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Adaptive Peace: Insights from Complexity for Strengthening the Resilience and Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems

Complexity theory offers new ways of understanding how social-ecological systems function under pressure, for example how climate change related stressors may exacerbate competition over scarce resources or limit livelihood options.

Cedric de Coning Cedric de Coning

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Foundations of complexity economics

Arthur, W. Brian. 2021. Foundations of complexity economics. Nature Reviews Physics, 3(2), 136–145. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-020-00273...

Brian Arthur Brian Arthur

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An evolutionary cybernetics perspective on language and coordination

Joachim De Beule and Kevin Stadler. 2014. An evolutionary cybernetics perspective on language and coordination. New Ideas in Psychology, 32,...

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