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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Social simulation conference 2018: Call for submissions</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Social Simulation 2018</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> is the 14th Annual Conference of the European Social Simulation Association
(</span><a href="http://www.essa.eu.org/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">ESSA</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">). Social simulation concerns anyone what addresses social science
questions using simulation as a method. Social simulation advances science by forcing theorists to make their assumptions and measures explicit enough to implement in a computational model, while the empirical research community benefits from the testing of
scenarios to produce hypotheses as well as measures that can be applied to the real world. In addition, social simulation is growingly used for policy-making advice, for instance by producing scenarios of the likely consequences of alternative policy options</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Looking in the mirror</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> is the theme of the 2018 conference. As the relatively young
field/society enters puberty some critical self-reflection is sought by looking in the mirror ourselves, with relevant others. With high potential of having identity crisis as well as moments of inspiration and insight, this conference aims to support during
growing pains of a society in transformation towards proper scientific adulthood.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Submissions</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">SSC 2018 seeks submissions for the following categories:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">· </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Special Tracks</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">· </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Poster Abstracts, Extended
Abstracts, and Full Papers</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">· </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Workshops and Round
Tables</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Special tracks</span></u><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Special tracks will be held in parallel during the conference. A special track consists of a group of papers in a sub-area of the larger domain of social simulation and
computational social science. ESSA Special Interest Groups, as well as interested persons, are encouraged to propose such special tracks. Proposals should include: a special track title; a draft of the special track call for papers; the name(s) and affiliation(s)
of the track chairs. A successful special track will consist of at least 2-3 extended abstracts and/or full papers.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Important Dates Special Tracks</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Proposal Deadline: 31st of January</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Notification of Acceptance: 9th of February</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">For suggestions for special tracks, please use this email address:
</span><a href="mailto:ssc2018@dsv.su.se"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">ssc2018@dsv.su.se.</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> <u>Abstracts, Extended Abstracts, and Full Papers</u></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">SSC 2018 seeks high-quality submissions addressing original research on social simulation / computational social science (see below a list of suggested topics). All work
must be original, i.e. must not have appeared in conference proceedings, books, or journals and may not be under review for other archival conferences, books, or journals.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Abstracts of 300 – 500 words can qualify for a poster presentation, whereas extended abstracts of 3-4 pages can lead to short oral presentations and full papers of maximum
12 pages can be invited for long oral presentations.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">All accepted submissions will be included in the proceedings (the Organizing Committee is in contact with Springer), unless the author(s) choose(s) otherwise. A number
of full papers will be invited to submit revised versions to various journals with which the Organizing Committee is in contact (e.g. JASSS, other disciplinary journals).</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">SSC 2018 solicits abstracts, extended abstracts, and full papers for the following special tracks:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">1) ESSA@work</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">2) Blue Sky Ideas</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">3) ESSA Special Interest Groups tracks</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">4) Other special tracks (as submitted following the procedure described above)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">During the submission process authors can choose to submit to the general conference or to one of the special tracks.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">ESSA@work</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">ESSA@work stands for discussing work-in-progress. It is a workshop concept where any modeller can receive and give support on simulation work-in-progress while being part
of a selforganising group. ESSA@work aims to create space for in-depth discussions and returning back to your desk with some concrete answers to your questions.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">For this special track the author(s) will be prompted with a request to provide an additional paragraph (250 words) detailing a problem or specific question that the participant
would like to discuss in the ESSA@work session and some information on background and skills.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Blue-Sky Ideas</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">So far, SSC has been known for its great papers on carried out research while more visionary ideas were limited to plenaries or coffee breaks. Now that SSC is coming of
age, we want to give visionary ideas, long-term challenges, new research opportunities, and controversial debate a place in the program for which one can apply. Blue Sky ideas is the name used for similar tracks in different workshops.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">We encourage submissions of innovative, risky, and provocative ideas, which are clearly presented, rigorously developed, and critically reflected upon. Preliminary work
or submissions reporting on existing approaches will not be accepted for this track - there is ample room for those already in the regular tracks and ESSA@work.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Accepted papers would reflect on for instance the use and abuse of social simulation and computational social science in solving contemporary challenges; new, forgotten,
or underrepresented methodologies and application areas; their potential opportunities and risks; and on the future of the research area and its community within the broader social sciences and computing domains.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">ESSA Special Interest Groups tracks</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">For the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">ESSA Special Interest Groups tracks, check
</span><a href="http://www.essa.eu.org/special-interests-groups/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">http://www.essa.eu.org/special-interests-groups/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Important Dates Abstract, Extended Abstract, Full Paper</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Submission Deadline: 30th of March</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Notification of Acceptance: 14th of May</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Final Version Submission: 11th of June</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Contributions and suggestions for all these will be handled through EasyChair to be made available by Mid-February.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Workshops and Round Tables</span></u><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">On Monday August 20th workshops will take place. The workshops are meant to offer a wide perspective on social simulation by means of a “hands-on” approach. The topic of
the workshop can be: a) disciplinary (thematic, e.g. sustainability, or methodological, e.g. introduction to Repast); b) career development (e.g. how to succeed publishing in the social simulation domain). Proposals should include the title of the workshop
and a 150-word description of the topic. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">During the conference roundtable discussions can take place. The aim of roundtables is to present topics and problems currently seen as shaping the nature of the domain.
At a round table a pre-constituted panel discusses issues of fairly general scholarly or professional interest in front of (and subsequently with) an audience. Thus, round tables are not sequences of papers, but debate sessions. Proposals should include the
title of the round table, a 150-word description of the topic, and the names and affiliations of at least three participants (including the convenor).</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Important Dates Workshops and Roundtables</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Proposal Deadline: 20th of April</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Notification of Acceptance: 7th of May</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">LIST OF SUGGESTED TOPICS</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">The conference topics include, but are not limited to, the following list. Unlisted but related topics are also acceptable, provided that they fit in the domain of Social
Simulation.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Tools and methods</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Advanced distributed computing, Agent ontologies,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Agent-embodied artificial intelligence, Participatory and Human-in-the-Loop simulations,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Approaches of aggregating-disaggregating problems,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Coupling simulations and optimization methods,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Data analysis software for simulations,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Data generating models,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Experiment design and data farming for simulations,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Model replication, verification and validation,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Programming computational frameworks,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Role playing games and social simulation,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Simulation metamodels,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Social simulation and laboratory experiments,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Socially inspired software applications (peer-to-peer, distributed trust etc.),</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Social simulation and software design,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Advanced computing technologies (e.g. the grid) and social simulation,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Statistical and data mining techniques for simulated data,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Techniques for visualizing, interpreting and analyzing simulation outputs.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Using qualitative data to inform behavioural rules in social simulation</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC"></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Applications of Agent-based Modelling</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Agent-based computational economics and finance,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Archaeology and History,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Cognitive models and social simulation,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Coupled human-natural systems,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Crisis management,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Demographic change simulation,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Emergence and evolution of institutions,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Emergence of social structures and norms,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Epidemiology and pharmacoeconomics,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Group decisions and collective behaviors,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Information and opinion dynamics,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Innovation diffusion,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Integrated social/physical modelling for environmental policy,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Market design, mechanism design & auctions,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Market dynamics and consumer behaviour,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Policy issues,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Privacy, safety and security,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Public policy and regulatory issues,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Resource management and environmental practices,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Resource management, environmental practices & policy,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Social and regional disparities,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Social complexity,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Social conflict and cooperation,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Social heterogeneity and scaling issues,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Social media and volunteered information,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Social networks and their dynamics, Computational organization theory,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Social-spatial segregation modeling,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Societal transitions,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Trust and norm dynamics, reputation.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC"></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">In addition to posters, papers presentations, workshops, and round tables, SSC 2018 will include:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">- PhD Colloquium</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">- Invited talks</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">- Competition & Hackathon</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">- Allocation of awards: Best Paper, Best Student Paper, Best Poster, Best PhD Thesis; “Rosaria Conte” Outstanding Award for Social Simulation</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">- Social events</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Keep an eye on the next ESSA newsletter for more news and details about SSC 2018! If you want to subscribe to this newsletter, send an e-mail to
</span><a href="mailto:melania.borit@uit.no"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">melania.borit@uit.no</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">We also can be found on Facebook (</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/SocSimConf2018"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">SocSimConf2018</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">)
and Twitter (@socsim2018).</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC"></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Committee Chair:</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Harko Verhagen (Stockholm University, Sweden)
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">verhagen@dsv.su.se</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Committee Members:</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Melania Borit (University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, Norway)
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">melania.borit@uit.no</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Giangiacomo Bravo (Linnæus University, Sweden)
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">giangiacomo.bravo@lnu.se</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Nanda Wijermans (Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden)
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">nanda.wijermans@su.se</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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