This page provides links to professional associations that may be of use to those working in
Integration and Implementation Sciences. The alphabetical list
immediately below can be used to move through the associations on this page. We encourage members who may have an idea for a resource of relevance to I2S
to add such a resource to the resource library (currently
the type of resources we cater for are associations, journals, readings or online articles).
Summary: 'The Society helps advance cybernetics as a science. It focuses on the development of cybernetic research methods and techniques that improve the manageability of complex systems and is cross-disciplinary in focus. '
Integration Approach: Complexity science, Systems thinking
Area: Other
American Society for Information Science and Technology (go to top of page)
Journal: The Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Magazine.
Summary: 'A society for information professionals which focuses on improving the many ways in which information is accessed, managed and communicated. ASIS&T brings together many different disciplines and crosses research boundaries in developing improvements and general practices towards handling the burgeoning complexity of information systems.'
Summary: 'An interdisciplinary organisation focused on furthering integrative studies. Promotes the exchange of ideas among people across the arts and sciences.'
Integration Approach: Diverse epistemologies, Inter-/trans-disciplinarity
Area: Other
No entries under 'B' to date.
Collaborative Action Research Network (go to top of page)
Summary: 'An international network focused on utilising action research in the improvement of professional practice (in education, health, the public service generally, etc) and in turn, contributing to the theory and methodology of action research.'
Summary: 'A community focused, in the United Kingdom, on promoting complexity theory and practice in a variety of areas (ie., education, government, health, business).'
Summary: 'An association for scholars and practioners who are broadly interested in the theory and practice of conflict management and ways in which to improve/advance it.'
Integration Approach: Research/policy/practice nexus, Other
Area: Society/behaviour/culture, Other
International Association for Critical Realism (go to top of page)
Summary: 'An association focused on supporting and building realist philosophy (notably drawn from the work of Roy Bhaskar). This philosophical approach, amongst other things, details a form of unity between the social and natural sciences.'
Integration Approach: Diverse epistemologies, Inter-/trans-disciplinarity
Area: Society/behaviour/culture, Other
International Association of Public Participation (go to top of page)
Summary: 'Aims to improve understanding between economists and ecologists towards a trans-discipline that supports sustainability at a planetary level. '
Summary: 'Bringing together scholars broadly, towards enhancing collaboration and education processes between the life sciences on one hand, and history, philosophy and social studies of science on the other.'
Integration Approach: Diverse epistemologies, Other
Area: Education, Other
International Society for Performance Improvement (go to top of page)
Summary: 'Broadly based professional society focused on systems thinking, especially the development of theorisations that cross knowledge boundaries and the further development of the unity of science.'
Integration Approach: Inter-/trans-disciplinarity, Systems thinking, Other
Area: Society/behaviour/culture, Other
No entries under 'J' to date.
No entries under 'K' to date.
No entries under 'L' to date.
No entries under 'M' to date.
No entries under 'N' to date.
Open Network of Centres of Excellence in Complex Systems (go to top of page)
Summary: 'An international society that focuses on, within an inter-disciplinary framework, the complex interactions of humans and ecological systems.'
Integration Approach: Inter-/trans-disciplinarity, Systems thinking
Summary: 'The Society for Risk Analysis is an open forum for people from across the disciplines that aims to foster dissemination of knowledge on risk research, associated issues and to encourage the use of risk analysis methods.'
Integration Approach: Diverse epistemologies, Inter-/trans-disciplinarity, Participatory methods, Research/policy/practice nexus
Area: Environment, Health, Policy and government, Risk and security, Society/behaviour/culture
Society for Social Studies of Science (go to top of page)
Summary: 'The Society for Social Studies of Science, an interdisciplinary and international scholarly association, is focused upon exploring the interconnections between human society, science and technology.'
Integration Approach: Diverse epistemologies, Inter-/trans-disciplinarity, Research/policy/practice nexus, Other
Area: Society/behaviour/culture, Other
Society for the Policy Sciences (go to top of page)
Summary: 'The Society helps advance the policy sciences. It focuses on supporting research, practice and education in relation to policy science and it is strongly problem-orientated and considerate of multi-method approaches to policy science.'
Integration Approach: Diverse epistemologies, Inter-/trans-disciplinarity, Research/policy/practice nexus
Area: Policy and government, Society/behaviour/culture
Society for Values in Higher Education (go to top of page)
Summary: 'An association focused on inquiry into the ethics (values) of educative practice, policy and wider society generally, with the aim of supporting such democratic ideas (ideals) as social justice and civic responsibility, all in the context of diverse and reflexive discussion/action. '
Integration Approach: Inter-/trans-disciplinarity, Other
Summary: 'An international society dedicated to promoting system dynamics, which focuses on, amongst other things, using computer simulation models in developing solutions to particular problems.'
Integration Approach: Complexity science, Research/policy/practice nexus, Systems thinking
Area: Policy and government, Society/behaviour/culture, Other
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