The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 32: The Unfinished Space QUICK OVERVIEW AND LINKS TO THE OTHER THEMES AND CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK   We come, finally, to the last chapter of the At...

If your complexity model ends with a tidy conclusion, it isn’t complexity. We end our Atlas unfinished! Incompleteness isn’t failure. It’s method. It’s imagination. It’s the only honest map we've got. sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-... @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change

E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change

According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet

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Newcastle air pollution sees 'significant' drop in last year New data shows a 9% fall in nitrogen dioxide levels from 2023 to 2024.

Encouraging results from another low emission / clean zone, this time Newcastle...

BBC News - Newcastle air pollution sees 'significant' drop in last year - BBC News
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The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 30: Mapping the new methodological terrain QUICK OVERVIEW AND LINKS TO THE OTHER THEMES AND CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK   The first major content theme in T he Atlas of ...

The present future of methods research is applied complexity. The Atlas, Ch30, explores these methods, from case-based to systems mapping to trajectory QCA. sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-... @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 29: Revisiting Complex Causality QUICK OVERVIEW AND LINKS TO THE OTHER THEMES AND CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK   The first major content theme in T he Atlas o...

Ch29 Atlas: Complex Causality. Most models flatten social life into neat causes and effects. Real complexity is tangled, temporal. Drop the clockwork. Think in cases. Trace feedback. Embrace the mess. sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-... @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 28: Make Love, Not Models QUICK OVERVIEW AND LINKS TO THE OTHER THEMES AND CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK   The first major content theme in T he Atlas of So...

Computational models have their place, but social complexity demands a wider modelling platform, including qualitative and mixed methods, all grounded in the ontological messiness of social reality. @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social r sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

Finland just seems to get it right - education, housing. #TaxTheRich #ClassWar

The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 27: Theme 5, Methods The first major content theme in T he Atlas of Social Complexity is Cognition, Emotion and Consciousness. This first the...

Final Atlas theme: methods. From critically engaging computation to embracing systems mapping, QCA, & complex realism, we ask: can our methods meet the complexity challenge? Not yet, but we're close. sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-... @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 26: Resilience and all that Jazz The first major content theme in T he Atlas of Social Complexity is Cognition, Emotion and Consciousness. This first theme includes six cha...

Resilience isn’t just bouncing back. It’s co-evolving, adapting, transforming. We live inside socioecological systems. Our survival and well-being depend on their resilience. @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...

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The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 25: Economics in an unstable world The first major content theme in T he Atlas of Social Complexity is Cognition, Emotion and Consciousness. This first the...

Economies aren’t machines seeking balance; they're living systems in disequilibrium: adaptive, entangled, unpredictable. Complexity economics doesn’t fix old models. It re-imagines the system entirely. sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-... @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

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The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 24: The Challenges of Applying Complexity The first major content theme in T he Atlas of Social Complexity is Cognition, Emotion and Consciousness. This first the...

CH24 Atlas: Policy chases simple fixes for complex problems. Wicked problems aren’t puzzles, they’re living systems. Think adaptively, act collectively, & embrace complexity as a tool, not theory. sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-... @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

CLEA SEMINAR & IMAGINARY INSTITUTE. The Atlas of Social Complexity In the upcoming CLEA x ii seminar session, we invite Brian Castellani and Lasse Gerrits to explore their seminal work, The Atlas of Social Complexity. We will focus on their final chapter, The

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The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 23: Governance, Politics and Technocracy The first major content theme in T he Atlas of Social Complexity is Cognition, Emotion and Consciousness. This first theme includes six cha...

Complexity scientists: stop acting like policy is a physics problem. Wicked problems aren’t just complex; they're political. Engage power, irrationality, and governance to be useful. sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-... @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

YouTube video by Peter Erdi Atlas of Social Complexity: Podcast with the authors: Brian Castellani and Lasse Gerrits

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Andrew Weissman and Jen Rubin on crumbling rule of law in America Former General Counsel for the FBI Andrew Weissmann and Jen Rubin give an update on the criminal proceedings against Eric Adams and discuss the naming of right-wing influencer Dan Bongino as Deputy Di...

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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 21: The Local and the Global: The Complexities of Place As I stated in my previous posts, The Atlas of Social Complexity is comprised of several content themes. The first majo...

Digital space/time intertwine with the urban, impacting how we plan, model, live. This “space of flows” reinforces megacities as central nodes, deepens inequalities, & reshapes mobility. See CH21 of Atlas @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

Children near Amsterdam airport use inhalers more, study finds Results show increase in symptoms such as wheeziness in presence of high aviation-related ultrafine particles

With new runways on the agenda I thought it was time to revisit the emerging and established evidence on UFP from airports. One from my back catalogue with links to lots of studies.

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World’s addiction to fossil fuels is ‘Frankenstein’s monster’, says UN chief António Guterres issues warning at Davos, days after Donald Trump pulled US out of Paris climate agreement

"On the wrong side of history, the wrong side of science & the wrong side of consumers who are looking for more sustainability, not less"

António Guterres to major banks who pulled out of climate agreements & fossil fuel industries

-@dpcarrington.bsky.social

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The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 22: Socio-technological life As I stated in my previous posts, The Atlas of Social Complexity is comprised of several content themes. The first major content theme in Th...

In Digital Anthropocene, humans & machines co-create complex systems where agency is shared and solutions aren’t simple. Ch22 of the Atlas calls for critical, reflexive thinking to navigate our new world. @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-...

The Atlas of Social Complexity. Chapter 20: Configurational social science As I stated in my previous posts, The Atlas of Social Complexity is comprised of several content themes.   The first majo...

Ch20 of the Atlas introduces Configurational Social Science, which combines intersectionality & configurational theory to address complexities of living in systems: power, identity, justice, equity. sacswebsite.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-... @lassegerrits.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution Campaigners say pollution levels in street in Herne Hill were far higher when private schools were open

Community analysis of Breathe London data reveals #airpollution impacts of fee paying schools.

Investigations from King's College London indicated larger catchments than state schools.

Should this cause us to question the sustainability of fee paying schools?

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