Stefan Thurner

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Stefan Thurner (born 1969) is an Austrian physicist and complexity researcher. [1] [2] He has been professor for Science of Complex Systems at the Medical University of Vienna since 2009, [3] external professor at the Santa Fe Institute since 2007, and guest professor at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore since 2016.

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He promoted the foundation of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna [4] and has been its president since 2015. [5] [6] The CSH Vienna is a research co-operation of six Austrian universities (Medical University of Vienna, TU Wien, Graz University of Technology, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Danube University Krems, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) and the Central European University, three research institutions (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology IMBA), and the Austrian Economic Chambers, with the aim to promote Big Data and complexity research in Austria. [7]

Stefan Thurner's research areas are the foundations of complex systems, [8] systemic risk, [9] [10] [11] network medicine, computational social sciences, and financial crisis. [12] [13]

In 2018, Stefan Thurner was awarded "Scientist of the year 2017" in Austria. [14] [15]

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  3. ↑ "Section for Science of Complex Systems".
  4. ↑ "Komplexitätsforschung: Auf der Reise durch eine komplexe Welt". Der Standard. Aug 21, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Start für "Complexity Science Hub Vienna"". ORF Science. July 28, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Wien soll zur Drehscheibe für Komplexitätsforschung werden". Tiroler Tageszeitung. Feb 11, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Vernetzte Welt: Complexity-Science-Hub wird im Mai eröffnet". Der Standard. March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Thurner, Hanel, and Klimek write the book on complex systems". Santa Fe Institute. Oct 26, 2018. Retrieved Nov 21, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Wie ein Physiker die Finanzmärkte retten will". Immovation. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Die bessere Steuer". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Nov 25, 2014. Retrieved Nov 21, 2018.
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  12. ↑ Buchanan, Mark (Oct 1, 2008). "This Economy Does Not Compute". The New York Times. Retrieved Nov 21, 2018.
  13. ↑ Buchanan, Mark (Feb 24, 2014). "Make banks safer: tax them". Bloomberg. Retrieved Nov 21, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Komplexitätsforscher Stefan Thurner". ORF. Jan 8, 2018. Retrieved Nov 21, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Stefan Thurner "wollte als Kind sehr gescheit werden"". APA Science. Jan 8, 2018. Retrieved Nov 21, 2018.
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