Deceptive defences: rethinking safety interventions in complex adaptive systems

Rethinking poverty reduction interventions

Rethinking causation for complex systems in biomedicine: challe

Rene Descartes (1596-1650) stripped the sclera and choroid off the eye of an ox to perform a projection experiment onto a piece of paper. This proved that the retina initially sees an inverted image. Descartes thought of the brain as a machine with fibres running from the eyes like optical cables. These formed a rudimentary visual pathway. The inner soul within the brain then viewed the image t...

Rethinking the safety net :

policy and research. Here, I focus on two. First, delivery of social service programs is very different from delivery of cash assistance programs. Whereas welfare or food stamp benefits can be delivered directly to recipients through the mail or an electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card, most social services cannot be mailed or delivered to an individual at home. Instead, clients typically vis...

Complex Adaptive Systems

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Studying Complex Adaptive Systems

Complex adaptive systems (cas) – systems that involve many components that adapt or learn as they interact – are at the heart of important contemporary problems. The study of cas poses unique challenges: Some of our most powerful mathematical tools, particularly methods involving fixed points, attractors, and the like, are of limited help in understanding the development of cas. This paper sugg...