SURD, an algorithm, reveals causal links in complex systems. Applications may include forecasting climate to projecting population growth to designing efficient aircraft. Getting to the heart of ...

You are a pioneer in the study of ‘Complex Systems’. Please describe this emerging field. Complex Systems studies how relationships between the parts give rise to the collective behaviours of a system ...

What Can Science Say About Where the World Is Going? When thinking about complex systems in terms of the context of this speaker series, one might assume that the phrase refers mainly to the sciences.

Discussion of the concept of lever points from emergence theory as a tool for understanding and acting as revolutionaries in different moments. “Give me a long enough lever and a place to stand, and I ...

Ragnar van der Merwe received funding from the John Templeton Foundation as part of the project The Evolution of Complexity hosted at Bath University. Alex Broadbent received funding from the John ...

Physicists show that the shape of components is a major determinant of how quickly and efficiently complex structures self-assemble. Physicists at LMU Munich show that the shape of components is a ...