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Dirk Helbing (18 September 2013)

The Internet and Social Media change our way of decision-making. We are no longer the independent decision makers we used to be. Instead, we have become networked minds, social decision-makers, more than ever before. This has several fundamental implications. First of all, our economic theories must change, and second, our economic institutions must be adapted to support the social decision-maker, the "homo socialis", rather be tailored to the perfect egoist, known as "homo economicus". ...

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Fribourg team (10 June 2013)

The EU-funded project QLectives for which the Econophysics Forum has been an important living lab is now coming to its end. Within the project, we prepared an updated version of the web site which features a new reputation system, improved user functionality, and new design. We believe that the new web site will serve the community well. ...

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Call for papers: Paper submissions for ENEC International Conference 2014 is now open!

posted by enec, 10 December 2013

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Announcement: Master's program "Sociology and Social Research" at Utrecht University

posted by matus, 06 November 2013

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Announcement: Travel fellowships for the NTU-Warwick Winter School 2014

posted by matus, 28 October 2013

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24 Feb 14 - NTU-Warwick Winter School 2014: Introduction to Complexity & Complexity Science
12 Mar 14 - 5th Workshop on Complex Networks - CompleNet 2014
29 May 14 - ENEC International Conference 2014
08 Jun 14 - Santa Fe Complex Systems Summer School
07 Jul 14 - International Conference on Statistical Physics SigmaPhi2014

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President's Doctoral Scholar Awards at the University of Manchester

posted by matus, 12 November 2013

The University of Manchester has a number of PhD studentships which it awards to individuals from outside the UK. These awards are known as "President's Doctoral Scholarships" (PDS). Please be aware that the PDS awards are very competitive, so only truly excellent candidates stand a realistic chance. They need to be at the top of their year group. Ideally they should also have a record of publications and/or prizes. ...

Open postdoc position at ISI Foundation

posted by matus, 04 November 2013

The Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation (ISI) welcomes applications to fill one postdoctoral fellowship. The candidate is expected to work in the broad area of socio-technical and biological systems, where we expect to strengthen the interplay between data science, theoretical modelling and web-based experiments....

PhD Position - Statistical Methods for the Diagnosis of Data Manipulation and Fraud in Science, ETH Zürich

posted by matus, 28 October 2013

The Chair of Sociology under Prof. Andreas Diekmann researches in the areas of social theory and cooperation systems, environmental and population sociology, and methods of empirical social research is offering as of January 1st, 2014. The project focuses on the validation of techniques to detect errors and fraudulent data manipulation in journal publications and on conducting a survey on scientific misconduct. ...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Statistical Physics of Complex Systems, Machester, UK

posted by matus, 28 October 2013

Applications are invited for the post of Research Associate in the Statistical Physics and Complex Systems Group of the School of Physics and Astronomy. You will be an outstanding and ambitious theoretical physicist or applied mathematician with a background in non-equilibrium statistical physics, the theory of stochastic processes or the theory of complex systems, and will work on an interdisciplinary project on the modeling of randomness and uncertainty in epidemiology, physiology and personalized medicine. ...

POSTDOCS IN COMPLEX NETWORKS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

posted by marian.serrano, 23 October 2013

MAPPING COMPLEXITY PROJECT We invite applications for a Post-doctoral Research Associate position (1+1 years) in Network Science-Mapping Complexity at the University of Barcelona (Spain). The successful candidate will be required to join us in the investigation of the theoretical foundations of complex networks embedded in hidden metric spaces to get insights into the connection between the structure and function of complex systems. She/he will also collaborate in mapping real complex systems in different domains with a focus on biology, economy, and sociotechnology....

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What is the best risk measure in practice? A comparison of standard measures

Susanne Emmer, Marie Kratz, Dirk Tasche