Report
on Methodology of Societal Complexity of the RC33 in
Naples
Italy
Europe
in 2008
Dr Dorien DeTombe (MSc. Ph.D.)
Chair
International Research Society on
Methodology Societal Complexity,
P.O.
Box. 3286, 1001 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Europe
Tel:
+31 20 6927526 Email: detombe@nosmo.nl
http://www.geocities.com/doriendetombe
Report
of the session on Methodology of Societal Complexity: Global Safety &
Sustainable Development & Healthcare organized by Dorien DeTombe &
Rosanna Memoli organized by the International Research
Society on Methodology of Societal Complexity in cooperation with the Euro
working Group on Methodology of Societal Complexity and
La Sapienza Univeristy
in Rome, Italy on the 7th International conference on Social
Science methodology of RC33 in Naples, Italy Europe on September 1-5 2008.
The International Research Society on Methodology of Societal Complexity
organizes yearly several special sessions on different conferences among them
the Euro conferences on Operational Research. Operational Research can be
regarded as the methodology research field attended by researchers coming from
mathematics and technical universities. See for the yearly meetings on the
field of methodology of societal complexity http://www.geocities.com/doriendetombe/detombeagendas.html.
On the RC33 the International Reseach Society on Methodology of Societal
Complexity organized together with the
La Sapienza Univeristy
in
Rome
,
Italy
a small meeting of six presenters.
The session started with an
interesting presentation of José G. Hernández from
the Universidad Metropolitana in
Caracas
Venezuela
, a research report on group decision policy on societal
problems prepared together with María J. García, who was also
attending the session.
This presentation was
followed by an interesting presentation from Rosanna
Memoli of the
La Sapienza Univeristy
in
Rome
on the use of neural network in a multi method context on reseach on the
subject of a model
for the evaluation of an university system.
This research work was prepared by R. Memoli
together with B. Baldazzi, S.Bovadilla, A.Cinti, M. Pantoja, A.Passero, and S.
Zicari. Of these persons Anastasia Cinti was also attending the session.
The third
presentation, by Dorien deTombe of the International
Reseach Society on Methodology of Societal Complexity in
Amsterdam
, explained the center subject of the field of Methodology of Societal
Complexity the Compram methodology using the issue of climate change as an example of
handling a complex societal problem.
The
presentations of thirty minutes each, were closed by a very interesting
presentation on children born of war by Ingvill C.
Mochmann. This research reflects on children
born out of rape or short love affairs between local women and the occupying
or helping soldiers in a war situation. Problems that occur in every war
situation among them reflected in
Bosnia
, Africa and also in
Europe
in the last years of the Second World War. These children have a difficult
identity. See http://www.childrenbornofwar.org.
The
researcher, coming from a different field, explained that she attended the
conference because she wanted to learn more about the methodology of societal
complexity in casu the Compram methodology of DeTombe in order to use this
methodology to handled the problems of children born of war.
Two presenters, located in the weak currency countries
India
and Oekrain, were due to funding problems not able to attend the conference in
person. Unfortunately funding was not possible. However we do appreciate their
effort to contribute and are happy with their contribution on forehand. Both
researchers informed the organization on forehand that they were not able to
attend.
Although the session on Methodology of Societal Complexity was not scheduled
on an optimal time slot, it was the last session of the conference planned
together with a popular plenary session, there were seventeen attenders. There
were vivid and interesting presentations and discussions. The four papers that
were presented were all well prepared and nicely presented.
As a result of the conference an Italian Research Group is established on the
subject of Methodology of Societal Complexity coorganized by Prof. dr. Rosanna
Memoli
La Sapienza Univeristy
in Rome, Italy and Prof. dr Masimo
Ampola the University of Pisa.
Many
researchers joined the International
Research Society on Methodology Societal Complexity. In order to become a
member see:
http://www.geocities.com/doriendetombe/detombemembereuro.html
During the RC33 conference,
which was pleasantly and nicely organized by Simona Balbi from
Italy
together with the board of RC33 and the local organization committee, there
were many discussions on the subject of Methodology of Societal Complexity.
Parts of the session of the
Methodology of Societal Complexity is recorded on video.
Based on the abstracts of the session on Methodology
of Societal Complexity of the RC33 conference
in
Naples
a booklet is publised :
Dorien DeTombe & Rosanna Memoli (2008) Methodology
of Societal Complexity: Global Safety & Sustainable Development &
Healthcare the 7th International conference on Social Science
methodology of RC33 in Naples, Italy Europe on September 1-5 2008 Volume
17 Publisher: Greenhill & Waterfront, Europe:
Amsterdam
, The
Netherlands
;
Guilford
,
UK
North-America:
Montreal
,
Canada
ISBN/EAN
9789077171271 see: http://www.geocities.com/doriendetombe/detombebookabstractnaples2008.html
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