Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI)

Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI)

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Canada's contribution to complex systems research. Please visit our website here: http://wici.ca/

The Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) facilitates transdisciplinary and collaborative research promoting innovation and resilience within— and beneficial transformation of— the complex adaptive systems at the core of human well being in the 21st century. Under this overarching mission, WICI aims to:

1) Pursue leading-edge research that significantly advances complexity scien

WICI Speaker Series Jan. 29: Cybernetic Aesthetics with Dr. Heather A. Love 01/22/2024

WICI Speaker Series Jan. 29: Cybernetic Aesthetics with Dr. Heather A. Love -

WICI Speaker Series Jan. 29: Cybernetic Aesthetics with Dr. Heather A. Love Cybernetic Aesthetics draws from cybernetics theory and terminology to interpret the communication structures and reading strategies that modernist text cultivate. In doing so, Heather A. Love shows how cybernetic approaches to communication emerged long before World War II; they flourished in the ...

ENBUS 314: Community Wealth Lab 12/08/2023

ENBUS 314: Community Wealth Lab -

ENBUS 314: Community Wealth Lab A classroom-based social innovation lab course that supports multi-stakeholder groups addressing a complex social problem, examining the challenges of building sustainable business models at enterprise, community, and systemic scales.Analyze elements of a “wicked problem” and use them to devel...

Waterloo Climate Institute Event TODAY 11/14/2023

Waterloo Climate Institute Event TODAY -

Waterloo Climate Institute Event TODAY Join Jonathan Gilligan, Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Technologies and Sustainability, as they explore how to use simulation modeling and statistical analysis to better understand interactions between human behaviour and the environment. This event is co-hosted by the Waterloo Climate I...

Map the System info session Today and WICI Speaker Series: How AI could change the meaning of work 11/10/2023

Map the System info session Today and WICI Speaker Series: How AI could change the meaning of work -

Map the System info session Today and WICI Speaker Series: How AI could change the meaning of work Do you have a social or environmental challenge that you're passionate about? Join us for the Map the System 2024 Info Session and discover how you can use a systems-thinking research approach to tackle a complex problem with an interdisciplinary team. Attendees will learn more about the Map the Sys...

Systems Design talk TODAY at 12:30 10/03/2023

Systems Design talk TODAY at 12:30 -

Systems Design talk TODAY at 12:30 Wickedness is a defining feature of the most challenging social, ecological, and economic challenges we face. Wicked problems are inherently incomplete, contradictory, and uncertain but they are not beyond the scope of design and intervention. In this talk we will outline complex systems, how they d...

AI and the transformation of social science research 09/21/2023

AI and the transformation of social science research -

AI and the transformation of social science research Save the date: WICI Speaker Series with Igor Grossmann Thursday, November 23rd 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon EDT Location TBA, University of Waterloo  

WICI Open House TODAY - DC 1301 from 10:30am-12 09/19/2023

WICI Open House TODAY - DC 1301 from 10:30am-12 -

WICI Open House TODAY - DC 1301 from 10:30am-12 Toward a Complex Systems Framework for Creativity and Cultural Evolution Thursday October 12th from 1-2:30 p.m. EDT Online via Zoom - please register in advance Dr. Liane Gabora

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