Students and teachers at the Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse, France, on 2-6 July 2012
A chocolate-friendly meeting in Rome, 22 Sept 2016
Italian priorities at the Fifth ESSA Conference 2008, Brescia!
ESSA Conference 2011. A fantastic context for the social dinner!
The ESSA Management Committee meeting in Groningen (NL), 16 September 2015. Physical and virtual proximities!
The Sixth ESSA Summer School in Social Simulation continued the great tradition of our schools by engaging about 30 senior and junior researchers in a creative, intensive week of collaboration
The first ESSA summer school was the first training event in social simulation worldwide!
The origins of one of the most successfull, vital and stimulating initiatives of ESSA!
The European Social Simulation Association (ESSA) promotes the development of social simulation research, education and application in Europe. Founded on a manifesto signed by many social simulation researchers in 1993, the basis of the ESSA's Constitution was formed.
ESSA has become the most important hub of social simulation worldwide. By collaborating with CSSSA, the Computational Social Science Society of the Americas, and PAAA, the Pacific Asian Association for Agent-based Approach in Economic & Social Complex Systems, ESSA has promoted international initiatives to build a bridge between regional groups and associations.
Encouraging the development of social simulation in Europe and more widely. Promoting international cooperation and developing the distinctiveness of European social simulation research. Growing a new generation of social simulation researchers capable of improving traditional fields and disciplines.
Promoting educational initiatives and supporting the development of European post-graduate courses and qualifications in social simulation. Favouring applied social simulation research that responds to important stakeholders' needs. Supporting and organising regular regional and international conferences and workshops.
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This course addresses students and early career researchers, who are interested in spatially explicit simulation of natural and/or social systems by the means of agent-based modelling. Individuals from domains such as Geoinformatics, Geography, Ecology, Social Science, Spatial Planning, or Forestry are welcome. Interest in computational methods is a prerequisite, but no prior knowledge in modelling… MORE
Are you currently working on a social simulation project? Do you want to discuss your work in progress? Then you might be interested to participate in the ESSA@work track during the Social Simulation 2017 conference (formerly: ESSA conference) in Dublin. Participation in ESSA@work is open to all interested modellers (PhD students, Post-doctorates, Lecturers, Professors). The… MORE
The 8th ESSA/SiLiCo Summer School in Social Simulation on “Agent-based modelling for resilience” will take place in Wageningen (The Netherlands) on 26-30 June 2017. Local speakers are: Arnold Bregt, Gert Jan Hofstede, Mark Kramer, Krijn Poppe and George van Voorn. Guest speakers are: Giangiacomo Bravo (Linnaeus University), Guillaume Deffuant (Irstea), Bruce Edmonds (Centre for Policy… MORE
On the 7th and 8th of February the first ESSA@work workshop in the BeNeLux will take place! We are happy to annouce that many agent based model enthousiast signed up. We will meet at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at the Technical University of Delft. There, under the guidance of our experts, Wander… MORE
