How can we model, understand and influence complex behaviours and their contexts?

Speaker(s):

Emily Oliver, Benjamin Rigby, Newcastle University

Abstract:

This session will bring together participants with a range of disciplinary and methodological expertise to form catalyst pods for rapidly developing project grant ideas. Broadly, the session will foster open discussion and debate (amongst all attendees) focusing on: i) identifying the contexts and topics where improving our approaches to modelling and influencing behaviour is most critical; and ii) cultivating methodological solutions that may facilitate rapid advancement in these priority areas. We will bring examples of challenging areas and topics where we think creative methodological collaboration could be useful and will invite others to do the same. Please do bring along any challenges or contentious ideas in your home disciplinary, methodological and applied spaces; a further output of the session is anticipated to be a published ‘thought piece’ highlighting the areas identified and any commonalities between them.