The 25th UK Systems Socieety conference is promoting the value of Systems thinking and practice to interdisciplinarity. We welcome practitioner and scholarly papers and case studies, which provide examples of interdisciplinarity in practice. The choice of topic is subordinate to demonstrating use of ‘systems’ ideas in the area of concern.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full papers on topics relating to the transdiscipline of Systems, theory or practice.
• Posters describing new research or case studies from practice.

List of Topics

• New ideas in cross disciplinary and Systems research
• Sustainable working
• Rethinking the NHS, thinking out of the box
• Developing a cross-disciplinary curriculum
• Managing change using Systems ideas
• Holistic medicine
• Working in multidisciplinary teams
• Using and developing Systems methodologies
• Supply chains in an uncertain world
• Any topic relating to Systems ideas and practice

Committees

Program Committee

• Dr Christine Welch
• Dr Penny Hart
• Gary Evans

Organizing committee

• Professor Frank Stowell
• Professor Nigel Williams
• Ian Roderick

Publication

UKSS2025 proceedings will be published in the Systemist journal.

Venue

The conference will be held at Southampton University, Avenue Campus.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the conference secretariat ukssconference@gmail.com