Complexity Economics Working Group
About
Economies and societies are complex and evolving systems. We explore their dynamics, networks, interactions, and heterogeneity.Â
Coordinators:
Rutuja Uttarwar
Solomon Owusu
Tiago Porto
Contact
complexity[@]youngscholarsinitiative.org
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Research themes
- The economy as a complex system
- Complex analysis for innovation and technological change
- Capacity building, systems of innovation and knowledge systems
- Methodologies in complex economics
a) Agent Based Modeling
b) Structural Change - Economic complexity as part of a study of productive structures
- Measuring complexity
- Knowledge Economics or Science Policy
- Complexity in demographic research
- Complex climate change models and energy innovation
- Philosophy of complexity
Research QuestionÂ
- What patterns in the economy contribute to global inequality? How are they related to Economic Complexity?
- How can complexity help in the understanding of economic development and technological catch-up? How it can be used as a methodology for policymaking and policy-design
- How economic complexity is related to trade? How is international trade shaped or is shaped by the economic complexity of countries?
- What are the relations between economic complexity and structural change? How they are interconnected
- What encompasses complexity economics, how do we include ideas and theories that are on the periphery? Should we?
- How do we incorporate ethics and morality in the use of complexity tools?
- How can complexity theories help increase our understanding and reveal more about economic development, climate change, public policy?
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Projects PlannedÂ
- 1st UFPR Winter School on Economics: Feminist and Gender Economics
- Summer school on economic fitness and complexity
- 6th Workshop on New Developmentalism
- Symposium dos BRICS
- YSI | UDELAR | ECLAC International Workshop 2023
- 4th Unicamp International School on Development Challenges
- Workshop on Structural Change and GVC trade
- ICAPE conference
- Complexity: A Guided Tour’ Webinar
- Schumpeter Conference Special Session
Existing partnerships and cooperationÂ
- UNICAMP
- FGV-SP
- UDELAR
- ECLAC
- LALICS and GLOBELICS
- United Nations University (UNU-MERIT)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- Center for Economic Complexity (NeX, Curitiba)
- Sant’Anna University Economics Department
- International Schumpeter Society (ISS)
- The Vilfredo Pareto Doctoral Program in Economics – University of Turin / Collegio Carlo Alberto
Projects
You’re welcome to join any webinar or reading group at any time. You’re also invited to apply to present or participate in an any in-person workshop in your area.Â
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