancy-Université federated the three principal institutes of higher education of Nancy, France, Nancy, in Lorraine (region), Lorraine, France before their merger into the University of Lorraine: * Henri Poincaré University (UHP, also known as ...

and CNRS, Nancy, France

Educational

Europe

* Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences, UK * Institute for Complex Systems Simulation, University of Southampton, UK

Australia

* The

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's ...

offers a Master of Complex Systems

Societies

World wide

IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society The IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (IEEE SMCS) is a professional society of the IEEE. It aims "to serve the interests of its members and the community at large by promoting the theory, practice, and interdisciplinary aspects of systems ...

(IEEE SMCS) *

International Council on Systems Engineering The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE; pronounced in-co-see) is a not-for-profit membership organization and professional society in the field of systems engineering. INCOSE has about 17000 members including individual members, ...

(INCOSE) *

International Federation for Systems Research The International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR) is an international federation for global and local societies in the field of systems science. This federation is a non-profit, scientific and educational agency founded in 1980, and constitu ...

(IFSR) * International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) * World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC) * IEEE Systems Council * Complex Systems Society (CSS) * The International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences, an honor society initially created by the IFSR

America

American Society for Cybernetics The American Society for Cybernetics (ASC) is an American non-profit scholastic organization for the advancement of cybernetics as a science , a discipline, a meta-discipline and the promotion of cybernetics as basis for an interdisciplinary di ...

* Asociacion Mexicana de Systemas y Cibernetica * Grupo de Estudio de Sistemas Integrados (GESI) (Study Group of Integrated Systems), Argentina * Instituto Andino de Sistemas (IAS), Peru * International Systems Institute (USA), California, San Francisco *

Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, ...

* System Dynamics Society: a non-profit organization for further research into system dynamics and systems thinking based in Albany, New York, USA

Asia

* International Society of Knowledge and Systems Science (ISKSS), Japan * Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS)IFSR.org
* Korean Society for Systems Science Research, Korea * Systems Engineering Society of China

Australia

* Australia and New Zealand Systems Group (ANZSYS) * COSNet: An Australian-based network for Complex Open Systems research

Europe

* Association Francaise d'Ingénierie Système (French association for Systems Engineering), France * Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca (AIR) (Italian Research Society) * Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sui Sistemi (AIRS) (Italian Systems Research Society) * Bulgarian Society for Systems Research (BSSR), Bulgaria * Centre for Hyperincursion and Anticipation in Ordered Systems (CHAOS) *

Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Croatian Interdisciplinary Society ( hr, Hrvatsko interdisciplinarno društvo, abbrev. ''HID'') is a non-governmental organization operating in Croatia. It acts to promote interdisciplinary education and research, primarily but not exclusively i ...

: a non-governmental organization for interdisciplinary education and research in complex systems in Croatia *

Cybernetics Society The Cybernetics Society is a UK-based learned society that exists to promote the understanding of Cybernetics. The core activity of the Cybernetics Society is the organization and facilitation of scientific meetings, conferences, and social events ...

, London, UK *

Dutch Systems Group The Dutch Systems Group, or ''Netherlands Society for Systems Research'' or ''Systeemgroep Nederland'', is a society in the Netherlands for systems theory, and its applications. Systems theoretical problems the society focuses on are, for example ...

of ''Systemsgroep Nederland'', The Netherlands * Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group, University of Brussels, Belgium * Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies (HSSS) Ελληνική Εταρεία Συστημικών Μελετών * Gesellschaft für Wirtschaft und Sozial-Kybernetik e. V. (GWS), Germany * Learned Society of Praxiology, Poland * MSSI - Management Science Society of Ireland * Österreichische Studiengesellschaft für Kybernetik (OSGK)(Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies), Austria * Polish Systems Society, Poland * Slovenian Society for Systems Research (SDSR) * Sociedad Española de Systemas Generales, Spain * United Kingdom Systems Society, UKUK Systems Society
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