Marc Duran Sala

📢 Keynotes unlocked: 7/12. Thrilled to have Sandro Meloni @smelons.bsky.social as a keynote speaker in Complenet’26! Join us to learn more about #dynamics on #networks!
🌐 Info & registration: complenet.weeblysite.com
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!

Compendium of Urban Complexity This book looks at the behavior of cities as complex systems, drawing on novel methods and insights at the intersection of physics, economics and geography

Compendium of Urban Complexity - just published:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Surprisingly, street networks alone can predict these patterns— once cities are grouped into three classes that emerge from their scaling behaviour.

💡Our findings offer a unified statistical framework to understand urban climate at fine scales — with key implications for modeling and planning.

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How do temperature and air pollution vary within cities? 🌆🌡️

We analyzed data from 142 cities worldwide and found that intra-urban variability in temperature and air pollution follows universal scaling functions.

📝 Read more: lnkd.in/d5fdjavc
w/ Martin Hendrick & Gabriele Manoli

🔥 Hey NetPals! NetSci 2025 is almost here, and we proudly present Peercolation!

We're kicking things off with an ice-breaking event, especially welcoming ECRs!

📅 Sunday, 1st June 2025
🕕 6 PM till late
📍 Stadspark, Maastricht 🇳🇱

🔗 More info: netplace.site/event/netsci25/peercolation_social_event

It was a great experience to share these ideas in a fun and relaxed setting! Huge thanks to everyone who came — friends, my lab, and everyone who stayed to chat afterward! 🙌 #PintOfScience #UrbanInequality #MobilityData #ComplexSystems

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I shared some early insights from my current project (coming soon to arXiv), and linked it to our work on mobility-based socioeconomic (SE) preferential behavior:
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.01799

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I started with Schelling’s model of segregation to show how even small individual preferences can lead to collective segregation. 🧩

But we don’t spend all our time at home — we commute 🚶, shop 🛒, meet friends ☕...

So how does our daily routine shape exposure inequalities beyond where we live?

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𝗜𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁? 🌆🌡️

Last week I had the chance to speak at
@pintofscience.ch
about how cities shape inequalities in heat and pollution exposure.

🧵 Thread on segregation, mobility, and urban environmental inequality ⬇️

🚨 Just 1 week to go!

Join us in London 🇬🇧 on May 16 for the NetPlace Workshop on Networks & Physics!

Keynotes, collabathon, ERC-style pitches & more 🧠⚛️💥

🆓 Registration is free

💸 Travel/accommodation support available for those who register by Friday May 9

👉 netplace.site/event/netpla...

Early-Career Scientists: Want to Travel for Complex Systems Research? We’ve Got You! 🌍

Bridge: 🌉 To build new collaborations!
SECS: 🎓 To attend complexity science events!
New for 2025: ⚡ Special grants for scientists from low-income countries.

yrcss.cssociety.org/grants/

Apply by April 4th!

Complexity & Networks CORE A hub for the Complexity and Network Science community to gather and share resources.

We are glad to present 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐂𝐎𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐄𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 (𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄) 🎉

complexity-core.github.io

𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄 is a newly-created umbrella organization that aims to gather resources and initiatives directed to the Complexity and Network Science community.

We worked on an agent-based network model simulating COVID-19 spread in Catalonia using demographic, mobility, and health data. 🦠

A big thanks to Martine Bosman for her guidance and to all collaborators on this work!

A project I had the opportunity to contribute to during my Summer Fellowship at the Institute for High Energy Physics of Barcelona (IFAE) has recently been published! 🚀

📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

NetPlace Workshop Hey NetPals, we’re planning to organise an in-person NetPlace workshop in London this May and would love your input!

Hey NetPals 🔥, we’re planning to organize a NetPlace workshop in London and would love your input! Which topic would you find most interesting to discuss?

Fill out the form and give us more feedback. We’d love to see you all in London! 👀

forms.gle/k1gBJ9B5CHr4...

w/ @smelons.bsky.social & @violetacalleja.bsky.social

In this work, we explore how the combined effects of pairwise and higher-order interactions influence species coexistence.

💡 Key takeaway: Higher-order interactions alone are not always enough to maintain stable coexistence — species’ physiological rates and network structure matter.

The follow-up from my Master's thesis at @ifisc.uib-csic.es is now on arXiv!

What sustains biodiversity in nature?🌍 Ecological models often assume that species engage only in pairwise interactions, but real ecosystems may involve groups of three or more individuals–i.e. higher-order interactions.