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Subject: TR : A European Special Interest Group on ABSS and Policy
From: Barreteau Olivier (olivier.barreteau@montpellier.cemagref.fr)
Date: Fri Sep 29 2006 - 10:39:19 CEST
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De : News and discussion about computer simulation in the social sciences [mailto:SIMSOC@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] De la part de Scott Moss
Envoyé : jeudi 28 septembre 2006 14:44
À : SIMSOC@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Objet : A European Special Interest Group on ABSS and Policy
Within the social simulation community there appears to be a growing
interest in deepening the exchange on more specific topics related to
ABSS. The Management Committee of the European Social Simulation
Association (ESSA) has established the possibility to form Special
Interest Groups dedicated to more specific topics.
In response to several presentations and discussions on policy issues at
this year's World Congress on Social Simulation in Kyoto, several
colleagues with a interests in policy analysis and support have
expressed a wish to establish a Special Interest Group on Agent-based
Social Simulation and Policy within ESSA with the goals
- to bring together those in the ABSS Community with in interest in
policy-relevant research and those who interact directly with
policy/decision-makers, e.g. via EU projects or through the use of ABSS
in consultancies or as government or NGO employees. These categories are
not intended to be exclusive.
- to reflect on the use and suitability of ABSS for policy analysis and
support
- to exchange on experiences with the use of ABSS models in policy
analysis and support
- to identify areas and ways in which ABSS appears to offer additional
insights relevant to decision-makers which other approaches cannot deliver
- to exchange with policy/decision-makers on their views on ABSS as a
policy support instrument
Participation in the SIG will be open to all fully paid up members of
ESSA. Those who are not members of ESSA can join the Association via
its website at http://www.essa.eu.org/ . We hope to have an inaugural
meeting of the SIG in the Spring of 2007. In addition, we plan to
organise dedicated sessions at the 2007 ESSA conference in Toulouse in
the form of a discussion group or mini-symposium to which we would like
to invite additional participants (e.g. political scientists, project
officers from EU-projects involving ABSS models) to discuss above issues.
The SIG will be coordinated jointly by Scott Moss (scott@cfpm.org) and
Kathrin Happe (happe@iamo.de). If you are interested in participating in
a Special Interest Group on Agent Based Social Simulation and Policy,
please email Kathrin with your coordinates and perhaps a few words about
the reasons for your interest and your own experience (if any) and
approach to the use of social simulation in policy analysis and development.
Regards,
Scott Moss and Kathrin Happe
-- Scott Moss Professor of Social Simulation Centre for Policy Modelling Manchester Metropolitan University Aytoun Building Manchester M1 3GH(t) +44 (0)161 247 3886 (f) +44 (0)161 247 6802 (m) +44 (0)7740 942564