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Introduction
My research interest covers Alternative food networks (AFN), local food, animal welfare, B2B
Theoretically I am interested in Niklas Luhmanns system theory and the works of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze
Publications
Publications (9)
George Spencer Brown, a polymath and author of Laws of Form, brought together mathematics, electronics, engineering and philosophy to form an unlikely bond. This book investigates Design with NOR, the title of the yet unpublished 1961 typescript by Spencer Brown. The typescript formed through the author's experiences as technical engineer and devel...
Highlights
• The paper presents an example of a total reset of an industry
• By drawing on Axel Honneths theory of recognition the paper shows the consequences a reset can have on identity and trust
• The paper discusses these insights in relation to stakeholder capitalism and grand challenges
• ABSTRACT: When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world...
Through their assortment and merchandising decision-making retailers influence consumers choice by adjusting the choices available to them. Anchored in a market practice view, this article studies the role retailers play in shaping markets through their assortment building efforts. It demonstrates that retailers are not just reacting to changes in...
Purpose
The present article pertains to recent advances in social systems theoretical analyses of moral communication.
Design/methodology/approach
An introduction to basic concepts and requirements for systems-theoretical approaches to morality and communication is provided, as is an introduction to 14 contributions to a pertinent special issue of...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the philosophical roots of Luhmann's theory in relation to its anti-totalitarian elements.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper offers a conceptual discussion of the critical and anti-totalitarian angle in Niklas Luhmann's system theory.
Findings
This paper finds that systems theory has a criti...
In this paper, we discuss the role of ethics and moral in relation to Niklas Luhmann’s theory on functional differentiation. We argue that Luhmann’s negative view on ethics and moral stems from his conceptualisation of the two phenomenon’s. In conceptualising ethics and moral Luhmann relies on utilitarism and transcendental ethics. We argue that th...
The ethical consumer occupies a significant position in the current capitalist system as the market-based answer to a whole range of negative externalities. Unfortunately, she has been proven to behave out of sync with her ethical values and thus has been taken apart by scholars as a mere myth. Yet, businesses and politicians continue to believe in...
Cybernetics & Human Knowing, Volume 25, Number 1, 2018, pp. 71-90(20)
According to Niklas Luhmann, organizations are temporal systems operating in a state of dynamic stability. In this article, we discuss how this constitutes a paradox in the sense that systems rely on a state of stability in order to allow for change. We focus on how two organiza...
Value Based Food Chains (VBFC) differ throughout Europe but are often found to share the same problem of integrating and maintaining their values as the chain grows. In this paper, we analyse a number of VBFC that have succeeded in this manoeuvre. We argue that the success of these cases relies on the capability of the VBFC in question to combine b...
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The Next Society Institute (NSI) is a university institute and research start-up devoted to theory development and transfer. Launched in 2020 by the Kazimieras Simonavičius University in Vilnius, Lithuania, the NSI advances social systems theory in the tradition of Niklas Luhmann and explores synergies with alternative schools of systems theories. URL: https://next.ksu.lt
The Danish food sector is losing jobs, and producers face a long-term trend of income problems. Agriculture is challenged with regards to compliance with the EU habitat- and water directives, which indicate the need for differentiating land use in Denmark. There is thus significant economic, societal and environmental potential in agricultural diversification through developing Danish provenance foods. We explore barriers and opportunities for the creation of provenance food products in collaboration with regional stakeholders
