The Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies ( el, Ελληνική Εταιρεία Συστημικών Μελετών, ΕΕΣΜ) is a scientific non-profit society that was established in 2003. It is a member of the

International Society for the Systems Sciences The International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) is a worldwide organization for systems sciences. The overall purpose of the ISSS is: :"to promote the development of conceptual frameworks based on general system theory, as well as their ...

, the International Federation of Systems Research and the European Union for Systemics. Its founding and first president is Nikitas Assimakopoulos.

International prizes established by the society

Since 2005, the society has established two prizes to honor world pioneers in the fields of systems and complex studies: the "Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Medal" is given to senior scientists whose work in systems and complex sciences has been extremely influential worldwide, and the "Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Award" is given to individuals who have contributed significantly to the further development of systemic and complex sciences and their applications towards solving real-life problems.

List of recipients of the Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Gold Medal

*2007

Alexander Christakis Alexander (Aleco) Christakis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Χρηστάκης; born 1937) is a Greek American social scientist, systems scientist and cyberneticist, former faculty member of several Universities, organizational consultant and member o ...

Institute for 21st Century Agoras An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can ...

, United States. *2009 Mike Jackson, University of Hull, United Kingdom.

List of recipients of the Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Medal

*2007 Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan. *2007 José Pérez Ríos, University of Valladolid, Spain. *2007 Yolles Maurice, Centre for the Creation of Coherent Change & Knowledge (C4K), United Kingdom. *2008 Yiannis Laouris, Cyprus Neuroscience & Technology Institute, Cyprus. *2008 Arn Collen, Saybrook College, United States. *2009 Bob Cavana, University of Wellington, New Zealand. *2009

Linda Macaulay Linda Ann Macaulay is the Emeritus Professor of System Design at the University of Manchester, specialising in Human–computer interaction, Requirements engineering and Service science, management and engineering. Education Linda Macaulay obtai ...

, Manchester Business School, United Kingdom. *2009

Haridimos Tsoukas Haridimos "Hari" Tsoukas (born 1961) is a Greek theorist on organization and leadership. Tsoukas currently is The Columbia Ship Management Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Cyprus, and Distinguished Research Environment Profe ...

, ALBA and University of Cyprus, Greece.

''International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies''

The ''International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies'' published by

Inderscience Publishers Inderscience Publishers is a global academic publisher based in Geneva, Switzerland. It publishes approximately 428 peer-reviewed journals in the fields of science, engineering and technology; management, public and business administration; e ...

is the society's official journal. For its inaugural volume, the society's president underlined the fact that "it is one of very few journals within the international community of people who work on Systems Sciences that deals directly with applications of systems research or study. It is possibly the only journal, internationally, that combines a systems approach to many mainstream and scientific disciplines."

Certification program

The society has developed and offers an international post-graduate certification program in Professional Systemics in collaboration with the

University of Piraeus The University of Piraeus (UniPi; el, Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς, ΠαΠει) is a Greek public university located in Piraeus, Greece with a total of ten academic departments focused mainly on Business Management, Computer science, ...

, named Certified Systemic Analyst Professional.Systemic Analyst Professional
/ref> The certification is to the individual using the ISO 17024 standards.

References

External links

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Home page of the International Journal of Applied Systemic StudiesJournal home page
{{authority control Organizations established in 2003 Systems science societies Non-profit organizations based in Greece el:Ελληνική Εταιρεία Συστημικών Μελετών