Seminar "Social Complexity and New Scientific Paradigms" organised by Innaxis
Born in the academic world in the mid seventies, Complexity Science promotes a dramatic paradigm shift in the history of knowledge: to surpass classical determinism in order to reconcile "hard" sciences with the disciplines related to life, society and culture. The success of this approach can not only ease our living with the uncertainty which is characteristic of complex social systems: a deep and fruitful interchange between science and society may also open the doors to the emergence of desirable futures.
The main goal of this workshop is to discover the path which runs from the challenges of a global, networked society and the emergent phenomena to which it gives rise, towards a new foresight, able to build projects of future, through the necessary mediation of a renewed and interdisciplinary science, which leans on uncertainty as a generator of new realities.
The journey will not bear its fruits if the dialog limits itself to the scientific domain only. A strong interaction is needed between personalities of varied fields, whether they come from business, public administration, university, research, politics or the world of creativity. Different visions and contributions will be required for the new paradigm to give birth to practical realities. Likewise, the workshop is addressed to a wide audience: it only requires intellectual curiosity, openness to interdisciplinary interchanges and a keen interest in the future of all of us.
The workshop went through four stages:
- First Stage: Society and global networks
- Second Stage: Emergent phenomena
- Third Stage: Visions of new science
- Fourth Stage: Building desirable futures
The workshop programme (available in pdf) covered the following presentations:
Introduction: "La hoja de ruta de los sistemas complejos" by Carlos Alvarez
First Stage: Society and global networks
"El nuevo escenario energético mundial y sus implicaciones geopolíticas" by Paul Isbell
"Redes y conocimiento: complejidad e innovación en las telecomunicaciones" by Francisco Jariego
"Retos complejos en movilidad: el caso del transporte aéreo" by Dave Young
"Redes globales de innovación: la experiencia de Cantabria" by Pablo de Castro
"Innovación y complejidad en economía y finanzas I y II" by Pablo Coto
Second Stage: Emergent phenomena
"El fomento del espíritu emprendedor desde la escuela" by José Manuel Pérez "Pericles"
"Democracia electrónica: nuevos métodos para un mundo mejor" by David Ríos
"Mundos virtuales y metaversos: Second Life y más allá" by Luis Sotillos
"Medios de comunicación, negocio audiovisual y sociedad en red" by Nico García
Third Stage: Visions of new science
"Caos y complejidad: de la física a la sociedad" by Rosa Benito
"Una nueva prospectiva para el mundo: los mapas del futuro" by Martín Ortega
"Análisis de riesgos en un mundo globalizado y complejo" by David Ríos
"e-Ciencia: supercomputación en la red" by Jesús Marco
Fourth Stage: Building desirable futures
"Hacia una prospectiva optimista de los sistemas complejos" by Carlos Alvarez
