Bio Note: Originally a researcher into computer modelling and social development at the Eduard Pestel Institute for Applied Systems Research, Hannover, Germany, Bernd R. Hornung did practical work for the UN in West Africa, before turning to healthcare and IT at the Institute of Medical Informatics, Marburg. A former president of Research Committee 51 on Sociocybernetics of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and a member of the ISA Executive Committee, he is currently responsible for data protection and security at the University Hospital Gießen and Marburg.

Affiliation: University of Magdeburg, Germany

Homepage: http://sociocybernetics.unizar.es/chen/Hornung/