Call for Applications: Extending the Theory of Sustainability, a DySoC/NIMBioS Investigative Workshop

[Catherine Crawley]

The Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity (DySoC) is now
accepting applications for its Investigative Workshop, "Extending the
Theory of Sustainability," to be held December 5-7, 2018, at the
National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS).

*Objectives:* Cultural evolutionary modeling and empirical work to
understand the processes of social and political change has advanced
quickly in recent years and can potentially provide useful tools to
understand the human dimensions of sustainability. This workshop will
review the state of sustainability theory. Major themes of the workshop
include the role of cultural evolution, the role of evolving technology
and R&D investments, diffusion of technology, uncertainty in ecosystem
management, non-autonomous models of climate change, models of
institutional change. The workshop will convene scholars in the fields
of economics, socio-political evolution, the natural sciences and
mathematics to present the latest developments. Discussions will center
on promising areas for new research and on gaps in the modeling
enterprise. Full details at
http://www.nimbios.org/workshops/WS_sustainability
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**Location:* The Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity at
NIMBioS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

*Co-Organizers:* Peter Richerson (Environmental Science & Policy, Univ.
of California, Davis); Eli Fenichel, Forestry and Environmental Studies,
Yale Univ.; Sergey Gavrilets (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and
Mathematics, Univ. of Tennessee)

For more information about the workshop and a link to the online
application form, go to http://www.nimbios.org/workshops/WS_sustainability

Participation in NIMBioS workshops is by application only. Individuals
with a strong interest in the topic are encouraged to apply, and
successful applicants will be notified within two weeks after the
application deadline. If needed, financial support for travel, meals,
and lodging is available for workshop attendees.

*Application deadline: September 5, 2018*

The Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity (DySoC)
(http://www.dysoc.org) promotes connections and collaborations between
different researchers using theoretical and empirical methods at the
interface of mathematical, biological, social, and computational
sciences to address the dynamics of social behavior.

The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
(NIMBioS) (http://www.nimbios.org) brings together researchers from
around the world to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries to
investigate solutions to basic and applied problems in the life
sciences. NIMBioS is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, with
additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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/////Catherine Crawley, Ph.D. /
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