Emergence, an interdisciplinary perspective
A conference exploring the concept of emergent phenomena in time series across different disciplines, from the earth sciences to the social sciences. This event will be led by Paul Burns… Read more »
Complexity in the Social World
An interview series with Jean Boulton and Mark Hardman discussing ‘Complexity in the Social World’. The interviews are freely available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCGJ1nwGi-o, with new interviews planned for the near future.
The UK Plant Biomechanics Day
Co-organised by Finn Box from the University of Manchester, this event will be held in 2025 (details to follow).
Fundamental mechanics for future microfluidics
This workshop will be led by Finn Box from the University of Manchester in 2025 (details to follow).
Hands-on School on Complex Systems
This impactful graduate school programme, led by Pietro Cicuta (Cambridge) & Teuta Pilizota (Edinburgh), focuses on experimental physics, with topics covered amenable to low-cost benchtop-scale investigation. For example, soft matter and… Read more »
The Statistical Physics of Cognition
The “Statistical Physics of Cognition” workshop, led by Fernando De Andraca, aims to bring together a diverse group of experts — including theoreticians, experimentalists, modellers, and data analysts — to… Read more »
The Dao of Complexity workshop + book launch
An evening event to explore a processual view of complexity theory, building on the new book by Jean Boulton, The Dao of Complexity (published by De Gruyter, 2024). Jean, in… Read more »
A climate change discussion with Soundart Radio
The co-evolution of our climate with interacting systems (such as the biosphere) is a good example of a complex nonlinear system, which is a challenge to understand and predict. Climate… Read more »
The Culture of and naming of SI Units
https://www.iop.org/events/culture-and-naming-si-units Have you ever thought about why measuring standards are useful? We have units of measure that are convenient (the tea spoon, a pint, the cm) fundamental constants (the speed… Read more »
Nobel Prize in Physics focuses on Complexity
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was awarded “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems” with one half jointly to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann “for the physical… Read more »