Summer school on complexity, Spain
7 June 2006 - 7 June 2006
Spain
A summer school to analyse complexity theory will take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 7 to 17 June.
Complexity theory has emerged from the works of academics in both economics and ecology, and has changed how to study human-environment interactions. Participants will acquire insights into the following issues through theory seminars: the concepts of risk, uncertainty and ignorance in the management of the environment; policy models under conditions of uncertainty and complexity; biophysical analyses of the economic process; multiple scales and non-equivalent descriptions of reality; multi-criteria and scenario approaches to problems of complexity.
Workshops will take the form of case studies, focusing on methods and theoretical frameworks for the study of complexity, covering: urban systems; ethnoecology and agroecology; climate change; energy systems; social metabolism; water use; and biological invasions.
Further summer schools are planned for Bratislava in 2007, Lisbon in 2008 and Brighton in 2009.For further information, please visit:
http://www.umb.no/?viewID=12742(opens in new window)
Complexity theory has emerged from the works of academics in both economics and ecology, and has changed how to study human-environment interactions. Participants will acquire insights into the following issues through theory seminars: the concepts of risk, uncertainty and ignorance in the management of the environment; policy models under conditions of uncertainty and complexity; biophysical analyses of the economic process; multiple scales and non-equivalent descriptions of reality; multi-criteria and scenario approaches to problems of complexity.
Workshops will take the form of case studies, focusing on methods and theoretical frameworks for the study of complexity, covering: urban systems; ethnoecology and agroecology; climate change; energy systems; social metabolism; water use; and biological invasions.
Further summer schools are planned for Bratislava in 2007, Lisbon in 2008 and Brighton in 2009.For further information, please visit:
http://www.umb.no/?viewID=12742(opens in new window)