Complexity and Networks COmmunity and REsources (CORE) is an organization dedicated to connecting scientists and organizations in the fields of Complexity and Network Science. We enhance collaboration among organizations that organize talks, seminars, and events, and we collect all conference and job application deadlines to create a hub where scientists can find relevant news and information. On this page, you will find information about the organizations and contributors involved in this project.

CORE Members: NetPlace, yrCSS, WiNS, Complexity Cat, WWCS, Complexity72h.

More at: complexity-core.github.io

EPJ Data Science

Submission deadline
31 July 2025

Digital, information and communication technologies, together with Big Data, the Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence, are reshaping almost every aspect of our societies. From traffic to logistics, from mobility to smart cities and societies, much of this gears towards more predictability, controllability, and automation, using digital twins and many other approaches. Optimizing performance, sustainability, resilience, and health are often stated goals. But what roles will complexity and collective intelligence, democracy and human rights, ethics, agency and freedom, co-creation and co-evolution play? And how can scientific disciplines – from data science and complexity theory to computational social science, network analysis, transportation modeling, game theory, and agent-based as well as AI-driven models – contribute to understanding these challenges and to shaping future solutions?

This special collection seeks to reflect on recent advances in these fields and explore visions for the future. It will provide a platform for critical reflection on the scientific methodologies and technological strategies currently driving our world. We invite inspiring contributions that provoke innovative thoughts and stimulate rigorous debate on the future trajectory of these technologies and the socio-technical systems that are expected to result from them.

Submit at: link.springer.com

The scientific community is increasingly aware of the profound challenges associated with research evaluation, particularly the reliance on quantitative journal metrics such as the impact factor as proxies for scientific quality. These practices have entrenched a system where researchers are compelled to publish in high-cost, high-impact journals to advance their careers, often at the expense of broader scientific contributions. Despite the growing adoption of initiatives like DORA (https://sfdora.org), Plan S (https://www.coalition-s.org), CoARA (https://coara.eu), or PEER Community (https://peercommunityin.org), which aim to reform research assessment and promote open science, progress has been slow, and deeply-ingrained evaluation schemes still dominate. Thus, initiatives that support dissemination of knowledge (outreach, extension), data curation and sharing, research in non-academic contexts (which is more “messy”, difficult to conduct) and in response to real-world needs and with impact is not sufficiently valued. These issues are compounded by the dominance of commercial publishers, whose exorbitant article processing charges (APCs) and profit-driven models exploit the academic community creating inequalities, fostering an unsustainable and unfair publishing system that threatens the very preservation and dissemination of scholarly knowledge.

Read the full article at: cssociety.org

Applications for the third Complexity Global School (CGS) are now open. Like last year, the school will be hosted at Universidad de los Andes (Uniandes), in Bogotá, Colombia, but for the first time, applicants from all countries are eligible to apply. Roughly 60 students will be selected for the school, which will run July 28 – August 8, 2025. Supported by the Omidyar Network and the Ford Foundation, the school is free for all admitted students — tuition, room, board, and a travel stipend are included. Applications are due by March 2, 2025.

Apply at: www.santafe.edu

The Complex Systems Society announces the tenth edition of the CSS Scientific Awards. 

The Emerging Researcher Award recognizes promising researchers in Complex Systems within 3 years of their PhD defense.

The Junior Scientific Award is aimed at recognizing excellent scientific record of young researchers within 10 years of their PhD defense.

The Senior Scientific Award will recognize outstanding contributions of Complex Systems scholars at any stage of their careers.

Deadline: April 30th, 2025.

See https://cxdig.wordpress.com/community/awards for the list of previous awardees.

More at: cssociety.org