Speaker: Dr. Hans De Sterck
Title: Mathematical modelling of social spreading processes
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 – 2-4pm
Location: M3-2134
A video of Dr. De Sterck’s is posted below or can be viewed on our Vimeo page.
Abstract
Social spreading processes are intriguing manifestations of how humans interact and […]
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Speaker: Dr. Jack Goldstone
Title: Democracy and Development: Getting away from Linear Thinking to True Understanding
Date: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015, 2-4pm
Location: DC 1302
A video of Dr. Goldstone’s talk can be found below or on our Vimeo page.
Abstract
The relation between Democracy and Economic Development has long been debated, […]
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Leah Stokes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She completed her PhD in Public Policy in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning Environmental Policy & Planning group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She also received a masters from […]
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Speakers: Mark Tovey, Michael Neilsen, and Hassan Masum
Title: Open Source Democracy
Date: Monday, February 22, 2010
Category: Talk
Mark Tovey, Michael Nielsen, and Hassan Masum explore how new information and communication technologies might allow for new types of political engagement, problem solving, and collective decision-making. They discuss issues such as collective […]
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