Cars Hommes, Professor of Mathematical Economics and NIAS Fellow 2014/15, has presented a framework to the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for a possible new transdisciplinary research initiative to address whether and how we can manage complex systems in society and science.
Grip on Complexity
Cars Hommes is a member of the programme committee that has written the paper “Grip on Complexity”. The paper offers a framework for a possible new transdisciplinary research initiative to address whether and how we can manage complex systems in society and science. A most pressing goal in our hyperconnected, networked world is to deal with the complexity we face and act in a complex and uncertain world. How do we get a grip on complexity?
The paper was presented to the Chair of the NWO Governing Board, Professor Jos Engelen, at a dedicated meeting on 18 September 2014. More information about the complexity programme.
About Cars Hommes
Cars Hommes is Professor of Economic Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam. He is currently at NIAS as Distinguished Lorentz Fellow, working on complexity modelling tools, and how these can be applied and explored in the socio-economic domain. How can complexity tools be employed to manage emergent macro phenomena, such as herding, panics, bubbles, crashes and crises?