Mechanisms Not Magic: Case-Based and Computational Complexity Methods for Societal Crises and Transitions

Corinna Elsenbroich

Complexity, 2026, vol. 2026, 1-7

Abstract: The global challenges we are facing, environmental, economic and health crises, are complex problems that need a methodological approach that honours this complexity. Current approaches, extrapolating the future from past data, will not be able to tackle the profound changes that are to come. Instead, we need complexity methods that uncover mechanisms and processes underlying social phenomena and that let us extrapolate counterfactual future narratives. This paper discusses how the integration of qualitative and computational complexity methods can help with this endeavour.

Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1155/cplx/2893400

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