Generative AI—the Transgression of Technology
ABSTRACT This article offers a systems‐theoretical analysis of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) grounded in Niklas Luhmann's sociology of technology. It addresses a central conceptual problem: How GenAI can be understood within a theoretical framework that has traditionally defined technology as a means of stabilising action through causal ...
Jesper Tække
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Value landscapes in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and assessment: exploring indeterminacies and disconnects. [PDF]
Schaltegger AS, Vienni-Baptista B.
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The Mediator's Mind: Navigating Party Psychology and Behavioural Dynamics in Dispute Resolution
ABSTRACT Mediation increasingly requires psychological competence, as mediators regulate emotion, cognition and interaction within conflict systems. This study examines how mediators' psychological awareness and behavioural reflexivity shape conflict trajectories, advancing the concept of a behavioural architecture that transforms emotional volatility ...
Ali Almarri
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The DSM validation method and its decision points: value judgments, metaphysical presuppositions, and validators. [PDF]
Rodríguez Puente A.
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(Dis)information Systems: a Systemic View of Disinformation
ABSTRACT Disinformation is an ancient social phenomenon that has found a favourable environment for dissemination in internet‐based social networks. While the scientific community seeks to address the problem by creating specific tools to detect and classify the various types of false information, we argue that systems thinking is necessary to ...
Herbert Laroca +2 more
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Systems‐Based Organisational Resilience Framework: A Delphi Study‐Based Validation and Verification
ABSTRACT The increasing systemic complexity of the Fourth Industrial Revolution has heightened the need for robust approaches to organisational resilience. Despite its growing prominence, resilience research remains fragmented, with limited consensus on core dimensions, causal interdependencies and mechanisms suitable for dynamic assessment. This study
Dumisani Manzini +3 more
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Adaptive mentalization-based integrative therapy for severe personality disorder and mental illness: study protocol for a controlled longitudinal cohort study. [PDF]
van Kaam FE +9 more
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Modelling Suicide‐Related Communication Dynamics: A Socio‐Cybernetic Framework for Governance
ABSTRACT Suicide‐related phenomena (SPS) are often approached through individual‐level risk factors or moral framings, yet their population‐level dynamics depend critically on how ‘suicide’ becomes observable, circulates and is governed across functionally differentiated systems.
Enrique Fernández Vilas, Juan R. Coca
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Complicity or accountability? The limits of positionality statements. [PDF]
Subramani S.
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Rethinking Face‐to‐Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”
Face‐to‐face interaction is a foundational concept in microsociology. This article surveys the social experiences of autistic people, who are commonly known for having a strained relationship with interactions face to face. By interpretively reviewing and synthesizing the broader literature on “autistic sociality,” the article provides a nuanced ...
Lars E. F. Johannessen
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