Complexity Science Hub

🌟 Only a few days left to apply for our 𝐂𝐒𝐇 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦!  Interested in understanding the complex economic systems shaping our world? The Complexity Science Hub is looking for #PhD candidates eager to apply large-scale data analysis, quantitative models, and complexity science to tackle the challenges of modern #economies. Economic systems are intricate networks of interacting agents, markets, and institutions, where small changes can have far-reaching effects. Research topics include the future of work, systemic risk, crime, innovation diffusion, inequality, and the interplay between economy, technology, and society. But this is just one of many research topics — there’s much more to explore at CSH, from the dynamics of #migration and its impact on societies to the complex challenges in epidemiology, #OneHealth, and public health systems. 𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: 👉 Fully funded positions with competitive salary, health insurance, and travel budget 👉 Research exchanges across academia, policy, and industry 👉 A unique curriculum with master classes and global collaborations 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨: 📅 Apply by 11 Nov 2025 🌟 Details & application: https://lnkd.in/dEPUGa6H And here’s another plus: 🎡 #Vienna – regularly ranked among the world’s most livable cities – blends a rich scientific legacy with cutting-edge innovation. Think coffeehouses ☕🍰, art 🖼️, music 🎻🎛️, architecture 🏰🏢, parks 🌳, vinyards 🍇, and scenic city strolls  🚶🧑🦽 – all the inspiration you need for your PhD student life. 👀 A glimpse? Our Graduate Program in Complexity Science, part of the CSH Digital Innovation School, is now entering its third year. If you want to get a sense of what it’s like, you might want to start with this short interview with Juan José Ochoa Duque from last year’s cohort: https://lnkd.in/d_hcMiGi Here you can find more interviews with our CSH researchers in the “Spotlight” series: https://lnkd.in/dSUMZutf ——— Members of the Complexity Science Hub are AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Central European University, Interdisciplinary Transformation University (IT:U),  Medizinische Universität Wien, Technische Universität Wien, Technische Universität Graz, Universität für Weiterbildung Krems, Vetmeduni, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) and Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. This program is made possible thanks to funding from the Bundesministerium für Frauen, Wissenschaft und Forschung and the Bundeskanzleramt Österreich #PhDOpportunities #ComplexityScience #DataScience #NetworkScience #Research

🎉 We’re so excited! 🎉 Yesterday, a new exhibition opened at the Wien Museum – and it features a visualization developed at the Complexity Science Hub! More precisely: the Zoonotic Web, showcasing the collaboration of a fabulous duo: Amélie Desvars-Larrive’s research paired with Liuhuaying Yang’s data visualization expertise. 🧬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐞𝐛? Understanding where and how pathogens jump between species is one of the biggest challenges in combating zoonoses. To address this, Amélie and her team at the Complexity Science Hub and Vetmeduni asked: 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘻𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢? After a systematic review of all documented zoonotic pathogens in Austria from 1975 to 2022, they produced the first comprehensive overview of zoonotic pathogen transmission in the country. The result — the Zoonotic Web, created by Liuhuaying Yang — reveals the complex interactions among humans, animals, food sources, vectors like ticks, and the environment. 👉 Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/dR9RMGRU 🖼️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐄 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭? The exhibition explores the history of visual language — including pictograms — developed to make knowledge accessible to everyone. Vienna played a pioneering role: in 1925, philosopher and economist Otto Neurath founded the Social and Economic Museum in Vienna to democratize knowledge through visual communication. 🔗 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭? Modern data visualization has the same goal: making complex relationships, endless rows of numbers, and complicated formulas understandable and accessible. The Zoonotic Web does exactly that — letting everyone explore how pathogens are transmitted in Austria and learn more about protecting health. 📍 The 𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐄 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is on view at the 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 4, 2026. 🔗 More info: https://lnkd.in/d5zxUbUP

📺 Are we stuck in an energy dilemma? And if so – because we, for example, increasingly need electricity for heat pumps, electric cars, or AI while at the same time having to curb climate change – how can we solve it? Stefan Thurner, president of the Complexity Science Hub, discussed these questions on #NANOTalk on #3sat. ▶️ If you’d like to listen in, here’s the episode (in German):  https://lnkd.in/drCE8_ZW

Sometimes old school really is such a cool way to explore data! No screens, no VR – but puzzles 🧩 and pop-up cards 💌. This week our data visualization specialist Liuhuaying Yang from the Complexity Science Hub presented some of her projects at IEEE VIS 2025 — a premier conference on visualization and visual analytics — at the Austria Center Vienna - Internationales Kongresszentrum. And she decided to go full hands-on. 🧩 𝐏𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞𝐬:  Zoonotic Web – Mapping how diseases spread from animals to humans  https://lnkd.in/ddbNCePb It’s Not My Name – Exploring the hidden complexities of Chinese names  https://lnkd.in/d8GmPcvm 💌 𝐏𝐨𝐩-𝐮𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬: Leveraging Global Talent – Mapping which places are more open to immigration https://lnkd.in/dJ2gZVay Cities Moving – Exploring how people worldwide travel to work in their city https://lnkd.in/gKcRzSwg On Sunday, Liu also took the stage at the VisComm workshop, presenting how metaphors can make complex systems easier to grasp through interactive storytelling. If you’re interested in a Complexity Puzzle, let us know – there might be more coming soon! #IEEEVIS2025 #DataVisualization #ComplexSystems #ScienceCommunication #CSHVienna

Snag one of the last spots for the 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐲! 🚀 #Postdoc life is an exciting yet pivotal stage of every researcher’s journey – full of opportunities, but also big questions about what comes next. This event aims to give you insights, inspiration, and practical tips for your career inside and outside academia. 📅 When: Nov 12, 2025 📍 Where: Van Swieten Saal, Van-Swieten-Gasse 1a, 1090 Vienna 🎯 Who: Open to all Postdocs from Austrian research institutions 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/dDFqdt_q ✨ Expect inspiring inputs on career paths inside and outside academia — from insights shared by LExA nominees to first-hand perspectives from a leading management consulting company. Why join? Because understanding your options, learning from role models, and building meaningful connections can make all the difference for the next step in your career. 🌍💡 We at the Complexity Science Hub are delighted to co-organize this great initiative. Together with our partners Universität Wien | University of Vienna, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, LBG Career Center, Medizinische Universität Wien, Vienna BioCenter & Technische Universität Wien, we look forward to an inspiring day of exchange — sparking connections, sharing ideas, and empowering researchers’ careers in Austria.

👏👏👏 Kudos to our 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞 research group! Led by Peter Turchin, the team — including Daniel Kondor, Jenny Reddish, and Jakob Zsambok — has been awarded an Austrian Science Fund FWF grant to investigate societal resilience across history and today. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: Societies around the world are constantly exposed to severe shocks, such as climate change, pandemics, (war-induced) displacement of populations, supply chain disruptions, inflation, and recessions. Whether the outcome is successful social adaptation 💪, political strife ⚠️, or even social breakdown 🥀 depends on the degree of resilience of societies — their capacity for adaptive responses and effective collective action. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨: The CSH team aims to assess the resilience of historic and modern societies and identify main factors that contribute to its breakdown, leading to instability and crisis. Their insights aim to help modern societies to increase their resilience, mitigate instability and avoid crises. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dyzxUJuH

It's One Health day! Today is a powerful reminder that health is a shared journey, for individuals, teams, organizations, and communities. Small steps together can have big impacts. #OneHealth #epidemiology Vetmeduni Complexity Science Hub

📖  INVITATION: Join us for our next 𝐀𝐫𝐭 & 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 event – a lecture by Peter Rosei on his new book: I Am Not a Rock, I Am a River (𝐈𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐧, 𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐬) at the Complexity Science Hub. 📅 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: Thursday, 13 Nov 2025 ⏰ 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭: 6 pm 📍 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: Complexity Science Hub, Metternichgasse 8, 1030 Vienna Peter Rosei’s essays explore the urgency of questions and the impossibility of simple answers. They reflect on art as a form of research, the dialogue between self and society, and the constant asking: But is that true? What should we do? How do we want to live? 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/d_M2uAYv About Peter Rosei: Born in Vienna in 1946, Rosei has published novels, essays, and poems translated worldwide. His awards include the Franz Kafka Prize and the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. The Art & Science program is made possible through the support of the City of Vienna. _____ 📣 Speaking of art... ...here’s an opportunity that visual artists won’t want to miss: The Central European University, a member of CSH, is inviting artists to design and create a landmark work to celebrate the university’s 35th anniversary. 🔗 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dR-Z5rRn. 🗓️ The call is open until November 18.

What is needed to establish common standards in blockchain intelligence? What are the first steps? On this topic, Bernhard Haslhofer, who leads the Digital Currency Ecosystems research group at the Complexity Science Hub, moderated a session at this year’s UNODC Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets. Read more in Bernhard’s post 👇👇👇