Francis Heylighen

Academic, Centre Leo Apostel
Academic, History, Archeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
Centre Leo Apostel

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5823-5898

Krijgskundestraat 33
1160 Brussels
Belgium
Pleinlaan 2
1050 Brussels
Belgium

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cybermetics, complex, self-organizing systems and distributed intelligence

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3 Active
8 Finished

aiifund65: The Origins of Goal-Directedness: a Formal Scenario based on Chemical Organization Theory and Cybernetics
Heylighen, F.
1/12/20 → 31/08/23
Project: Fundamental
WDGO1709: Objectives Of The Human Energy Project
Heylighen, F.
15/11/19 → 31/07/21
Project: Fundamental
GIFT78615: Prioject "Principia Cybernetica"
Heylighen, F.
1/03/93 → …
Project: Fundamental
CONI602: INSCHRIJVINGEN: Symposium Worlds of Entanglement : 29-30 September 2017.
Heylighen, F. & Aerts, D.
17/07/17 → 31/12/18
Project: Fundamental
EU523: Quantum Information Access and Retrieval Theory (QUARTZ)
Heylighen, F., Aerts, D. & Aerts, D.
1/01/17 → 31/12/20
Project: Fundamental

An Analytic Framework for Systems Resilience Based on Reaction Networks
Veloz, T., Maldonado, P., Busseniers, E., Bassi, A., Beigi, S., Lenartowicz, M. & Heylighen, F., 2021, (Submitted) In : Complexity.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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Entanglement, Symmetry Breaking and Collapse: Correspondences Between Quantum and Self-Organizing Dynamics
Heylighen, F., 20 Mar 2021, In : Foundations of Science. 2021, p. 1-29 29 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
Evolutionary Psychology
Heylighen, F., 2021, Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Maggino, F. (ed.). Living Edition ed. Cham.: Springer
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › Research
Noospheric consciousness: integrating neural models of consciousness and of the web
Beigi, S. & Heylighen, F., 2021, 13th ACM Web Science Conference 2021 (WebSci ’21 Companion): ,June 21–25, 2021, Virtual Event, United Kingdom. New York: ACM, 4 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper

Open Access
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Technology & Society: social, philosophical and ethical implications for the 21st century
Heylighen, F., 2021, Brussels: ECCO VUB, 121 p.
Research output: Working paper

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Award for best paper on 'Interactive Interfaces between Collective Support Systems and their Users'
Francis Heylighen (Recipient), 1991
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Best Paper Award for the Symposium ?General Systems Methodology? at the EMCSR92
Francis Heylighen (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Biographische Listings in Who's Who in Science and Engineering (7th ed.)
Francis Heylighen (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Biographische Listings in Who's Who in the World (16th/17th ed.)
Francis Heylighen (Recipient), 2001
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Gift (100.000 BEF)
Francis Heylighen (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

28 Membership of peer-review panel or committee
28 Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
20 Talk or presentation at a conference
15 Consultancy
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Why emergence is simple, common and natural
Francis Heylighen (Speaker)
2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Marjoriikka Ylisurua
Francis Heylighen (Supervisor)
Mar 2017 → Jun 2017
Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Offer Networks
Francis Heylighen (Speaker)
15 Apr 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Li Xiubo
Francis Heylighen (Supervisor)
2016 → 2017
Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Mind outside Brain
Francis Heylighen (Speaker)
8 Oct 2015
Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at an external academic organisation

Documentary on the birth of a global superorganism based on my work
Francis Heylighen
1/01/13
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Über die Intelligenz des Kollektivs
Francis Heylighen
1/03/12
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Eenrichtingsevolutie: de ladder van het leven maakt een comeback
Francis Heylighen
1/01/12
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Is Information Overload Making Us Depressed?
Francis Heylighen
14/11/11
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Francis Heylighen (VUB) ziet de stad van de toekomst vasthangen aan een globaal brein
Francis Heylighen
11/11/11
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other

A cognitive model of adaptive web design and navigation
Author: Bollen, J., Heylighen, F. & Van Overwalle, F., 22 Oct 2001
Supervisor: Heylighen, F. (Promotor) & Van Overwalle, F. (Co-promotor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
An interdisciplinary study on novelty regulation to produce radical change
Author: Heylighen, F. & Peeters, M., 12 Feb 2015
Supervisor: Heylighen, F. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying the Origin and Evolution of Culture
Author: Gabora, L., Aerts, D., Van Bendegem, J., Heylighen, F., Steels, L., Polk, P., De Grande-De Kimpe, N., Lake, M. & Donald, M., 2001
Supervisor: Aerts, D. (Promotor), Van Bendegem, J. P. (Jury), Heylighen, F. (Jury), Steels, L. (Jury), Polk, P. (Jury), De Grande-De Kimpe, N. (Jury), Lake, M. (External person) (Jury) & Donald, M. (External person) (Jury)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Design and Control of Self-organizing Systems
Author: Gershenson Garcia, C., Heylighen, F. & D'Hooghe, B., 2 May 2007
Supervisor: Heylighen, F. (Promotor) & D'Hooghe, B. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Knowledge sharing over social networking systems
Author: Coenen, T., Vandijck, E. & Heylighen, F., 30 Oct 2006
Supervisor: Vandijck, E. (Promotor) & Heylighen, F. (Jury)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis