5th ESRC Research Methods Festival

“Complexity Science Meets Social Science”

PI Prof Nigel Gilbert, University of SurreyNetwork Coordinator, Alison Cooper

www.csrw.ac.uk

“About the Complexity Science in the Real World Network….

Projects MapProject Map

SCID

ENFOLDing

CLCERIE

CLC - Care Life Cycle, SouthamptonERIE - Evolution and Resilience of Industrial Ecosystems, SurreyENFOLDing - Explaining and Forecasting of Global Dynamics, UCL LondonSCID – Social Complexity of Immigration and Diversity, Manchester

Project TimelinesProject 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

CSRWn36 months

CLC60 months

ENFOLD60 months

ERIE72 months

SCID60 months

Scale of Projects(People and Finances as in Original

Applications)Project PhD

StudentsTotal Staff

PIs/Co-Is

Researcher PIs

PDRAs Co-ordinators

Budget £

CSRW 0 1 1 or 4 0 0 1 124762CLC 4 16 10 0 5 1 3301716ERIE 9 13 7 1 4 1 4005856ENFOLD 5 16 10 0 5 1 2954027SCID 2 10 4 1 4 1 3231964TOTAL 20 56 31 2 18 5 13618326

Aims and Objectives1. 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 SessionMonday 2nd July 201215.30 – 17.00

Session ProgrammeTime Item Speaker

15.30 Introduction to session and CSRW network Alison Cooper

15.35 ‘Complexity Theory’ and the Social Science – Systems and Models

Professor Seth Bullock

15.55 Developing a Model of Trust in Communities Dr Nick Shryane

16.15 Modelling Spatial and Intervention Effects from London Riots Data

Dr Hannah Fry

Speakers will take Q&A as a panel All

17.00 Close

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’?

What do these case studies have in common?