Social complexity

From ancient empires to the industrialized nation-states of our globally-interconnected world, complexity theory offers a fresh perspective on the past and possible futures of human societies.

This paper traces the origin and development of the polis as a political and urban phenomenon in southwest Anatolia, focusing on Lycia in a comparative approach with the neighbouring regions of Pisidia and Pamphylia.

Operationalizing the framework of complexity economics in archaeology through proxies of material culture production.

Recent book about the study of social complexity using an approach built on complex systems thinking.

Operationalising the application of adaptive cycles in archaeology.

Talk to be delivered at ReSoC 2020

Talk delivered at Falling Walls Lab Leuven

Talk delivered at Procurement of Raw Materials Workshop.

Talk delivered at TAG 2019.

In this paper, a model of community formation and organizational complexity is presented, focusing on the fundamental role of social interactions and information transmission for the development of complex social organisation.