Yannick Oswald
@yloswald.bsky.social
Researcher @University of Lausanne | Follow me for complexity, computational modelling, ecological economics 📉, sustainability + climate 🌍🌿, personal views
Web: https://yannickoswald.github.io/
Substack: https://substack.com/@theworldinmodels
Web: https://yannickoswald.github.io/
Substack: https://substack.com/@theworldinmodels
Back from holiday with a bang 💫
Am pleased my article Artificial Utopia is now published in the journal Futures. lnkd.in/e_fnEbg3
This article conceptualises thinking about Utopian and radically socially innovative societies with the help of computational simulations.
Am pleased my article Artificial Utopia is now published in the journal Futures. lnkd.in/e_fnEbg3
This article conceptualises thinking about Utopian and radically socially innovative societies with the help of computational simulations.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Back from holiday with a bang 💫
Am pleased my article Artificial Utopia is now published in the journal Futures. lnkd.in/e_fnEbg3
This article conceptualises thinking about Utopian and radically socially innovative societies with the help of computational simulations.
Am pleased my article Artificial Utopia is now published in the journal Futures. lnkd.in/e_fnEbg3
This article conceptualises thinking about Utopian and radically socially innovative societies with the help of computational simulations.
I believe that if you are interested in modelling social change, also in relation to climate change, postgrowth economics etc. this winter school could be quite useful to you.
schumpeter-centre.uni-graz.at/de/veranstal...
schumpeter-centre.uni-graz.at/de/veranstal...
GSWS 2025 - Graz Schumpeter Centre
schumpeter-centre.uni-graz.at
July 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I believe that if you are interested in modelling social change, also in relation to climate change, postgrowth economics etc. this winter school could be quite useful to you.
schumpeter-centre.uni-graz.at/de/veranstal...
schumpeter-centre.uni-graz.at/de/veranstal...
Why the German chancellor is wrong - the focus on increasing working time is misguided - and what to do instead
open.substack.com/pub/theworld...
open.substack.com/pub/theworld...
Why the German chancellor is wrong - the focus on increasing working time is misguided - and what to do instead
Simply working more will not address Germany's deep-rooted problems
open.substack.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Why the German chancellor is wrong - the focus on increasing working time is misguided - and what to do instead
open.substack.com/pub/theworld...
open.substack.com/pub/theworld...
Here is a blog on the current debate around increasing work time in Germany.
Instead, we must think out of the box and experiment with drastic economic and social innovation.
theworldinmodels.substack.com/p/why-the-ge...
Instead, we must think out of the box and experiment with drastic economic and social innovation.
theworldinmodels.substack.com/p/why-the-ge...
Why the German chancellor is wrong - the focus on increasing working time is misguided - and what to do instead
Simply working more will not address Germany's deep rooted problems
theworldinmodels.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Here is a blog on the current debate around increasing work time in Germany.
Instead, we must think out of the box and experiment with drastic economic and social innovation.
theworldinmodels.substack.com/p/why-the-ge...
Instead, we must think out of the box and experiment with drastic economic and social innovation.
theworldinmodels.substack.com/p/why-the-ge...
Sorry to link to X, but I am so glad another (senior) person is speaking out about this, it is a different field than mine but I had the same problem with a paper that got rejected and even an ERC grant application.
x.com/Michael_J_Bl...
x.com/Michael_J_Bl...
Michael Black on X: "The use of AI in reviewing is a growing problem. Several of my ICCV papers have AI reviews -- one reviewer was so lazy that they left in the prompts! A common refrain that I hear is that people have difficulty writing in English and need to use AI to clean up their review." / X
The use of AI in reviewing is a growing problem. Several of my ICCV papers have AI reviews -- one reviewer was so lazy that they left in the prompts! A common refrain that I hear is that people have difficulty writing in English and need to use AI to clean up their review.
x.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Sorry to link to X, but I am so glad another (senior) person is speaking out about this, it is a different field than mine but I had the same problem with a paper that got rejected and even an ERC grant application.
x.com/Michael_J_Bl...
x.com/Michael_J_Bl...
Very interesting new database on intergenerational mobility www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Intergenerational mobility around the world: A new database
Using individual data from over 400 household surveys, this paper compiles a global database of intergenerational mobility in education for 153 countr…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Very interesting new database on intergenerational mobility www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
👉AI for good? AI for agent-based models? What kind of forms could this take.
Please note the deadline to our SSC special track this Friday! We are looking forward to your research.
👉Also Please spread if you can!!😀
Please note the deadline to our SSC special track this Friday! We are looking forward to your research.
👉Also Please spread if you can!!😀
Exciting News 📣🫵
Wolfram Barfuss and I are organising a special track at the
Social Simulation Conference 2025 in Delft.
On "Artificially Intelligent Agents in Social Agent-based Models"
The call is out now. ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl/important-da... Looking forward to exciting contributions.✍️
Wolfram Barfuss and I are organising a special track at the
Social Simulation Conference 2025 in Delft.
On "Artificially Intelligent Agents in Social Agent-based Models"
The call is out now. ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl/important-da... Looking forward to exciting contributions.✍️
April 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
👉AI for good? AI for agent-based models? What kind of forms could this take.
Please note the deadline to our SSC special track this Friday! We are looking forward to your research.
👉Also Please spread if you can!!😀
Please note the deadline to our SSC special track this Friday! We are looking forward to your research.
👉Also Please spread if you can!!😀
👉🙌 😀I am happy to share my new article (preprint) Artificial Utopia: Simulation and Intelligent Agents for a Democratised Future
arxiv.org/abs/2503.07364
arxiv.org/abs/2503.07364
Artificial Utopia: Simulation and Intelligent Agents for a Democratised Future
Prevailing top-down systems in politics and economics struggle to keep pace with the pressing challenges of the 21st century, such as climate change, social inequality and conflict. Bottom-up democrat...
arxiv.org
March 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
👉🙌 😀I am happy to share my new article (preprint) Artificial Utopia: Simulation and Intelligent Agents for a Democratised Future
arxiv.org/abs/2503.07364
arxiv.org/abs/2503.07364
But evidence shows different already.
Here is a study showing that LLM generated ideas are judged as more novel than researcher generated ideas in NLP.
arxiv.org/abs/2409.04109
Here is a study showing that LLM generated ideas are judged as more novel than researcher generated ideas in NLP.
arxiv.org/abs/2409.04109
March 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
But evidence shows different already.
Here is a study showing that LLM generated ideas are judged as more novel than researcher generated ideas in NLP.
arxiv.org/abs/2409.04109
Here is a study showing that LLM generated ideas are judged as more novel than researcher generated ideas in NLP.
arxiv.org/abs/2409.04109
Crazy that in this whole tumult around Zelensky and Trump, the Americans, Trump and his friends, also just swept under the rug that Russia already allied with North Korea and North Korea literally has troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainians.
But sure *Zelensky* gambles with WW3.
But sure *Zelensky* gambles with WW3.
March 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Crazy that in this whole tumult around Zelensky and Trump, the Americans, Trump and his friends, also just swept under the rug that Russia already allied with North Korea and North Korea literally has troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainians.
But sure *Zelensky* gambles with WW3.
But sure *Zelensky* gambles with WW3.
Reposted by Yannick Oswald
One scenario the EU must be prepared for now is the U.S. lifting sanctions on Russia.
Key principles for the EU:
- make sure to stay united
- not return to dangerous dependencies
- not deliberately support the Russian war economy
Not changing anything might not be the right answer
Key principles for the EU:
- make sure to stay united
- not return to dangerous dependencies
- not deliberately support the Russian war economy
Not changing anything might not be the right answer
March 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
One scenario the EU must be prepared for now is the U.S. lifting sanctions on Russia.
Key principles for the EU:
- make sure to stay united
- not return to dangerous dependencies
- not deliberately support the Russian war economy
Not changing anything might not be the right answer
Key principles for the EU:
- make sure to stay united
- not return to dangerous dependencies
- not deliberately support the Russian war economy
Not changing anything might not be the right answer
Reposted by Yannick Oswald
I am reading and learning about models of opinion and cultural change and diffusion.
Particularly with relevance to agent-based models or network models.
The main classes I have identified so far are as follows. Anything I am missing?
Particularly with relevance to agent-based models or network models.
The main classes I have identified so far are as follows. Anything I am missing?
February 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am reading and learning about models of opinion and cultural change and diffusion.
Particularly with relevance to agent-based models or network models.
The main classes I have identified so far are as follows. Anything I am missing?
Particularly with relevance to agent-based models or network models.
The main classes I have identified so far are as follows. Anything I am missing?
I am reading and learning about models of opinion and cultural change and diffusion.
Particularly with relevance to agent-based models or network models.
The main classes I have identified so far are as follows. Anything I am missing?
Particularly with relevance to agent-based models or network models.
The main classes I have identified so far are as follows. Anything I am missing?
February 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am reading and learning about models of opinion and cultural change and diffusion.
Particularly with relevance to agent-based models or network models.
The main classes I have identified so far are as follows. Anything I am missing?
Particularly with relevance to agent-based models or network models.
The main classes I have identified so far are as follows. Anything I am missing?
Has the Dawn of Everything by Graeber and Wengrow be misintepreted by a lot of people?
They actually argue themselves that hierarchical and egalitarian societies are around since complex social life emerged, not that all hunterer gatheres were egalitarian. research-portal.uu.nl/ws/portalfil...
They actually argue themselves that hierarchical and egalitarian societies are around since complex social life emerged, not that all hunterer gatheres were egalitarian. research-portal.uu.nl/ws/portalfil...
research-portal.uu.nl
February 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Has the Dawn of Everything by Graeber and Wengrow be misintepreted by a lot of people?
They actually argue themselves that hierarchical and egalitarian societies are around since complex social life emerged, not that all hunterer gatheres were egalitarian. research-portal.uu.nl/ws/portalfil...
They actually argue themselves that hierarchical and egalitarian societies are around since complex social life emerged, not that all hunterer gatheres were egalitarian. research-portal.uu.nl/ws/portalfil...
21 % für die AfD sind 21 % zu viel.
February 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
21 % für die AfD sind 21 % zu viel.
Exciting News 📣🫵
Wolfram Barfuss and I are organising a special track at the
Social Simulation Conference 2025 in Delft.
On "Artificially Intelligent Agents in Social Agent-based Models"
The call is out now. ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl/important-da... Looking forward to exciting contributions.✍️
Wolfram Barfuss and I are organising a special track at the
Social Simulation Conference 2025 in Delft.
On "Artificially Intelligent Agents in Social Agent-based Models"
The call is out now. ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl/important-da... Looking forward to exciting contributions.✍️
February 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Exciting News 📣🫵
Wolfram Barfuss and I are organising a special track at the
Social Simulation Conference 2025 in Delft.
On "Artificially Intelligent Agents in Social Agent-based Models"
The call is out now. ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl/important-da... Looking forward to exciting contributions.✍️
Wolfram Barfuss and I are organising a special track at the
Social Simulation Conference 2025 in Delft.
On "Artificially Intelligent Agents in Social Agent-based Models"
The call is out now. ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl/important-da... Looking forward to exciting contributions.✍️
👉Happy to have contributed a tiny bit to the writing of this new article:
Understanding Pedestrian Dynamics using Machine Learning with Real-Time Urban Sensors
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Understanding Pedestrian Dynamics using Machine Learning with Real-Time Urban Sensors
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February 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
👉Happy to have contributed a tiny bit to the writing of this new article:
Understanding Pedestrian Dynamics using Machine Learning with Real-Time Urban Sensors
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Understanding Pedestrian Dynamics using Machine Learning with Real-Time Urban Sensors
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Really good blog on the nature of authorships and citation pressure.
I think academia should make itself honest about this and try not to constantly reproduce that system... blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
I think academia should make itself honest about this and try not to constantly reproduce that system... blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Does authorship mean anything when academic papers are simply citable tokens?
The bibliometric infrastructure of citations has become an inescapable organising feature of academic life. Drawing on a range of evidence of the use and misuse of citations data, Stuart Macdonald …
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Really good blog on the nature of authorships and citation pressure.
I think academia should make itself honest about this and try not to constantly reproduce that system... blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
I think academia should make itself honest about this and try not to constantly reproduce that system... blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Reposted by Yannick Oswald
Periodic reminder that the smallest nations of Earth, including many island states, emit only a fraction of industrialized nations. Here is a comparison between the 50 least emitting nations and what super low fruit hanging policies in Germany could have saved (under the now defunct government).
November 15, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Periodic reminder that the smallest nations of Earth, including many island states, emit only a fraction of industrialized nations. Here is a comparison between the 50 least emitting nations and what super low fruit hanging policies in Germany could have saved (under the now defunct government).
Citizen assemblies (CA) are often thought to decrease polarization on sensitive issues. However there is a surprising amount of literature showing other effects. E.g. this experimental study found students became *more* ideological through a modelled CA. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Creating Better Citizens? Effects of a Model Citizens' Assembly on Student Political Attitudes and Behavior
Perceiving political engagement to be dangerously low among American citizens, many political science professors in recent years have attempted to promote engagement and “healthier” political atti...
www.tandfonline.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Citizen assemblies (CA) are often thought to decrease polarization on sensitive issues. However there is a surprising amount of literature showing other effects. E.g. this experimental study found students became *more* ideological through a modelled CA. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Yannick Oswald
Really sad to see 😔
Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.
It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.
January 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Really sad to see 😔
This piece by Marco Pangallo is one of my favorite recent articles. It discusses the concept of equilibrium in economics recognizing that it actually has a lot do with systemic complexity thinking but still adding a justified critique. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Equations vs. maps: complexity, equilibrium, disequilibrium
A key theme of complexity economics is non-equilibrium/disequilibrium dynamics. However, it is often not clear what this precisely means, leading to confusion a
papers.ssrn.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This piece by Marco Pangallo is one of my favorite recent articles. It discusses the concept of equilibrium in economics recognizing that it actually has a lot do with systemic complexity thinking but still adding a justified critique. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Eine unsere Studien in diesem Feld www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Eine unsere Studien in diesem Feld www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Definitely one of the biggest mistakes.
Next to autocratic capitalists and capitalist autocrats controlling basically the entire economy and sending us to climate and inequality hell.
Next to autocratic capitalists and capitalist autocrats controlling basically the entire economy and sending us to climate and inequality hell.
Hopefully it won't turn out to be one of humanity's biggest mistakes to have digitalization and the online world basically entirely controlled by capitalist logic and/or autocrats, but at the moment it feels a bit like that.
January 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Definitely one of the biggest mistakes.
Next to autocratic capitalists and capitalist autocrats controlling basically the entire economy and sending us to climate and inequality hell.
Next to autocratic capitalists and capitalist autocrats controlling basically the entire economy and sending us to climate and inequality hell.