Prof Steffen Roth
@derrothdotcom
Full Professor of Management @ExceliaGroup Visiting Professor @UniWH and Adjunct Professor @UniTurku Visiting Fellow @WolfsonCam @Cambridge_Uni
Just published in Systems Research and Behavioral Science. wp.me/pvO07-2bL #BigData #googlengram #functionaldifferentiation #Luhmann #SocialTheory #socialsystems
Call for Papers! Join us at Yerevan State University, 4-5 Nov 2025, for the international conf. “Education & Research in Digital Age Societies.” Topics: #AI, #digital comms, learning science & more. Abstracts (300 words) due July 31: [email protected] #DigitalSociety #CfP

New special issue of @CurrentSociolog on "Guiding Distinctions of Social Theory", co-guest edited with @GubernatorHomo, Harry Dahms, and Arthur Atanesyan. With contributions from @Larsinthecloud, @autopoieticus, @ImTunnel, @gastonbecerra, @fratribus, @FcoXMorales, @falasales, and…
New format, new mission: Kybernetes launches Theory Transfer and Impact Articles! @falasales and I just published the 1st one—practical takeaways from hardcore #systemstheory. Ours is a bit too long; yours should not be. Link: wp.me/pvO07-2aW #TTIA #Kybernetes #Impact
Co-edited this issue with strong contributions by international scholars.
A sneak preview of our forthcoming special @Luhmann Conference 2024 issue of Current Sociology is available ↓ here ↓ derroth.com/2025/06/04/rel…
A sneak preview of our forthcoming special @Luhmann Conference 2024 issue of Current Sociology is available ↓ here ↓ derroth.com/2025/06/04/rel…
1/ 🚨 Just published in Journal of Institutional Economics! 🚨 💡 My article critically examines mission-directed governance, a model increasingly touted for solving contemporary challenges in the neoliberal age. But does its logic inherently risk authoritarianism? 🤔 🧵👇
The English version of my interview with @EgleKudzmaniene about the @nexsocinstitute is available at Kazimieras Simonavicius University's website ↓ here ↓ ksu.lt/en/news/the-ne…
This is an excellent place to discuss some crucial questions in social theory and public policy. What are the implications for human freedom of thinking in terms of complexity theory? Is cybernetics a force for increasing choice or for controlling it? How do choice and freedom…
The new mission statement of Kybernetes is live on our website now. → emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/k ← We look forward to your submissions!
The new mission statement of Kybernetes is live on our website now. → emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/k ← We look forward to your submissions!

Looking forward to this - liberalism, properly understood is creative destruction not the rigid routine of Rawls's 'well-ordered society.'
If you’re in London and free tomorrow, I’m giving a talk at the LSE. Open to the public. lse.ac.uk/economics/even…
Last chance to submit your abstract to the Luhmann Conference 2025 at @WolfsonCam, @Cambridge_Uni.
This is a gentle reminder that the abstract submission window for the Luhmann Conference 2025, to be held at @WolfsonCam, will be closing soon. This conference is co-sponsored by the @ESA_Sociology, the @IUCDubrovnik, and the @nexsocinstitute. #luhcon2025 wp.me/pvO07-256
This is a gentle reminder that the abstract submission window for the Luhmann Conference 2025, to be held at @WolfsonCam, will be closing soon. This conference is co-sponsored by the @ESA_Sociology, the @IUCDubrovnik, and the @nexsocinstitute. #luhcon2025 wp.me/pvO07-256
Hoy apareció en Current Sociology mi último artículo: "Society/nature: Enactive perspectives for social systems theory" Mis agradecimientos al editor @derrothdotcom journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…