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- cybermetics, complex, self-organizing systems and distributed intelligence
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AIIFUND154: Managing climate, peace and security risks from the borderlands of the West African Sahel Belt (CPS-WASahel)
Heylighen, F. (Administrative Promotor)
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Fundamental
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OZR4306: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - UPAEP, A.C.(Mexico), MORENO BACA Fabricio
Heylighen, F. (Administrative Promotor)
20/06/24 → 30/09/28
Project: Fundamental
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GIFT78615: Prioject "Principia Cybernetica"
Heylighen, F. (Administrative Promotor)
1/03/93 → …
Project: Fundamental
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CONO796: 6e tweejaarlijkse bijeenkomst van de internationale vereniging voor kwantumstructuren, Brussel (organisatie evenement)
Heylighen, F. (Administrative Promotor)
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)
Heylighen, F. (Administrative Promotor)
24/04/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Fundamental
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Why Emergence and Self-Organization are Conceptually Simple, Common and Natural
Heylighen, F., 2026, In: Complexities. 2, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Co-evolution
Heylighen, F., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Elgar Encyclopedia of Complexity in the Social Sciences. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Curiosity, Awe and Wonder: The Emotions that Open Our Mind
Heylighen, F., 2025, In: Foundations of Science. 31, 2, p. 259-285 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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Far-from-Equilibrium
Heylighen, F., 2025, Elgar Encyclopedia of Complexity in the Social Sciences. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Prizes
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Award for best paper on 'Interactive Interfaces between Collective Support Systems and their Users'
Heylighen, F. (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, F. (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, F. (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, F. (Recipient), 2001
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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N2 2024: The Noosphere & the Global South
Veloz González, T. (Chair), Heylighen, F. (Chair), Vidal, C. (Participant) & Beigi, S. (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
Veloz González, T. (Participant), Heylighen, F. (Chair), Vidal, C. (Participant) & Lenartowicz, M. M. (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
Heylighen, F. (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Marjoriikka Ylisurua
Heylighen, F. (Supervisor)
Mar 2017 → Jun 2017Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Offer Networks
Heylighen, F. (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.
Laurent, T. K. M. ((PhD) Student), Heylighen, F. (Promotor), Stuy, J. (Jury) & Van Kerkhove, B. (Jury), 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
Hackert, J. ((PhD) Student), Stuy, J. (Promotor), Heylighen, F. (Jury) & Withaeckx, S. (Jury), 2020Student thesis: Master's Thesis