Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module the student will
1. have acquired a good overview knowledge of the main theories of the CSS paradigm as causal explanatory frameworks that shed new light on the nature of human and social dynamics;
2. be able to identify and discuss a number of key methodological tools in CSS: present the main classes of entities, objects and relations common to the computational analysis of social complexity;
3. identify some of the main applications of this field in industry, NGOs and the public sector.