Göttingen CICS (Complexity, Information Cognition and Societal Dynamics) Day
A one-day gathering of researchers across Göttingen exploring complexity, information theory, and societal dynamics.
Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026 (09:00 - 16:00)
This one-day event brought together researchers across the Göttingen Campus whose work spans complexity, information theory, learning networks, and societal dynamics. Its central motivation was to showcase synergies within the Göttingen research community and to uncover mechanisms governing collective dynamics across systems and scales.
Venue: Am Faßberg 17, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (Room 0.77)
Organizers: Julia Fischer, Greta Jasser, Thomas Kneib, Piklu Mallick, Viola Priesemann
Schedule:
| Time | Session | Speaker(s) | Topic / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | 📌 Poster Session + Coffee | ||
| 9:30 | Opening | Viola Priesemann | Opening and motivation |
| 9:35 | Invited Lecture | Jana Lasser | When intuition replaces facts: what language analysis reveals about the crisis of democracy in the U.S. |
| 10:15 | Lisa Beinborn | Modeling learnability and agent-agent communication | |
| 10:30 | Simon Gerdemann | Legal Framework for AI on Social Media | |
| 10:45 | Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty (& Srushhti Trivedi) | The Need for Research Ethics Guidance for Social Media Research | |
| 11:00 | ☕ Coffee Break + Poster | ||
| 11:30 | Stefan Klumpp | Complex Network Dynamics | |
| 11:45 | Peter Sollich | Statistical physics perspectives on societal dynamics | |
| 12:00 | Michael Wibral | Unique, Redundant and Synergistic Information | |
| 12:08 | Roman Ventzke | From Statistical Physics to Misinformation Spread | |
| 12:15 | Greta Jasser & Dominik Hammer | The Digital Ecosystem of the Far Right: Platforms, Publics and Politics | |
| 12:30 | Silke Schicktanz & Thomas Kneib | Analyzing the Vaccination Debate on Telegram | |
| 13:00 | Christian Helmreich | TBC | |
| 13:15 | Viola Priesemann | summary | |
| 13:20 | 🍽 Lunch Break+Coffee+Poster | Continued discussions + Poster Session | |
| 14:15 - 15:30 | Guided Discussion / Fish Bowl | Greta Jasser & Viola Priesemann | Identify cross-sectional topics |
| Optional | 📌 Poster Session | Continued networking and discussions |