Mirta Galesic will present a talk on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 3 PM in the Salon. If you would like to join the talk, please send an email to office@csh.ac.at. Title: "Beyond Collective Intelligence: Collective Adaptation" Abstract: Mirta will describe a conceptual framework for studying collective adaptation,…
Abstract: "Why are politicians so reluctant to invest into bicycle infrastructure and pedestrianization given it is the most efficient investment towards sustainable and livable cities? What are the technical and political bottlenecks that keep society in the stranglehold of car dependency, and what are the implications of sustained delay? Which data are we missing,…
Tatiana Filatova (TU Delft) will present a talk on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 3 PM at the Salon. If you would like to attend the talk, please send an email to office@csh.ac.at. Title: "Cities, markets and climate change: a complexity perspective" Abstract: The 2022 IPCC WGII report is unequivocal: adaptation…
Lisette Espin (CSH) will present a talk on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 3 PM at the Salon. If you would like to attend the talk, please send us an email at office@csh.ac.at. Title: “Interpreting wealth distribution via poverty map inference using multimodal data” Abstract: Poverty maps are essential tools for governments…
Yaniv Proselkov (IFM University of Oxford) will present a talk on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 3:30 PM at the Salon. If you would like to attend the talk, please send us an email at office@csh.ac.at. Title: “Measuring the impact of credit availability on supply ecosystem growth” Abstract: Many countries are underbanked, such…
Food security for the entire planet hinges on the supply and efficient use of mineral resources, efficient food production, as well as on resilient supply chains. This is associated with a long list of inter-related research questions: Where and how are mineral resources mined that can be used as fertilizers? What are the supply-chains and…
Mauricio Martins (Uni Wien) will present a talk on Friday, April 28 at 3PM at the Salon. Title: Using historical psychology to understand social and political change. Abstract: Psychology is critical to understanding human history. When aggregated, changes in people's individual preferences can lead to important changes in institutions, social norms,…
Frank Pijpers (Statistics Netherlands) will present his talk on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 3 PM at Room 201. Title: Next-generation official statistics from complexity science Abstract: The global sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations provide a number of challenges for all member states if they are to meet all…
Title: Perspectives for Designing Complex Citizens-City Relationships: Participation, Cooperation, Co-Creation and Empowerment Abstract: Cities are complex systems with a large number of networked entities, communicating and interacting with each other. The complexity results from the fundamental diversity of the contributing and participating entities: living organisms like humans, animals, and plants; ‘bricks and mortar’ and…
Davide Luzzati from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is giving a talk on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 3 PM. If you would like to join the talk, please send an email to office@csh.ac.at. Title: "Centrality in the Macroeconomic Multi-Network and Spatio-Temporal Evolution of Country Per-Capita GDP" Abstract:…