Research on the drivers and mitiagation strategies to reduce drug shortages.
Funded by SNF
Structural imbalances can induce a dynamics to resolve conflicts but also one that increases polarization. Are we able to address this problem from a formal perspective?
"How can we measure, understand and improve the resilience of complex systems in general and social organisations in particular?" projects: Resilience
Data and network science methods help software development teams understand their internal team structure, identify perils, and design and implement corresponding solutions.
How do collective emotions and opinions emerge? Can we explain polarization?
How to design and influence systems comprising a large number of interacting elements?
Building a searchable database of the Swiss Parliament and analyzing how members of parliament have shaped the Swiss political landscape over the past 130 years.
Economic networks - our research line for 15 years, now: credit, risk, ownership, R&D collaborations, trade
An economic collaboration network at large scale: 15.000 firms, 21.000 research alliances over 25 years
Methods for the study of large relational datasets, complex systems analysis, and time-stamped interactions.
Social relations are driven by values.
The meta study of the scientific process, academic publishing and scientific careers.
What propagates during social interactions? Knowledge, sentiments, dissonance ...
Network representations and network models form the basis for the study of complex systems.
Economic geography - how is economic activity distributed in physical space?
The failure of a few system elements causes failure cascades