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5 th ESRC Research Methods Festival “Complexity Science Meets Social Science ” PI Prof Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey Network Coordinator, Alison Cooper www.csrw.ac.uk. “ About the Complexity Science in the Real World Network…. Projects Map. CLC - Care Life Cycle, Southampton
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5th ESRC Research Methods Festival“Complexity Science Meets Social Science”PI Prof Nigel Gilbert, University of SurreyNetwork Coordinator, Alison Cooperwww.csrw.ac.uk
Projects Map CLC - Care Life Cycle, Southampton ERIE - Evolution and Resilience of Industrial Ecosystems, Surrey ENFOLDing - Explaining and Forecasting of Global Dynamics, UCL London SCID – Social Complexity of Immigration and Diversity, Manchester Project Map SCID ENFOLDing ERIE CLC
Scale of Projects(People and Finances as in Original Applications)
Aims and Objectives 1. Develop a national profile for an inter-disciplinary network devoted to applicability of complexity theory 2. Inform policy makers and influence the debate on policy issues with new perspectives and insights 3. Establish a creative network environment that will give rise to conceptual advances and effective applications 4. Promote the four Complexity Science for the Real World programmes as a unified network 5. Cultivate a cohesive relationship between the four CSRW programmes, thus facilitating dissemination of expertise 6. Support the development of further interdisciplinary and cross disciplinary projects
Network “Complexity Science Meets Social Science” 5th ESRC Research Methods Festival Session Monday 2nd July 2012 15.30 – 17.00
Systems can be social and are of interest to Social Scientists Mathematical Modelling and Complexity Theory can be applied to and informed by social challenges How is this being employed to understand the social challenges of ‘Community Trust’ and the ‘London Riots’?