The state and relevance of Systems as a field of research and a specific form of scientific inquiry into complex real-world problem situations, can be enhanced significantly by developing and applying more formalized and coherent tools: a new ‘hardware' enabling to build a new ‘hardcore' for...

The White Paper is promoted by Generali as part of the SME EnterPRIZE project, which aims to create an European platform providing increased visibility to sustainable SMEs and inspiring small and medium entrepreneurs to adopt more responsible business models. The White Paper has been developed...

The concept of innovation is as omnipresent in the media, in politics and in the economy as it is intangible and fuzzy. Focusing on its technological dimension, we find a hybrid interplay of technological and social systems. Accordingly, we observe an ongoing and increasingly complex...

Introduction -- Historical reflection : a brief genealogy of sustainable development -- Sustainability and climate change -- Sustainability and energy systems -- Sustainability and food systems -- Sustainability as transformation and reflexivity