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Call For Papers: Social Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking & Complexity

  • 1.  Call For Papers: Social Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking & Complexity

    Posted 11-18-2007 17:29

    CALL FOR PAPERS : Conference and Special Issue 

     

    Adelphi University & The Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence (ISCE) publishers of Emergence: Complexity and Organization (E:CO)announce:

     

    The First International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking & Complexity

    April 24-26, 2008

    <st1:placename w:st="on">Adelphi</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, <st1:city w:st="on">Garden City</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state> <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region> (Just outside of <st1:city w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:city> near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">JFK</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Airport</st1:placetype></st1:place>)

    Within the arena of social entrepreneurship there is no theoretical framework to describe the systemic dimensions at work. Recent advances in the sciences of complex systems offer great promise as one way of providing a more thorough understanding and grounding for the field.  Indeed, the need for a complexity theoretical perspective that goes beyond current linear and equilibrium-based models is noted in the most recent guidelines for applications for funding in the area of social entrepreneurship programs. 

    This conference will bring together leading thinkers in complexity theory, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and leadership research to gain a better understanding of the state of knowledge in these vital areas. This conference provides a unique opportunity to not only further understanding but also to make a difference.

    Selected papers at the conference will be published in a special issue of the journal Emergence: Complexity and Organization (E:CO) and will also be included in an edited book to be published in 2008. We invite theoretical analyses, suggestions for empirical studies, and/or practitioner-based approaches, and we are particularly receptive to collaborative efforts that span different academic disciplines or fields and that introduce new methodologies or approaches.  Two types of submissions are requested: academic papers (an extended abstract is okay) and proposals for panels or symposia.

    Due date for academic submissions is February 15, 2008; panel proposals are March 10, 2008.

    For more information contact Jim Hazy hazy@adelphi.edu or for a detailed CFP go to: 

    http://complexityleadership.wikispaces.com/Events

     

     

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