Handbook of Research Methods in Complexity Science

Edited by Eve Mitleton-Kelly, Alexandros Paraskevas and Christopher Day

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This comprehensive Handbook is aimed at both academic researchers and practitioners in the field of complexity science. The book’s 26 chapters, specially written by leading experts, provide in-depth coverage of research methods based on the sciences of complexity. The research methods presented are illustratively applied to practical cases and are readily accessible to researchers and decision makers alike.

Keywords: Business and Management; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Politics and Public Policy Research Methods; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
ISBN: 9781785364419
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction to the strategy and methods of complex systems , pp 5-17

Professor Yaneer Bar-Yam

Ch 2 Complex evolving social systems: unending, imperfect learning , pp 18-44

Professor Peter Allen

Ch 3 Information theoretic measures of causality: music performance as a case study , pp 45-54

Fatimah Abdul Razak, Xiaogeng Wan and Professor Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen

Ch 4 Addressing global challenges: the EMK complexity methodology , pp 61-73

Professor Eve Mitleton-Kelly

Ch 5 Complexity informed social research: from complexity concepts to creative applications , pp 74-94

Dr Lesley Kuhn

Ch 6 From isolation to transformation with C2 , pp 95-113

Hazel Stuteley and Dr Jonathan Stead

Ch 7 Using complexity principles to understand the nature of relations for creating a culture of publically engaged research within higher education institutes , pp 114-132

Dr Robin Durie, Dr Craig Lundy and Professor Katrina Wyatt

Ch 8 The art of complexity: using visual artefacts and dialogue to bridge the gap between strategic plans and local actions in organisations , pp 137-156

Julian Burton and Sam Mockett

Ch 9 Inner complexity: using Landscape of the Mind to catalyse change in organisations , pp 157-177

Kate Hopkinson

Ch 10 On the visualization of dynamic structure: understanding the distinction between static and dynamic network topology , pp 178-198

Dr Kurt A. Richardson and Andrew Tait

Ch 11 Network text analysis and social network analysis in investigating complex governance networks: applications of AutoMap and ORA , pp 199-220

Professor Göktuğ Morçöl and Dr Sohee Kim

Ch 12 Using maximum likelihood estimation methods and complexity science concepts to research power law-distributed phenomena , pp 227-253

Assistant Professor G. Christopher Crawford and Professor Bill McKelvey

Ch 13 Multifractal signatures of intersectionality: nonlinear dynamics permits quantitative modeling of hierarchical patterns in gender dynamics at the cultural level , pp 254-266

Hannah L. Brown, Chase R. Booth, Elizabeth G. Eason and Assistant Professor Damian G. Kelty-Stephen

Ch 14 Modeling social complexity in infrastructures: a case-based approach to improving reliability and resiliency , pp 267-284

Carl J. Dister, Professor Brian Castellani and Dr Rajeev Rajaram

Ch 15 Phase transitions and social contagion as enabling mechanisms for coordinated action in populations: a mathematical framework , pp 285-311

Professor James K. Hazy and Professor Peter R. Wolenski

Ch 16 Applying complex adaptive systems to agent-based models for social programme evaluation , pp 312-326

Professor Michael E. Wolf-Branigin, Dr William G. Kennedy, Dr Emily S. Ihara and Dr Catherine J. Tompkins

Ch 17 Complexity, the bridging science of emerging respiratory outbreak response , pp 327-356

Dr Babak Pourbohloul, Dr Krista M. English and Dr Nathaniel Hupert

Ch 18 Multilevel systems and policy , pp 363-387

Professor Jeffrey Johnson, Professor Joyce Fortune and Dr Jane Bromley

Ch 19 Complex scenarios in socio-economic data: a comprehensive analytical study , pp 388-425

Assistant Professor Sanjay Kumar Palit, Associate Professor Santo Banerjee and Assisyant Professor Sayan Mukherjee

Ch 20 Employment of tools and models appropriate to complex, real-world situations , pp 426-458

Patrick Beautement

Ch 21 Leadership network structure and influence dynamics , pp 459-478

Dr Michael Gabbay

Ch 22 Complex analogy and modular exaptation: some definitional clarifications , pp 483-506

Professor Pierpaolo Andriani and Professor Giuseppe Carignani

Ch 23 Emergence and radical novelty: from theory to methods , pp 507-524

Professor Jeffrey A. Goldstein

Ch 24 Applying the 15 complexity sciences: methods for studying emergence in organizations , pp 525-544

Associate Professor Benyamin Lichtenstein

Ch 25 Mixed methods research: a method for complex systems , pp 545-566

Professor Liz Varga

Ch 26 Dynamical systems therapy (DST): complex adaptive systems in psychiatry and psychotherapy , pp 567-590

Professor Yakov Shapiro and Associate Professor J. Rowan Scott

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