IFSR - International Federation for Systems Research

THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH (IFSR), founded 1981, is a a non-profit, scientific and educational agency, constituted of member organizations from various countries. The overall purpose of the Federation is to advance cybernetic and systems research and systems applications and to serve the international systems community.

The aims of the IFSR are to stimulate all activities associated with the scientific study of systems, meaning complex entities and mental reflections of them, and to coordinate such activities at the international level. These aims will be realized by:
• coordinating systems research activities of private persons and/or organizations;
• organizing international meetings, courses, workshops, and the like;
• promoting international publications in the area of systems research;
• promoting systems education;
• maintaining standards and competence in systems research and education;
• any other means, as far as they are legal in the respective membership countries and serve the aims of the members as formulated in their respective statutes.