Agenda 2003

West Euro Working Group Complex Societal Problems & Issues

& Dutch Nosmo research group Complex Societal Problems & Issues

 

The main theme of research is 2003 is a continuation of the research started in 2001. The theme ‘How to handle the complex problems in large cities’. In this research the focus is on the way the different aspects of large cities interact on each. Aspects such as economic, urban planning, education and healthcare. Three subgroups of the West-Euro research group are focusing with different methods on three different large cities in a comparison of methods: Brussels Adaptive Control Methodology (Brans) focusing on Brussels, Maastricht Integrative City Planning (ICIS) focusing on Maastricht, Amsterdam Compram method (DeTombe) focusing on Amsterdam, Utrecht , Rotterdam, the Hague.

The incidental theme of 2003 is a comparison of models of CPB and Nyfer.

 

18 March  2003  Amsterdam, Comparison of the models of CPB and Nyfer

Continuation of the discussion of 15 November 2002 of the CPB models

 

13.00-14.00 for west-euro members only, discussion research large cities

Open for all:

·        14.00-14.15 introduction dr. Dorien DeTombe

·        14.45-15.00 drs. Leo van der Geest, the Nyfer model

·        15.00-15.15 pauze

·        15.15-16.00 prof. dr Frank den Butter (VU) comparison of the models of CPB and Nyfer

·        15.30-16.30 Discussion

 

Location: Grote zaal SISWO, Plantage Muidergracht 4, 1018 TV Amsterdam

(Center of Amsterdam, tram 9)  tel.+31 20 527 06 50; fax +31 20 622 94 30

email: moot@siswo.uva.nl; www.siswo.uva.nl

 

 

5-7 May 2003 Luxembourg HCP 2003

14th Mini Euro conference  organized by prof. dr. R. Bisschoff

http://www.cu.lu/hcp2003/

conference fee is applied here

 

16.00-18.00  Monday 5th May Complex Systems

16.00-18.00  Tuesday 6th May EWG Complex Societal Problems

 

 

6-10 July 2003 Turkey, Istanbul Euro/Informs 2003

‘New opportunities for operations research’

See: http://www.istanbul2003.org/main.html

 

conference fee is applied here

several days special stream on Complex Societal Problems

see :

 

 

21 November 2003 Amsterdam  Methodologendag

Conference of Dutch methodologists

http://www.siswo.uva.nl/netwerken/netwerken/netwerkgroepen/nosmo.htm
Fee 28 euro

Please send abstracts to DeTombe before 21th of October 2003 on the theme of

epidemiology: spreading virus like  fowl plague and SARS as a complex societal issue

 

Information: SISWO, Plantage Muidergracht 4, 1018 TV Amsterdam

(Center of Amsterdam, tram 9)  tel.+31 20 527 06 50; fax +31 20 622 94 30

email: moot@siswo.uva.nl; www.siswo.uva.nl

 

 

Euro Working Group Complex Societal Problems

 

Handling complex societal problems needs a special approach. Handling societal problems in an interdisciplinary way has become a must for our society and a challenge for the human sciences. The problems society is confronted with are difficult to handle. There is a growing gap between the complexity of these problems and the human capacity to deal with them. There is a need for better methods and tools, more knowledge and imagination. Scientific knowledge is needed to survive amidst these problems.

Therefore methodology for complex societal problems has become a new field of scientific attention. Some of the scientific reasons for this special approach are that the problems are seldom defined, change during their development, many actors are involved often with a different view on the problem, with different interest and with different ‘solutions’ in mind. Societal reasons for this special approach is the importance of these problems for society, the impact they have on many people, and the large amount of money involved. Combining the effort of scientists who are working in this field is an inspiring serious challenge from the perspective of a number of disciplines. Combining existing knowledge and creating new insights with methods and tools for supporting complex societal problems is a challenge for scientists from different fields.

The goal of the Euro Group  on Complex Societal Problems is to increase and to combine the available scientific knowledge regarding the handling of complex societal problems. Means to reach this goal are organizing workshops and conferences, publishing proceedings and books in which the discussion on this subject can take place.

  

Dr. Dorien J. DeTombe, Ph.D.

Chair Operational Research Euro Working Group Complex Societal Problems

P.O. Box. 3286, 1001 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Europe

Tel: +31 20 6927526

E-Mail: DeTombe@lri.jur.uva.nl

http://www.geocities.com/doriendetombe

 

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