Juniper Lovato

We are thrilled to announce that @katymilkman.bsky.social will be a keynote speaker at IC2S2 2026.

Milkman is best known for her award-winning research on to identify and overcome barriers that prevent positive behavioral change.

Jan Eiẞfeldt will be a keynote speaker for IC2S2 2026!

Jan is an external fellow at @sfiscience.bsky.social and serves as Director, Global Head of Trust & Safety at the Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org, the non-profit hosting Wikipedia, Wikidata, and other free knowledge projects.

Only six days left! Tutorial submissions close on February 2nd.

Submit here: ic2s2-2026.org/submit-tutor...

Early bird reg approaching, NetSciX in New Zealand, Feb 2026. And you can travel down the north island for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium the week after. netscix2026.github.io www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/... @cna25.bsky.social @cssociety.bsky.social @netsciconf.bsky.social

Governments and regulatory systems are small structures aiming to represent a much larger population and make decisions. Can this process of governance be modeled as a network? In today's @binghamtoncoco.bsky.social seminar, @juniperlov.bsky.social introduced us to her model to answer that question!

📌 Save the Date!

The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.

Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com

The interactive story is by @jstonge.bsky.social and other friends: complex-stories.uvm.edu/friends-funn....

The paper is with friends from @vcsi.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social and @unioflimerick.bsky.social.

Excited about this paper and the interactive story to accompany it. Congrats @lhd.bsky.social @juniperlov.bsky.social @giulioburgio.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social and nice story telling @jstonge.bsky.social!

Registrations are now also open for the #netscix2026 conference. Early bird registration available until Nov 20th. netscix2026.github.io#register

So excited to welcome you to the lab @okfranco.bsky.social

Juniper Lovato is a Vermont Complex Systems Institute core faculty member and an outstanding thinker who has been critical to many of our most significant research efforts. Learn about what makes her…... Juniper Lovato is a Vermont Complex Systems Institute core faculty member and an outstanding thinker who has been critical to many of our most significant research efforts. Learn about what makes her ...

We love this research profile on Vermont Complex Systems Institute core faculty @juniperlov.bsky.social 🐙 www.linkedin.com/posts/uvm-vc...

It might start as a joke, belief, or rumor, easy to dismiss. But then it twists, builds momentum, and spreads like wildfire. Why do some ideas die out while others go viral?

A new study by researchers from the University of Vermont and the Santa Fe Institute offers answers: santafe.edu/news

Excited that our #network data sharing recommendations have received a commendation from SIPS!

Read the recommendations 👉 www.zacharyneal.com/datasharing

Endorse the recommendations 👉 forms.gle/sgpjyUnkufJF...

Recommendations for sharing network data and materials | Network Science | Cambridge Core Recommendations for sharing network data and materials - Volume 12 Issue 4

✨ Recommendations for Sharing Network Data and Materials were developed by an interdisciplinary working group of network researchers to clarify and promote open science practices in network research. buff.ly/0WxtZIt buff.ly/rWk3R3l

That’s a wrap on IC2S2’25! 🎉 Thank you for an unforgettable week of ideas and discussions. Congratulations to our award winners, and safe travels home. Mark your calendars: #ic2s2 ’ 26 heads to Burlington, Vermont, in the US. See you next year!

Our team had an amazing week at @ic2s2.bsky.social in Norrköping Sweden and we will post pictures of our posters and talks soon - the big news is that we're so excited to host #IC2S2 in Burlington in 2026! youtu.be/p412S4GnPkc

I had such a wonderful time @ic2s2.bsky.social thank you to the 2025 organizers for such a great IC2S2! #IC2S2

Newish work from VCSI core and external team members: @lhd.bsky.social @juniperlov.bsky.social @jstonge.bsky.social @jgyou.bsky.social & @nwlandry.bsky.social 👀

just arrived to Norrköping for #IC2S2 can't wait to see everyones amazing new computational social science this week!

ChatGPT moat
(from upcoming work with @juniperlov.bsky.social)

Hear me discuss our new paper written with the inimitable Laurent Hébert-Dufresne and colleagues! @lhd.bsky.social #Complexity #Physiology #Governance www.nature.com/articles/s44...

We’re hiring two postdocs at UC Davis and Cornell for research on collective intelligence and creativity. This project will use large-scale online experiments to study how groups become smarter and more creative through self-governance. ⅓

🚨3 days remaining to submit your abstract to our Physical Networks Satellite @netsciconf.bsky.social!

Working on complex networks in which physical constraints & embeddings matter? Send your abstract to physnet@ceu.edu by 17th Feb!

Details: sites.google.com/view/physnet...

#NetSci25

Extended deadline: send your abstract until February 20th! We wait for your contribution at HISTONET, #hnr satellite event at @netsciconf.bsky.social about historical networks!

Understanding artists’ perspectives on generative AI art and transparency, ownership, and fairness - ΑΙhub

Great blog post from @juniperlov.bsky.social, Julia Zimmerman, and Jennifer Karson about their recent study surveying artists on their opinions of the utility and threat of generative AI

Save the date!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2025 will take place in the heart of Kyoto, Japan, from 6-10 October 2025. The conference logo, official website launch, and more details coming soon!

Fall retreat in Vermont where the project was started. Panorama with a field and hills in the distance.

A project with friends from the Vermont Complex Systems Institute @juniperlov.bsky.social @jstonge.bsky.social @nwlandry.bsky.social @jgyou.bsky.social

Funded by an ambitious AUDACE project from friends and co-authors from Université de Sherbrooke.

Started in the Green Mountains two years ago.

Cartoon of a top-down central state combined with a local network of decisions units.

Cartoon of decisions as a statisfiability problem (decision network) where each decision is solved by a higher-order network (governance network) of agents with their own opinions on what decisions should be made.

Some decisions are best made quickly and locally. Governance can work better as a higher-order network, not a pyramid around a central state. How should we design these networks?

We looked at this with law and complexity scholars and found "effective governance" networks.

arxiv.org/abs/2412.03421

Today is the last day to submit your abstracts. Submit before midnight (anywhere on earth).

#NetSci2025

Nuns ice skating at the monastery.

Monastery hallway.

Monastery atrium (old and new building).

We are now aiming for CNWW to be held every other year, ODD years only. #CNWW2025 here we come! Networks, monastery life, and a vow of science!

(Random pictures from the archive of the Monastery.)