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An RSS feed with the latest discussion papers published by the CFPM

Discussion Papers

  • Paper: Meyer & Edmonds "The importance of dynamic networks within a model of politics" · 28 February 2023
  • New comment: The inevitable “layering” of models to extend the reach of our understanding · 15 February 2023
  • New paper published in "Government and Opposition" (online, open access) · 23 September 2022
  • New Comment: The Poverty of Sugestivism - the dangers of "suggests that" modelling · 1 March 2022
  • New CfPM Report: An Evidence-Driven Model of Voting and Party Competition · 18 October 2021

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An RSS feed with the latest news from the CFPM

News and Events

  • Making Models FAIR: An educational initiative to build good ABM practices · 11 May 2023
  • Interdisciplinary Workshop on Opinion Dynamics and Collective Decision 2023, July 12-14, Bremen · 3 April 2023
  • Call for Expressions of Interest: Alternative simulation models of the emergence of inequality · 2 March 2023
  • New paper "Cognition and Hypocognition: Discursive and simulation-supported decision-making within complex systems" by Gary Polhill and Bruce Edmonds (291) · 18 February 2023
  • Review of "Escape from Model Land. How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It" · 5 January 2023

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News

"Populism and Civic Engagement" (PaCE) project ended, results available

All the results of the PaCE project are now available…

…on the website (popandce.eu), including:

  • The 16 Policy recommendations
  • An updated report on the underlying risk factors for democratic quality
  • A cutting-edge Agent-Based Simulation of Voter&Party behaviour
  • The comparative data on European parties
  • The ML-driven PaCE issue-tracking dashboard
  • I, the People! – a comic to educate, and provoke classroom discussion, by Takis Pappas and Alecos Papadatos
  • Outcomes from the 8 Democracy Labs run around Europe
  • A set of infographics explaining key issues
  • Recommendations for new forms of public participation, espcially online forms
  • A new synthesised model of the causes of populism
  • A pack of educational materials for use in schools

CFPM tweets

  • RT @BruceEdmonds: Abstract and slides from my invited talk at MABS2023: "Combining Constraint-Based and Imperative Programming in MABS for… May 30, 11:59 am
  • RT @SaraMehryar: Join the ESSA Summer School in Social Simulation at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen (28 Aug-1 Sept) for a comprehen… May 18, 02:58 pm
  • RT @RofASSS: "Making Models FAIR: An educational initiative to build good ABM practices" by Janssen, Claborn, Edmonds, Shahbaznezhadfard an… May 11, 10:02 am
  • RT @jalorenz: 📢 2 days left! Submit your contribution to ODCD'23 by Apr 14 Interdisciplinary Workshop on Opinion Dynamics and Collective D… Apr 12, 03:20 pm
  • RT @EuroSocSim: The 18th Social Simulation Conference, Uni. Glasgow, 4-8 Sept 2023. Full paper deadline 28 Apr. Workshop proposals 13 April… Mar 18, 08:08 am

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