Applications Deadline: February 11, 2019 The Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity (AC4) at Columbia University’s The Earth Institute is seeking a graduate or doctoral student intern to provide research assistance to the director of AC4 . The metrics intern will assist with projects related to the Sustainable Peace Project which aims to gain… read more
The James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) is offering a 2018 Understanding Dynamic and Multi-scale Systems Postdoctoral Fellowship program. Information below is from the Foundation’s posting. The complete program guidelines can be found in this PDF and can also be found at the JSMF website: https://www.jsmf.org/apply/fellowship/. Further program details are also provided below: The Fellowship -The JSMF… read more
On November 3rd, Dr. Peter T. Coleman, Dr. Larry S. Liebovitch, Dr. Douglas P. Fry and Jaclyn Donahue of the Sustainable Peace Project at AC4 presented preliminary findings at the International Peace Institute in New York City. The presentation was included at International Peace Institute for an event titled What Does Empirical Research Tell Us About Sustainable Peace. The… read more
The materials presented below offer an introductory subset of literature to further your exploration of DST and its foundation in social psychology, complexity science, and the field of peace and conflict. These resources inform our insights into understanding, thinking about and engaging with intractable conflict, complex social systems and sustainable peace. Journal Articles Rethinking Intractable Conflict: The… read more
This study by Nguyen and Bosch (2013) incorporates a complexity perspective to explore and understand the complex sustainability issues in the Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve in Vietnam, a UNESCO designated biosphere reserve. The authors considered a range of key variables including the environment, tourism, GDP, population an poverty rates to build qualitative causal loop diagrams… read more
To provide a brief introduction to the Dynamical Systems Theory (DST), we offer the online resources and book recommendations below. Learn more about what makes intractable social problems different and why we need a different mental model. Complexity, Intractability and Social Change Peter T. Coleman Watch the Video (16:24) In this talk at AC4’s Sustaining… read more
Visit the Conflict Innovation Lab website to learn more! Network of Scholars and Practitioners For over 15 years, Dr. Coleman has been exploring conflict through the lens of complexity science. With a group of interdisciplinary colleagues including Robin Vallacher, Andrzej Nowak, Andrea Bartoli, Lan Bui-Wrzosinska, Larry Liebovitch, Naira Musallam and Katharina Kugler he formed the Dynamics of… read more