New Education and Research Initiatives
Dietrich College Launches the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics
The Institute for Complex Social Dynamics, led by Kevin Zollman, the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Philosophy, develops and uses mathematical and computational models to deepen our understanding of complex social systems. The institute brings together scholars and graduate and undergraduate students from across the university, including the Dietrich College, School of Computer Science, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and Tepper School of Business. Through these collaborations, institute members will conduct research that seeks to understand social phenomena like segregation, political
partisanship, the way communication networks form and evolve and many other topics. These collaborations can be used to find similarities across remarkably different systems, including connections between human and non-human social organization. “This new institute highlights Carnegie Mellon’s strengths in understanding both the good and the bad in large-scale, complex social phenomena,” said Zollman. “By providing a clearinghouse for this work, the institute will develop the next generation of scholars to employ a variety of scientific and humanistic methods to tackle the most difficult social problems.”
Core Members of the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics
Simon DeDeo, William S. Dietrich II Career Development Chair, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Kara Kedrick, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Kevin Zollman, the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Philosophy and institute director
Russell Golman, associate professor, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
“By providing a clearinghouse for this work, the institute will develop the next generation of scholars to employ a variety of scientific and humanistic methods to tackle the most difficult social problems .” — Kevin Zollman
Nynke Niezink, assistant professor, Department of Statistics & Data Science
John Miller, professor, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Cosma Shalizi, associate professor, Department of Statistics & Data Science
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