Here is an editorial note soon out in JASSS on the importance of #peerreview for the 'social contract' of academic citizenship, with new initiatives to motivate #reviewers in times of increasing demand. Any comments are welcome: jasss.org/28/1/6.html

New Review of Artificial Societies & Social Simulation Comment on recent JASSS editorial on peer review by Paolo Galimberti: "Short comment on ‘‘Editorial Note: We need to recognise that peer review is central to the ‘social contract’ of academic citizenship” rofasss.org/2025/02/03/jas…

A summary of the work and influence of Rosaria Conte (1952-2016) by Mario Paolucci. #abm #socialsimulation #psychology #immergence #agentbasedmodelling rofasss.org/2025/02/11/ros…

For the thinking behind these posts see rofasss.org/2024/05/06/del… rofasss.org/2022/02/28/pov… & rofasss.org/2020/05/22/mod… by @BruceEmonds

Just as the account In Mice adds the words "in mice" to the ends of paper titles to indicate their true validity, I have launched Papers that should say "...in a model" to do the same for papers whose conclusions have only been proved in a model and not in reality, but might give a different impression.

Call for papers - Special track @ Social Simulation Conference 2025 - Qual2Rule: Using qualitative data in agent-based models. Deadline 11/4/25 Details in: ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl/conference-pro… #abm #simulation #socialscience #qualitative

The best social simulation conference anywhere, Delft 25-29th Aug 2025. Paper deadline 11th Apr. See great list of special tracks and workshops in the program. ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl #simulation #socialscience #abm #ssc2025

A classic example of language that does not distinguish between what is true in a model and in reality. This paper has had huge circulation among narrow nationalists (e.g. in Russia). The authors of this (otherwise fine) paper did not intend this. jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/16/3/7.html

Whilst Roosevelt said "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick", the court of Mad King Trump rails publically at those that contradict or frustrate him (such as Zelensky). Welcome to the era of noisy international relations where naked power is openly flaunted!

About the first winner of ESSA's Rosaria Conte Outstanding Contribution Award for Social Simulation: Nigel Gilbert. #sociology #socialsimulation #abm #jasss #simsoc #essa rofasss.org/2025/03/04/nig…

How do human motives, cognitive dissonance, decision strategies, and social influence shape opinions and behaviors within a networked community? Wander Jager introduces "HUMAT", the latest tool for exploring these complex social dynamics. Watch the teaser! youtu.be/TwXdT56yjcI

The slides from my talk at NORCE, Kristiansand are at cfpm.org/slides (The cartoon, by Justin Bilicki, was the winner of the UCS Science Idol political cartoon contest in 2008).

New contribution by Peter Steiglechner and Marijn Keijzer: "Make some noise! Why agent-based modelers should embrace the power of randomness" #RofASSS #ABM #noise #randomness #robustness #socialsimulation #taxonomy #simulation #science #method #agentbased rofasss.org/2025/05/31/noi…

pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… PNAS continues to have low standards as to title hype

Slides from my talk at the WUR Resilience summer school in the NL: the file "ABM_and_assessing_SES_resilience.pdf" at cfpm.org/slides/

This study rethinks #StakeholderEngagement in #AgentBasedModeling, exploring hidden dimensions of #Expertise, its diverse sources, and its subtle influence on #ComputationalModels and the #ModellingProcess. Read the full #OpenAccess article on #jasss: jasss.org/28/3/10.html

Out now in the standard library of NetLogo , our Consumer Decision model. netlogoweb.org/launch#http://… The tab "Model info" explains how it works and 5 experiments to do in class or workshops. Developed within actiss-edu.eu Enjoy!

This could be about many fields (e.g. economics) but happens to be a critique of some theoretical physics. That she was sacked from her academic post at the Munich Centre for Mathematical Philosophy for calling out BS is a scandal. youtube.com/watch?v=ZO5u3V…