December 11, 2024
Toulouse, TSE/IAST Building
The Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) is hosting a workshop on Empirically-Calibrated Agent-Based Models for Mechanism-Based Research. Participants to that workshop will present their research in an open symposium on Wednesday December 11th, 2024. We cordially invite all researchers from IAST, TSE and the broader scientific community in Toulouse to come and participate in the symposium.
Background
In recent decades, agent-based simulation models (ABMs) have emerged as a central tool for theorizing about micro-macro dynamics. In parallel, the 2000s also saw the digital revolution—unleashing an unprecedented amount of data about individuals, their (inter)actions and social environments—and the popularization of analytical sociology, a branch of sociology arguing for mechanism-based explanations and a tighter link between theory and empirical research. Thus, the question about whether, and if so how, to integrate ABMs with empirical data has become increasingly pertinent. Status quo, however, is that there is relatively scarce application of empirical calibration, that there are no standardized procedures or best practices, and that there are few venues to discuss issues focused on empirical calibration. In this symposium we discuss the ways in which ABM can be used for mechanism-based research, focusing on empirical applications of such models. The speakers showcase a breadth of applications in sociology, economics, computer science and other behavioral sciences.
Speakers
Gianluca Manzo, Sorbonne University
Peter Hedström, Institute for Analytical Sociology
Eva Vriens, National Research Council Italy
Federico Bianchi, University of Milan
Firouzeh Rosa Taghikhah, University of Sydney
Lucas Sage, European University Institute
Marco Pangollo, Centai Turin
Marijn Keijzer, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse
Marion Hoffman, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse
Martin Arvidsson, Institute for Analytical Sociology
Selcan Mutgan, Institute for Analytical Sociology
Silvia Leoni, Maastricht University
Organizers: Marijn Keijzer, Lucas Sage, Selcan Mutgan & Martin Arvidsson
Location: Toulouse School of Economics (Auditorium 3)
Date: December 11, 2024
Contact: For further information, please send an email to abm.workshop@iast.fr
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This event is funded by a French government subsidy managed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche under the framework of the investissements d'avenir programme reference ANR-17-EURE-0010.
Reference
Symposium on Empirically-Calibrated Agent-Based Models for Mechanism-Based Research, Toulouse, TSE/IAST Building, December 11, 2024.