Complex systems science - the essential 21st Century science
The potential impact of this new Complex Systems Science appears in four ways (i) a better understanding of
many complex systems and their dynamics to support the pressing needs to engineer and manage complex
systems, e.g. cancer, multinational companies, drugs, transport, and climate change; (ii) better control of the
means of fabrication as dynamic complex socio-technical systems, e.g. new processes and materials, multi-site
factory production, and supply chain dynamics, (iii) a better understanding of the complex environment in
which engineered systems exist, e.g. regulation, ethics, markets; and (iv) a better understanding of the design,
engineering and management process which is often itself a creative complex multilevel complex human
system, capable of great successes but inherently liable to spectacular failures.
Full application including transcript and reference letters should be received by our final deadlin of 17 Jan 2011 MORE DETAIL . To achieve this in good time we advise you to submit your application no later than 4 Jan 2011.
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK , United Kingdom (Coordinating institution)
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, France
CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Sweden
UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG, Sweden
in association with the COMPLEX SYSTEMS SOCIETY.
