Jon MacKay (PhD, Waterloo) has worked as a software developer at BlackBerry, an economist in the microsimulation and modeling division of Statistics Canada and most recently as an academic researcher. His current research interests include examining how social, business and political landscape has changed due to the growing importance of technology sector. Methodologically, he makes […]
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Title: Democracy and Development: Getting away from Linear Thinking to True Understanding
Date: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015, 2-4pm
Location: DC 1302
Abstract
The relation between Democracy and Economic Development has long been debated, as to whether it is causal and in which direction. Yet this entire debate is an artifact […]
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Title: Bridges Lecture – Dancing the Math of Complex Systems
Date: Friday, March 13, 2015 – 7:30pm-9:00pm
Location: Siegfried Hall, St. Jerome’s University (Free parking will be available at St. Paul’s)
Abstract
Bridges lectures aim to overcome the gap between Mathematics and the Arts. Join Sarah Tolmie […]
Continue Reading →WICI Affiliate researcher Dr. William Sutherland has released a new book, Grand Rounds: Healing Wisdom for a Complex World. The book is available for free on Smashwords and iBooks. To learn more, please visit https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/564303.
Grand Rounds: Healing Wisdom for a Complex World
From the Book Back Matter
What makes for a truly […]
Continue Reading →2015 Summer Solstice
7th International Conference on Discrete Models of Complex Systems
June 17-19, 2015, The Fields Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/14-15/complexsys15/
You are invited to submit an abstract and/or participate at the 2015 Summer Solstice International Conference on Discrete Models of Complex Systems.
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Continue Reading →Speakers: Dr. Sarah Tolmie and Dr. Dawn Parker
Title: Bridges Lecture – Dancing the Math of Complex Systems
Date: Friday, March 13, 2015 – 7:30pm-9:00pm
Location: Siegfried Hall, St. Jerome’s University (Free parking will be available at St. Paul’s)
A video of the lecture can be found below or on the SJU St. […]
Continue Reading →Megan Bean works in adult education, primarily in teaching English as a second or other language. She received her undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland; a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the University of College Cork, Ireland; and a Masters in Education from the Open University, England. Her […]
Continue Reading →Speaker: Dr. Darla Munroe (The Ohio State University)
Title: The interdependence of forest transition pathways at the household level in Yunnan, China
Date: Wednesday, April, 25th, 2012
Category: Seminar
Abstract
Prior research on “forest transitions,” or the observation of sustained forest recovery following past forest clearing, has often employed the concept of […]
Continue Reading →Speaker: Marten Scheffer
Title: Early Warning Signs for Critical Transitions
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Category: Talk
Professor Marten Scheffer of Wageningen University discusses his research on how to discern generic early-warning signals in complex systems that indicate a critical threshold is approaching. Such research is important because tipping points can cause […]
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