The next Toulouse Summer School in quantitative social sciences will take place from May 30 to June 23. It will focus on the evolution of human sociality and on Economic and Polical institutions. ➡️Apply until February 10. More information here: tse-fr.eu/toulouse-summe…

The first issue of 2023 has been published! It includes 8 peer reviewed articles and 1 book review! jasss.org/JASSS.html

New contribution: 'The inevitable “layering” of models to extend the reach of our understanding' by Bruce Edmonds #metamodelling #abm #complexity #partialunderstanding #layering rofasss.org/2023/02/09/lay…

Online Social Simulation Fest 2023. A mixture of inspirational talks and wide-ranging discussions. 14/15 March - free but need registration. See programme at socsimfest.eu/programme-2023/ All welcome! #socialsimulation #abm #modelling #essa

Just posted: New paper "Cognition and Hypocognition: Discursive and simulation-supported decision-ma... tinyurl.com/2osll4bl #cfpm

We are trying to find a community of simulation modellers who are interested in developing simulation models that exhibit alternative processes that leads to inequality (of whatever kind). cfpm.org/news/293/ #inequality #abm #simulation #socialsimulation

The 18th Social Simulation Conference, Uni. Glasgow, 4-8 Sept 2023. Full paper deadline 28 Apr. Workshop proposals 13 April. All aspects of simulation interaction between actors. All welcome. #socialsimulation #abm ssc23-sphsu.online

📢 2 days left! Submit your contribution to ODCD'23 by Apr 14 Interdisciplinary Workshop on Opinion Dynamics and Collective Decision 💭💬🗯️🗳️ odcd2023.janlo.de

"Making Models FAIR: An educational initiative to build good ABM practices" by Janssen, Claborn, Edmonds, Shahbaznezhadfard and Vanegas-Ferro to coincide with the tobefair.org site. #abm #simulation #fair #tobefair #goodpractice rofasss.org/2023/05/11/fai…

Join the ESSA Summer School in Social Simulation at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen (28 Aug-1 Sept) for a comprehensive one-week course on agent-based modelling. A limited number of bursaries are available. #SocialSimulation #ESSASummerSchool hutton.ac.uk/events/europea…

Abstract and slides from my invited talk at MABS2023: "Combining Constraint-Based and Imperative Programming in MABS for More Reliable Modelling" #abm #simulation #agents #imperative #declarative cfpm.org/news/296

New joint paper in Environmental Modelling & Software: "What do you want theory for? - A pragmatic analysis of the roles of “theory” in agent-based modelling". #theory #abm #generalisation @GaryPolhill Alison Heppenstall Nanda doi.org/10.1016/j.envs…

A challenge to my colleagues to apply their skills to help people agree so that we can move forward with collective action to better mitigate and adapt to things like climate change. Details at: cfpm.org/discussionpape… #abm #socialsimulation #ssc23 #eurosocsim #adapt #agreement

A Declaration of Social Simulator Rights! These rights are necessary if modellers are to do their job properly: honestly, transparently and reliably. (as the COVID policy models showed) Please add your name! cfpm.org/discussionpape… #ssc2023 European Social Simulation Association #socialsimulation #policy

Social Simulation 2024, 16-20 Aug, Cracow. ssc2024.uek.krakow.pl

🔥Call for papers on empirical Agent-based modelling! 🔥 We are calling for papers reporting on modelling work that is strongly related to empirical evidence, i.e. the opposite of theoretical explorations. This relationship might be done in a variety of ways, including (but not

Online festival of social simulation 2024: May 14&15th. Inspirational talks and discussions. All free but you need to register: see socsimfest.eu for details.

The slides from my talk at the "Culture of the artificial" workshop in Copenhagen. Available at cfpm.org/slides/Culture… #narrative #simulation #socialscience #ABM #agentbased #stakeholders #policy #culture #LLM

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…

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