Complexity Science Hub

Science is essential – and so is the intersection with policy! 👩🔬🤝🏛️ That’s why we were delighted to welcome Thomas Mühlhans, Director at the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium für Inneres (BMI)) to CSH. In a meeting with our Human Migration team, they explored how scientific insights can help deepen our understanding of migration. Key questions on the table included: 🫂 How integrated are migrant populations in host communities? 🏥 How should public services adapt to demographic shifts? 💸 Can migration help sustain aging welfare systems? These are critical questions and, at the Complexity Science Hub, we believe in the power of collaboration between science and policy to create tangible impact, ensuring that society – in all its parts – directly benefits from scientific progress. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dsfMgzfd with Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Ola Megahed, Andrea Vismara, Guillermo Prieto Viertel, Carsten Källner

👀 Take a read! What role does science play in economic progress? Stefan Thurner offers answers in this conversation with the Oesterreichische Nationalbank #OeNB, whose support plays a key role in advancing our work at CSH. 👇👇👇

📅 Next session of OECD - OCDE Regional Economics Seminar (28 April): "Mapping Software Tasks and the Global Geography of Programming Work" We look forward to hearing Frank Neffke from Complexity Science Hub tell us about their study mapping what tasks software developers actually do, and how skills spread across jobs and cities. You can join the seminar remotely by clicking on the link below: https://lnkd.in/d7Z6_QdH

🎙️ Spotlight On: Juan José Ochoa Duque Welcome to our interview series with a twist—where researchers pick the questions they want to answer! Today, we’re kicking things off with Juan Ochoa, a new member of the CSH Foundations group. He talks about using physics to understand economies, why Vienna surprised him, and who he'd invite to a research meeting. 🌳 Favorite spot in Vienna? The forest. 📚 Concept everyone should know? A system is more than the sum of its parts. 👉 Read the full interview: https://lnkd.in/d_hcMiGi #ComplexityScience #MeetTheResearcher #CSHVienna #SpotlightOn

👉 Join us for a panel exploring the #FutureOfCities through the lens of complex systems. Leading experts will provide insights into how urban life has evolved in recent years, what lies ahead in the coming decades, and how complexity science can deepen our understanding of these transformations. 🗓️ When: May 6 (5 PM) 📍 Where: Complexity Science Hub (CSH), Vienna (not online) 🔗 Registration: https://lnkd.in/dK3G_MEV 🧑🧑🦳 Panelists 🧑🦳🧑 –– Elsa Arcaute, Professor at Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at UCL, explores urban scaling laws, inequality, resilience, innovation, and how city boundaries can be defined through data –– Marc Barthélémy, Research Director at at the Institute of Theoretical Physics (IPhT), focuses on spatial networks and cities—how structure and space shape urban life, infrastructure, and function –– Rafael Prieto-Curiel (moderator), faculty member at the Complexity Science Hub, studies city form, density, and mobility, and how these elements affect energy use, commuting, and urban quality of life The panel discussion is organized by Rafael Prieto-Curiel and Diego Rybski (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) and CSH External Faculty). Join the conversation at the intersection of urban research, policy, and real-world impact. Space is limited – sign up now!

🌼 Spring is in the air! With sunshine ☀️ and blue skies 🌈, our new courtyard at Palais Springer-Rothschild isn’t just perfect for the Easter bunny on the weekend 🐰—it also checks all the essential boxes for research: daylight 🌞, caffeine ☕, grass under your bare feet 🌱, tranquility 🕊️, and amazing colleagues 👩🔬👨🔬. Rumor has it, even our models are running smoother in the sun. While our courtyard might not solve complex systems, it certainly makes them more enjoyable to discuss 💬.

🎓 One skill builds on another. A new study reveals a nested structure of job skills: In many professions, advanced skills depend on the prior mastery of broader foundational abilities—layer by layer, leading to highly specialized knowledge. This structure has become more pronounced over the past two decades. 🆕 Longer and more complex sequences of skill requirements may make it harder for newcomers and career changers to catch up. 🎒 Those without access to basic education may face barriers to higher-paying jobs. 💸 While the structure itself may not be surprising, its societal consequences are profound—affecting wage inequality and career mobility in today’s labor markets. 📄 Published in Nature Human Behaviour, the study was led by Moh Hosseinioun (Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management), with researchers from the Complexity Science Hub, the Santa Fe Institute, and Harvard Business School. 🔍 CSH researcher Frank Neffke: "The paper is part of an emerging literature that tries to rethink the notion of human capital. To do so, it looks inside jobs and asks how the different skills that a job requires connect to one another to enable us to perform highly complex tasks. This approach changes how we study and think about the labor market, but also career paths and education." Link to the paper: https://lnkd.in/gZBPrJJz #JobSkills #Education #LaborMarket #Inequality #HumanCapital #CareerPaths #CSH

✨ We need your help! We’re collecting personal stories about Chinese names in pinyin for an upcoming art exhibition, created in collaboration with artist Melinda Sipos. Think: the funny, awkward, or meaningful moments of navigating your name in the West. 🌍🎏 📋 Share your story (~7 mins): https://lnkd.in/dQpSMtBE 🖼️ Selected stories will be featured in the exhibition. 🔬 Your input also supports a scientific project aiming to improve name disambiguation and gender inference algorithms — led by Mingrong She (Maastricht University), Liuhuaying Yang (Complexity Science Hub), Ana María Jaramillo Mejía (TU Graz), and Lisette Espín-Noboa (Complexity Science Hub). 💬 If this "Not My Name" visual story resonated with you — this is your chance to be part of it. And feel free to share with friends who might have a story to tell too! NetInCSH

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hosting Will Grimond, our new FRONTIERS Science Journalist in Residence, for his introductory talk at the Complexity Science Hub! Will shared highlights from his work as a data journalist and gave us a glimpse into what he'll be exploring during his five-month residency at CSH: the concept of fairness in #ArtificialIntelligence. He’ll be collaborating with Fariba Karimi’s group to investigate how algorithmic #bias emerges and persists in complex networks. Our researchers were also keen to learn more about how data journalists work—and how scientists and journalists can collaborate to make complex research more accessible and impactful. We’re excited to have Will on board, and we look forward to connecting, sharing expertise, and learning from one another! #FRONTIERS #FrontiersERC #ScienceJournalism #DataJournalism #JournalistInResidence #AI

At CSH, we explore the dynamics of modern forms of crime — from organized #crime to cybercrime. Rafael Prieto-Curiel is one of the researchers driving this work. To shape the global conversation, he is co-organizing a satellite session on violence and complex systems at the #CCS2025 conference. The call for abstracts is currently open – in case you’re interested. More details ⬇️