Complexity Science Research and links with Boston University
Features16 December 2009
In Spring 2008, a partnership between The University of Warwick and Boston University in the USA was announced to exploit the complementary resources of both institutions in addressing novel research domains. Complexity Science was identified as a key area of interdisciplinary research by both universities.
Earlier this year, senior colleagues from Boston University visited Warwick to consolidate the institutional relationship and to develop the agenda for collaborative research. In addition to institutional level meetings hosted by the Vice-Chancellor and the International Office, Professor Andrei Ruckenstein, Vice President (Research) and his Boston colleagues attended a two-day Research Workshop on Complexity Science and Policy.
The workshop was chaired by Yasmin Merali, Associate Professor of Information Systems at Warwick Business School and Co-Director of the Complexity Science Doctoral Training Centre and jointly funded by the Institute for Advanced Study and the International Office. Conceived as a transdisciplinary event, the workshop identified collaborative projects in which application of Complex Systems concepts will aid policy formulation and implementation in areas as diverse as the Digital Economy, Health, the Low Carbon Society and Sustainable Energy.
Warwick participants included Robert MacKay (Chair of the Centre for Complexity Science) Robin Ball (Director of the Complexity Science Doctoral Training Centre), John Benington (WBS), Jonathan Cave (Economics Department), Sadie Creese (International Digital Laboratory), Frances Griffiths (Warwick Medical School), Phil Mawby (Engineering) and Andrew Sentance (Warwick Business School).
In recent years Complexity Science has attracted much interest from public and private sector institutions and the research councils. In a related feature, Yasmin Merali outlines some of the promises and challenges associated with the use of Complexity Science concepts and tools to understand and explain the behaviour of socio-economic systems for policy makers.
Earlier this year, senior colleagues from Boston University visited Warwick to consolidate the institutional relationship and to develop the agenda for collaborative research. In addition to institutional level meetings hosted by the Vice-Chancellor and the International Office, Professor Andrei Ruckenstein, Vice President (Research) and his Boston colleagues attended a two-day Research Workshop on Complexity Science and Policy.
The workshop was chaired by Yasmin Merali, Associate Professor of Information Systems at Warwick Business School and Co-Director of the Complexity Science Doctoral Training Centre and jointly funded by the Institute for Advanced Study and the International Office. Conceived as a transdisciplinary event, the workshop identified collaborative projects in which application of Complex Systems concepts will aid policy formulation and implementation in areas as diverse as the Digital Economy, Health, the Low Carbon Society and Sustainable Energy.
Warwick participants included Robert MacKay (Chair of the Centre for Complexity Science) Robin Ball (Director of the Complexity Science Doctoral Training Centre), John Benington (WBS), Jonathan Cave (Economics Department), Sadie Creese (International Digital Laboratory), Frances Griffiths (Warwick Medical School), Phil Mawby (Engineering) and Andrew Sentance (Warwick Business School).
In recent years Complexity Science has attracted much interest from public and private sector institutions and the research councils. In a related feature, Yasmin Merali outlines some of the promises and challenges associated with the use of Complexity Science concepts and tools to understand and explain the behaviour of socio-economic systems for policy makers.
