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Part of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for work modeling Earth’s climate using its chaotic, complex weather. To scientists, chaos lies in the gray zone between randomness and predictability.
The work of Italian physicist Giorgio Parisi has helped predict the unpredictable, from changes in the climate to the movements of flocks of starlings.
Why radical changes to society are needed if we are to escape environmental disaster.
We have long wondered why Earth has stayed habitable enough for life to evolve over billions of years.
The unexpected behaviour of even simple bots is only going to get more dramatic as AI scales up.
He spends his days developing artificial intelligence systems. What about AI keeps him up at night?
An aggressive posture is one thing – but doing something about it is another, as countries factor in the costs and risks of aggression.
There are very few approaches that examine all aspects of the complexity of urban design and development. Ergonomics, human factors and sociotechnical systems methods offer a way forward.
We’re living in a time of rapid transformation in terms of what’s required for a country’s workforce. Design thinking is one way to prepare graduates for these changing times.
The Centrelink debt recovery system reminds us that many data systems are prone to error, and that’s built in to how they work.
The problems that cause us to be so frustrated we contemplate throwing a computer can be much more serious than a multimillionaire football coach having a minor tantrum on a Sunday afternoon.
Complex systems, from TV shows to hospitals, have plenty of checks and procedures, so why do things still go wrong?
Diverse threads of the vast interrogation of nature we call science are coming together in a rich and mutually informative intellectual tapestry.
The Conversation organised a public question-and-answer session on Reddit in which James Dyke, a lecturer in Complex System Simulation, discussed planetary boundaries and whether global industrialised…
In part 10 of the multi-disciplinary Millennium Project series, Alex Burns argues that we are getting more sophisticated in our approach to global threats and conflict. Global challenge 10: How can shared…
In part nine of our multi-disciplinary Millennium Project series, Cliff Hooker argues that to get any better at decision-making, we must first face up to our limitations. Global challenge 9: How can the…
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Laureate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Honorary Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Director of the Complex Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Newcastle
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Senior Research Officer, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, School of Sociology; Geary Fellow, Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin
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Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Political Science, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in Mathematics, Flinders University
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Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology & Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
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Professor of Human Factors and Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, Past President of Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Land Use Planning & Urban Design, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer of System Dynamics, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Design Thinking Programme Manager, University of Cape Town
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Emeritus Professor of Complex Systems Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
