Kybernetes is an important forum for the exchange of knowledge and information among all those who are interested in cybernetics and systems thinking.

Aims and scope

Kybernetes is an international journal that began its life in 1972, and is scientifically supported by several international scientific societies devoted to the study and development of Systems Thinking: the American Society for Cybernetics, the Business Systems Laboratory, the Cybernetics Society (UK), the International Association for Knowledge Management, the UK Systems Society and the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics.

The spirit of the journal comes from Norbert Wiener’s understanding of cybernetics as “The Human Use of Human Beings.” Hence, Kybernetes strives for conceptualization, examination and analysis through a systemic frame of reference, this applied to important issues of ecosystems, society, organizations, businesses and human behaviour.

Kybernetes is devoted to improvement in the understanding of human, social, organizational, technological and sustainable aspects of society and their interdependencies. It encourages consideration of a range of theories, methodologies and approaches, and their transdisciplinary links. Within the framework of Cybernetics and Systems Thinking, the journal welcomes topics from all domains of human, social, and ecological sciences, including contributing to themes of sustainability, viability, and the impact of technology on human beings and society.