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Werner Ulrich (born 1948) is a Switzerland social scientist and practical philosopher, and a former professor of the theory and practice of social planning at the University of Fribourg. He is known as one of the originators of critical systems thinking (CST) and in particular for the development of critical systems heuristics.Jackson, Michael C. Systems approaches to management. Springer Science & Business Media, 2000.Alvesson, Mats, and Hugh Willmott. Making sense of management: A critical introduction. Sage, 2012.
Back in Switzerland, in 1981, Ulrich started a double career as policy analyst in government at the canton of Bern, and academic teacher at the University of Fribourg. Here he was appointed Titular Professor of Social Planning in the Faculty of Arts. He has also been Visiting Professor at the University of Hull, the University of Lincoln, the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Open University in Milton Keynes, UK. Ulrich is now retired from his professorship at the University of Fribourg but remains Honorary Visiting Professor at the Open University. Werner Ulrich's Home Page has moved to http://wulrich.com as of October 26, 2009.
In 2001, he initiated the Lugano Summer School of Systems Design at the University of Lugano, which he has been directing since. Lugano Summer School of Systems Design at the University of Lugano. Accessed, November 3, 2009
Ulrich is co-founder and coeditor of the "Journal of Research Practice".
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