Which technologies are likely to make advances?
Which ones might develop so fast that they pose risks to humanity?
How quickly will new technologies to be deployed?

I'm looking for answers with @francoislafond.bsky.social @maxroser.bsky.social in our new program on forecasting technological change

Social contagion and asset prices: Reddit's self-organised bull runs In recent years, online discussion platforms have amplified the impact of social forces on financial markets. This paper uses text data from Reddit's…

Published in Quantitative Finance ➤ Social contagion and asset prices: Reddit's self-organised bull runs

Valentina Semenova & Julian Winkler @inet-complexity.bsky.social

www.inet.ox.ac.uk/publications...

There's still time to sign up for this afternoon's seminar with @cesifoti.bsky.social (online or in person)

J. Doyne Farmer, físico: "Me gusta hacer cosas que la gente piensa que son imposibles" El científico defiende que no podemos predecir el futuro pero sí crear, a través de la física, mejores modelos económicos

J. Doyne Farmer, físico: "Me gusta hacer cosas que la gente piensa que son imposibles"
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J. Doyne Farmer, físic: "M'agrada fer coses que la gent pensa que són impossibles" El científic defensa que no podem predir el futur però sí crear, a través de la física, millors models econòmics

J. Doyne Farmer, físic: "M'agrada fer coses que la gent pensa que són impossibles"
www.ara.cat/ciencia-medi...

J. Doyne Farmer, physicist: "I like doing things that people think are impossible" The scientist argues that we cannot predict the future, but we can create better economic models through physics.

"I like doing things that people think are impossible" - Doyne Farmer's interview in ARA now available to read (in Spanish and Catalan as well as English)
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Book Talk: The Infinite Alphabet This event is co-organised by The TIDE Centre We all understand that knowledge shapes the fate of business and the growth of nations, but few of us are…

In our final #ComplexityEconomics seminar of the term on 11 March, we're delighted to welcome @cesifoti.bsky.social to talk about The Infinite Alphabet, exploring the many principles that govern how knowledge grows, moves and decays.
@tidecentre.bsky.social

www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/the-i...

Now available online: Liquidity Spirals - new working paper co-authored with Garbrand Wiesema @ecb.europa.eu and Esti Kemp (IMF) investigates how the (pecking) order in which institutions liquidate assets in response to shocks affects financial stability.

www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpw...

Cutting Edge Climate Macroeconomics: Reflections from Pisa Tom Youngman, Research Project Manager for Macroeconomics of the Seventh Carbon Budget, reflects on the three-day workshop, 'Macroeconomic Implications of…

Tom Youngman and @pirta-palola.bsky.social were in Pisa last week presenting our work on a macroeconomic model to assess the impacts of the UK’s #CarbonBudgets at the Workshop on Climate Macroeconomic Pluralism. Tom shared his thoughts on the workshop: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/reflect...

We're hiring! Global shocks – wars, pandemics, climate extremes – don't just disrupt supply chains. They reshape societies. We're looking for a Postdoc to help us model exactly that, using ABM and complexity science. 3-year funded position in Vienna. Apply by April 1, 2026 👉 csh.ac.at/engage/jobs/

📢 We’re hiring! The Complexity Science Hub is opening 2–3 Postdoc positions in our #CSHPostDocProgram.

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The economist trying to save the planet with his own crystal ball No one can predict the future... yet. Will Rogers-Coltman speaks to Professor Doyne Farmer about his lofty aims to build the world’s first super-simulator

The economist trying to save the planet with his own crystal ball: read @doynefarmer.bsky.social's interview in The Standard

#ComplexityEconomics #EnergyTransition @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @inetoxford.bsky.social

www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ec...

Are we measuring economic progress the right way?

INET Oxford founder @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social and entrepreneur and philanthropist @nickhanauer.bsky.social argue it's time for a new approach.

Learn more on Thursday 5 March 👇
https://tinyurl.com/23djt3m2

@inetoxford.bsky.social

This Thursday I'll be at @museuciencies.cat discussing chaos theory, time and its implications with @evamirandag.bsky.social and @ricardsole.bsky.social. Looking forward to it!

museuciencies.cat/activitats/2...

Miracle or Myth? The macroeconomic productivity gains from AI across… The presentation will focus on the expected macroeconomic productivity gains from Artificial Intelligence (AI) over a 10-year horizon in OECD and G20…

In our next #ComplexityEconomics seminar on 4 March @oecd-ocde.bsky.social's Peter Gal will be talking about the macroeconomic productivity gains from AI across the globe. Online and in person
www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/mirac...

Podem predir el futur mitjançant les matemàtiques? Què ens diu la teoria del caos? Quins són els límits de la nostra capacitat de predir la complexitat? Parlarem amb Doyne Farmer, un dels pares de la teoria, i amb la matemàtica Eva Miranda @evamirandag.bsky.social
museuciencies.cat/activitats/2...

The Economy as an Evolving Complex System IV edited/with contributions from team members inc @doynefarmer.bsky.social @francoislafond.bsky.social @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social @maria-drc.bsky.social is a fabulous (free to download) resource for anyone interested in #Complexity
@sfiscience.bsky.social

“We want to do for economic planning what Google maps did for traffic planning, so we can give anybody who has an economic question an intelligent and useful answer.”

@doynefarmer.bsky.social in today's @theguardian.com

#Complexity #EconSky #ClimateCrisis #EnergyTransition

Sara AlMahri @ifmcambridge.bsky.social is the next speaker in our @inet-complexity.bsky.social seminar series!

Join us on Wednesday 11th February @14:30 GMT in person or online, Register ➼ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/from-...

Oxford Summer School in Economics Networks - now with added @doynefarmer.bsky.social!
#ComplexityEconomics #EconSky
@oxfordeconnet.bsky.social

Our first @inet-complexity.bsky.social seminar of the year is coming up, featuring a book talk from @maxkasy.bsky.social!
Don't forget to register to watch in person or online ➸ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/the-m...
@oxfordecondept.bsky.social

And keep an eye out for one more talk still to be announced! We hope to see you online or in person soon.

Book Talk: The Infinite Alphabet We all understand that knowledge shapes the fate of business and the growth of nations, but few of us are aware of the principles that govern its motion.…

On 11 March @cesifoti.bsky.social will be discussing his book The Infinite Alphabet which unravels the laws describing the growth and diffusion
www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/the-i...

Miracle or Myth? The macroeconomic productivity gains from AI across… The presentation will focus on the expected macroeconomic productivity gains from Artificial Intelligence (AI) over a 10-year horizon in OECD and G20…

Miracle or myth? On 4 March @oecd-ocde.bsky.social's Peter Gal will discuss the macroeconomic productivity gains from AI across the globe.
www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/mirac...

From information to intelligence: LLMs and agentic AI in supply chain… Focusing on visibility and disruption management, it examines how unstructured external information can be converted into structured network knowledge,…

Next up on 11 Feb, Sara AlMahri from @cam.ac.uk's Supply Chain and Artificial Intelligence Lab will present From information to intelligence: LLMs and agentic AI in supply chain management
www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/from-...

Book Talk: The means of prediction - how AI really works (and who… As economist Maximilian Kasy shows in The Means of Prediction , artificial intelligence, far from being an unstoppable force, is irrevocably shaped by…

Here's the announcement you've been waiting for - our Complexity Economics seminar speakers for this term! We start on 4 Feb with @maxkasy.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social discussing his new book The means of prediction: How AI really works (and who benefits)
www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/the-m...

Do you want to help develop new theories for systems that adapt, evolve, and interact?

Applications are open for SFI’s 2026 UCR program, a fully funded, 10-week experience for undergraduates, offering mentorship, seminars, and project development.

Apply by Jan 14, 2026

www.santafe.edu/ucr

Highly recommended by all our team members who have attended in the past!

Complexity Economics Insights for the Seventh Carbon Budget This briefing for the Environmental Audit Committee’s Seventh Carbon Budget inquiry showcases four research programmes from the University of Oxford’s…

You can read our briefing for the Environmental Audit Committee’s Seventh Carbon Budget inquiry showcasing 4 research programmes from @inetoxford.bsky.social that could help inform decisions

@doynefarmer.bsky.social @emilienravigne.bsky.social @bapeterj.bsky.social
www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/complex...

Had the pleasure of giving talks at @cphsodas.bsky.social and @iasliu.bsky.social this past week on my recent preprint, "Spatial Selection and the Multiscale Dynamics of Urban Change". Thank you to my kind hosts, and I'm excited to continue learning about and sharing multi scale dynamics research!