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- cybermetics, complex, self-organizing systems and distributed intelligence
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CONO796: 6e tweejaarlijkse bijeenkomst van de internationale vereniging voor kwantumstructuren, Brussel (organisatie evenement)
22/07/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Fundamental
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CONI796: 6e tweejaarlijkse bijeenkomst van de internationale vereniging voor kwantumstructuren, Brussel (inschrijvingen evenement)
24/04/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Fundamental
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BOR88: School of Thinking Scholarship Grant for Johan Viktor Verhaeghe
25/10/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Fundamental
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Curiosity, Awe and Wonder: The Emotions that Open Our Mind
Heylighen, F., 2025, In: Foundations of Science. 27 p., 104937.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Emergence
Heylighen, F., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Elgar Encyclopedia of Complexity in the Social Sciences. Mitleton-Kelly, E. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Self-organization
Heylighen, F., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Elgar Encyclopedia of Complexity in the Social Sciences. Mitleton-Kelly, E. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Technology & Society: social, philosophical and ethical implications of accelerating innovation
Heylighen, F., 2025, Brussels: ECCO VUB, 130 p.Research output: Working paper
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Why Uncertainty Is Essential for Consciousness: Local Prospect Theory vs. Predictive Processing
Heylighen, F. & Beigi, S., 28 Jan 2025, In: Entropy. 27, 2, 29 p., 140.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Award for best paper on 'Interactive Interfaces between Collective Support Systems and their Users'
Heylighen, Francis (Recipient), 1991
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Award for the Symposium ?General Systems Methodology? at the EMCSR92
Heylighen, Francis (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Biographische Listings in Who's Who in Science and Engineering (7th ed.)
Heylighen, Francis (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Biographische Listings in Who's Who in the World (16th/17th ed.)
Heylighen, Francis (Recipient), 2001
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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N2 2024: The Noosphere & the Global South
Tomás Veloz González (Chair), Francis Heylighen (Chair), Clement Vidal (Participant) & Shima Beigi (Organiser)
16 Dec 2024 → 18 Dec 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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N2 Conference – The Noosphere at 100
Tomás Veloz González (Participant), Francis Heylighen (Chair), Clement Vidal (Participant) & Marta Maria Lenartowicz (Participant)
17 Nov 2023 → 19 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Why emergence is simple, common and natural
Francis Heylighen (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Marjoriikka Ylisurua
Francis Heylighen (Supervisor)
Mar 2017 → Jun 2017Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Offer Networks
Francis Heylighen (Speaker)
15 Apr 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Press/Media
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Documentary on the birth of a global superorganism based on my work
1/01/13
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Eenrichtingsevolutie: de ladder van het leven maakt een comeback
1/01/12
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Francis Heylighen (VUB) ziet de stad van de toekomst vasthangen aan een globaal brein
11/11/11
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Thesis
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Het lichaam als een metafoor voor het begrijpen van de maatschappij.
Author: Laurent, T. K. M., Heylighen, F., Stuy, J. & Van Kerkhove, B., 2021Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Wat als pijn niet stopt?: Een moraalwetenschappelijk onderzoek over de betekenis van pijn bij chronische pijnpatiënten en de rol van de moreel consulent bij de begeleiding
Author: Hackert, J., Stuy, J., Heylighen, F. & Withaeckx, S., 2020Student thesis: Master's Thesis