Eleventh international online seminar "Artificial Societies and Information Technologies"

On April 16, 2021, the international online seminar "Artificial Societies and Information Technologies" was held, dedicated to the report of Jürgen Scheffran (Research Group Climate Change and Security, Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg, Germany).

Speech topic: Agent-Based Modeling of Environmental Conflict and Cooperation

Brief annotation:

Using complexity science for the analysis of social interactions, agent-based modeling is presented as a tool for assessing conflicts and for finding pathways to conflict resolution and cooperation. An integrative framework is presented for approaching conflict and cooperation as complex adaptive systems, connecting system dynamics, agent-based modeling, evolutionary game theory, viability theory and social network analysis. The VIABLE model framework (Values ​​and Investments from Agent-Based interaction and Learning in Environmental systems) allows to model advanced facets of conflicts - including institution building, coalition formation, adaptive learning, and the potential for future conflict. Various applications in environmental and conflict research are presented (climate change, disaster management, fishery, renewable energy, mobility, etc.), and identify viable and cooperative strategies for conflict resolution.

The meeting was attended by representatives of Russia (CEMI RAS, Moscow State University, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Ufa Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences),  China (Shanghai Tianjin Company), Brazil (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Federal University of Juiz de Fora), Germany (Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg) and Kazakhstan (L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan).