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SUMMARY:Tipping Points in Social\, Economic and Biological Systems - Dr Ph
 ilip Garnett\, Tipping Points Project\, Department of Anthropology\, Durha
 m University
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CONTACT:Helen Mawdsley
DESCRIPTION:The term 'tipping point' is often used to describe disruptive 
 or abrupt change in a system. Often associated with emergence and emergent
  processes\, the term 'tipping point' is applied to an event that could no
 t easily have been predicted prior to it happening. The Tipping Points Pro
 ject (an interdisciplinary project at Durham University) is focused on dev
 eloping our understanding of what it means for a system to go through a ti
 pping point\, what types of systems display tipping point behaviour\, can 
 we develop a capacity to predict tipping points\, and ultimately how usefu
 l the term tipping point is as a descriptor for a system.\n\nThis presenta
 tion will focus number of potential 'tipping point' systems that we are cu
 rrently investigating\; selection and diffusion in culture and how some th
 ings become popular at the expense of others. \nOrganisational ecologies\,
  particularly how British banks have behaved as a population over the last
  200 years. Finally\, we use the example of self-organisation in biologica
 l simulations if auxin transport to highlight some of the difficulties of 
 modelling emergent processes. To understand these systems it is important 
 to develop an understanding of the rules of the game. That is\, what poten
 tial behaviours must the agents of the system have to produce the system b
 ehaviour\, and how do we find them?
LOCATION:Auditorium of The Sainsbury Laboratory (Bateman Street)
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