Structural Analysis of Cultural Systems

History

S.A.C.S. is a follow-up to the EU-project CULTOS (2001–2003). After the recommendation of the European Commission to continue research activities, S.A.C.S. was registered at Technische Universität Berlin in 2004. Founders were Roland Posner, late professor emeritus of linguistics and head of the semiotics research centre at TU Berlin, and Monika Walter, professor of romance literatures at TU Berlin. After its foundation, S.A.C.S. shifted its emphasis towards issues of cultural psychology, cultural semiotics, indigenous peoples and UN related work. Furthermore, it integrated a team of psychologists to provide expert reports for family courts, notably in child custody cases with mixed cultural backgrounds. In 2011, S.A.C.S. was officially registered as a non-governmental organization at the United Nations. It remained at TU Berlin until the end of 2012 and then became independent. From 2013 to 2015, S.A.C.S. had an office at the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 2014, S.A.C.S. was awarded Special Consultative Status by the UN Economic and Social Council. Social research scientist Arnold Groh, who also was in charge of the predecessor project CULTOS at TU Berlin, is president/director of S.A.C.S.