Sociology and Complexity Science Blog

In my previous post for February 2012-- CLICK HERE TO SEE --I introduced the concepts of case-based complexity science and its methodo...

Back in May of 2009 I interviewed David Byrne , who, along with Charles Ragin , has championed the usage of case-based method for modeling ...

In my Individual and Society course I typically spend the first couple weeks (amongst other things) grounding our understanding of human...

 I recently ran across an excellent online historical overview of the last 50 years of information technology that I think is very well done...

The Center for Complexity in Health announces today the launching of their new white-paper outlet, the Proceedings of the Complex...

Back in the spring and summer of 2010 I posted a series of discussions about the need for complexity scientists to do a better job of comp...

Back in the spring and summer of 2010 I posted a series of discussions about the need for complexity scientists to do a better job of compre...

In a previous post-- click here to see --I discussed Pinker's new book The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined in te...

This is a painting i recently completed called Two Douche-bags; Or, Toast This!   It is a comedic homage to jerks everywhere who, by defin...

I am a huge fan of the work of Charles and Ray Eames and have been waiting for their complexity science, postmodern equivalent.  Anyway,...

The evolutionary psychologist, Steven Pinker has published a new book: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined . I came ...

I recently came across this website via one of the Santa Fe listserves to which I belong. It is called: Notes from Two Scientific Psycholog...

Just got back from the The Association for Medical Education in Europe Conference . AMEE "is a worldwide organisation with members in ...

Check it out! i am in a commercial for our campus, Kent State University at Ashtabula. Very Cool! And for those in Northeastern Ohio, con...

This coming weekend i am going to the Eighth International Conference on Complex Systems in Boston. My colleagues Jürgen and Christina Klüve...

This coming weekend i am going to the Eighth International Conference on Complex Systems in Boston. My colleagues Jürgen and Christina Klüve...

TRICYCLE by Brian Castellani For local 'clevelandites,' come see one of my latest assemblages (a sneak peek of part of it shown abov...

Hi Folks! Cowboy Bri here! Sorry it has been a while since i last posted anything worth reading or viewing, but complexity ideas, as you kno...

CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR MARGARET SERIES T-SHIRTS My wife, Maggie--who is a member of the art and science factory team--is known by friends and...

I recently ran across some very interesting art work by James Moss, who describes himself as an "Artist/Educator - integrating science ...

This post continues my discussion about the challenges associated with how one goes about testing the validity and utility of the particular...

This post continues my discussion about (1) the need for researchers to be clear about the definition of complexity they use and (2) to make...