Trist, Eric
IN TRIBUTE British social scientist who pioneered socio-technical systems thinking and transformed organizational studies.
Languages/Methods: Cybernetics
Khan, Zaid
REGISTRANT Zaid is a graduated professional applying systems thinking in design, business/leadership, and technology (web, digital)
Alcock, Norman
IN TRIBUTE A physicist and engineer, he left business to pioneer peace research in Canada alongside his wife.
Newcombe, Alan
IN TRIBUTE A chemist turned peace researcher using data and systems science to predict and prevent global war.
Newcombe, Hanna
IN TRIBUTE A chemist turned peace researcher who pioneered global education, non-violence, and systems theory.
Boulding, Elise
IN TRIBUTE Peace scholar, sociologist, and activist who reimagined education, futures, and nonviolence.
Royce, Joseph R.
IN TRIBUTE Led the Univ of Alberta’s theoretical psychology using systems theory to map human individuality.
McLuhan, Marshall
IN TRIBUTE Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian media visionary who coined “the global village” and “the medium is message.”
Rapoport, Anatol
IN TRIBUTE Rapoport utilized systems science to critique nuclear strategy and the Cold War’s rationality.
Jung, Richard
IN TRIBUTE Jung formalized “The Human System” bridging sociology and cybernetics through rigorous mapping.