@BruceEdmonds

Director: Centre for Policy Modelling https://xitter.cf/t.co/KtR8B4tr9p, Adjunct Professor: Umeå and at the University of the Arctic, Tromsø. ORCID: 0000-0002-3903-2507

 Cheltenham, UK
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Joined July 2010
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New contribution: "Theory is Two-Faced and this can be a problem for modellers" by Bruce Edmonds. #abm #theory #inference #modelling #socialsimulation #simulation #RofASSS @bruceedmonds rofasss.org/2026/10/21/theor…

Theory is Two-Faced and this can be a problem for modellers

By Bruce Edmonds Why is theory so confusing and difficult to pin down?  Why are there so many arguments about the relationship between theory and simulation? One reason is that theory has (at …

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A paper in which I had a very small part. From my point of view, the interesting part is the discussion about the possibility of a Lingua Franca for modelling. Grimm, V., & al "Twenty years of the ODD protocol..." doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.20… #abm #modelling #standards #linguafranca
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I, also, am angry about the termination of 3-level .name domains by Verisign. I registered bruce.edmonds.name (which gives me the email [email protected]) to have platform independence, this is now taken away without my consent. neil.fraser.name/news/2026/0… @VERISIGN
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I am organising a workshop on "Talking about Risk and Resilience" about how normal people communicate about these to each other. It is noon 28th - noon 30th at Wageningen University in the NL. There is no registration fee. talking-about-risk-and-resil… #risk #resilience #workshop

Talking about Risk and Resilience

A 4TU.Resilience workshop at Wageningen University, NL, noon 28 - noon 30 Oct 2026

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Registration now open: talking-about-risk-and-resil…

Registration

If you are interested in participating, and/or presenting your work, then please goto the page If we get more people expressing interest than we have space/funds for we will have to select among th…

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The draft programme for Social Simulation 2026, , 24-28 Aug 2026, Durham, UK: conftool.pro/ssc2026/session… #society #simulation #ABM #research #agents #interaction
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New RofASSS contribution: "Reciprocity Is Not Governance: a short comment on the social-contract metaphor in peer review" by Hugo Roger Paz #peerreview #norms #governance #contract #journals rofasss.org/2026/07/07/recip…

Reciprocity Is Not Governance: a short comment on the social-contract metaphor in peer review

A Comment on: Squazzoni, F. (2025) Editorial Note: We need to recognise that peer review is central to the ‘social contract’ of academic citizenship. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simu…

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Upcoming workshop 24-26th June, Groningen, NL on "Power to the People: Participatory Modeling for Societal Resilience". rug.nl/rudolf-agricola-schoo… #participatory #modeling #resilience #society

Power to the People: Participatory Modeling for Societal Resilience

When communities face their most pressing challenges—managing disaster risk, adapting to climate change, navigating energy transitions—solutions rarely...

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Plenary lectures will be livestreamed, so you can attend those lectures online. There are no participation fees but you have to register.
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It took me a while, but we finally have the second episode of the Computational Social Science podcast! This time, we talk about collective intelligence 🧐 You can find it on YouTube... youtu.be/547ZQAa_koE ...or on your favourite platform: buzzsprout.com/2226458/episo…
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The Social Simulation Online Festival 2026 (SocSimFest) will be on the 19&20th May - a mixture of talks, workshops, forums and discussions. There is no registration fee but you have to register. For details see socsimfest.eu #social #socsimfest #essa #simulation
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May 20: Talk by Christophe Le Page on: Participatory Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation: Engaging Local Communities to Support Social Learning in Socio-Ecological Systems.
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May 20 (cont) Workshop on ABMs and Artificial Intelligence synergies. Forum with ESSA's Management Committee. Discussion on Starting a journey towards a science of ‘Narratisation’
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New paper in BioScience, in which I played a very small part. academic.oup.com/bioscience/…
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We are mourning the loss of Dr. Jiaqi Ge, a valued Editorial Board member and a kind, constructive voice in our community. Her presence and expertise will be greatly missed by all of us at JASSS. Full tribute: news.jasss.org/remembering-d…
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New Contribution: A Reminder – computability limits on “vibe coding” ABMs by Bruce Edmonds. rofasss.org/2026/02/12/vibe #rofasss #ABM #agentbased #programming #LLMs #AI #vibecoding #computability

A Reminder – computability limits on “vibe coding” ABMs (using LLMS to do the programming for us)

By Bruce Edmonds Introduction Machine-learning systems, including Large Language Models (LLMs), are algorithms trained on large datasets rather than something categorically different. Consequently,…

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A pre-print in which I played a very small part: Rosello, C., Hamilton, S./ H. and Grimm, V. et al. (2026) FAIR principles for good modeling practice and standards. Available at SSRN. ssrn.com/abstract=6213393 or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6213…
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