Complexity Science Hub Vienna

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The Complexity Science Hub Vienna(CSH) is a Vienna-based research organisation with the aim to bundle, coordinate and advance the research of complex systems, system analysis and big data science in Austria.

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Organization

The CSH was founded in 2015 as a joint initiative to foster big data science for the benefit of society and to increase the international visibility of Austrian complexity research. [1] The official start was in 2016. [2] Since May 2016 the CSH has been located in Palais Strozzi in Vienna.

The first four member institutions were the TU Wien, the Graz University of Technology, the Medical University of Vienna and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. [3] In 2016, the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and the International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA) became members of the CSH. [4] Further members are the Danube University Krems [5] and Austrian Economic Chambers (since 2018), the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology IMBA and the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (since 2019), and the Central European University (since 2020).

The CSH is embedded in an international network of complexity research centers and universities, including the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Arizona State University, and the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Amsterdam. Since April 2017, there has been a partnership with the Central European University in Budapest. [6]

Complexity scientist Stefan Thurner has been the first president and scientific director of the CSH since its foundation. The international science advisory board is chaired by the Austrian sociologist Helga Nowotny.

Research

The main topics of research at the CSH include: [7]

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