Forthcoming Series: Studies in Sociocybernetics and Complexity
Series Editor: Chaime Marcuello-Servós
We live in an era marked by profound turbulence: the effects of wars and a geopolitically fractured world reverberate through the lives of individuals, institutions, and even the sciences and technologies that shape our societies. "The human use of human beings," as Norbert Wiener once observed, remains a recurrent challenge of complexity, one that demands ever more sophisticated frameworks for understanding and action. These turbulent times demand responses to global challenges cutting across fields and perspectives, and complex social issues require multidisciplinary approaches capable of matching their inherent complexity. Over recent decades, sociocybernetics has emerged as a distinct discipline designed to meet this challenge, applying first- and second-order cybernetics, systems sciences, and complexity science within the social sciences.
This peer-reviewed series disseminates advances in both intertwined topics and consolidates existing research efforts, encompassing both theory and applications. Each volume addresses developments around a specific topic, ranging from foundational issues to applications in systems modelling, the arts, social interventions, environmental problems, social work and care, public policies, and urban design at local and global scales.
Contributions to this series may originate from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, complexity sciences, systems theory, environmental studies, urban planning, social work, political science, and the arts, among others.
Manuscripts should be a minimum of 80,000 words in length, inclusive of footnotes and bibliography, and may incorporate illustrations or other visual materials. The editors welcome proposals for original monographs, edited collections, translations, critical primary source editions, and handbooks.
Authors are cordially invited to submit their proposals and/or full manuscripts to Acquisitions Editor Simona Casadio. Please direct all other correspondence to Associate Editor Jade Mambre.
Authors will find general proposal guidelines at the Brill Author Gateway.
Brill is in full support of Open Access publishing and offers the option to publish your monograph, edited volume, or chapter in Open Access. Our Open Access services are fully compliant with funder requirements. We support Creative Commons licenses. For more information, please visit Brill Open or contact us at openaccess-brill@degruyterbrill.com.
A paperback edition of each title in the series, available for individual purchase only, will be released approximately 12 months after the hardcover publication.
The Studies in Sociocybernetics and Complexity series has evolved from the Brill Research Perspectives in Sociocybernetics and Complexity series for short monographs, in response to strong demand for a venue for longer contributions.