In most of our episodes so far, we've taken a single concept and looked at it through the context of a single example. But in this episode and the next, we're going to pull back the camera to get a bird's-eye view of complexity science, by exploring the features common to all complex systems. We're joined again by Karoline Wiesner, Professor of Complexity Science in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Potsdam in Germany. In this episode, Karoline is going to explain four conditions that we see in complexity science: numerosity, disorder and diversity, feedback, and non-equilibrium. At the end of the episode, she's going to bring them all together to explain a central concept of complex systems: emergence.   Resources and links: Karoline’s book ‘What Is a Complex System?’   Connect: Simplifying Complexity on Twitter Sean Brady on Twitter Sean Brady on LinkedIn Brady Heywood website This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

In our last episode, we talked about the four conditions of complex systems: numerosity, disorder and diversity, feedback, and non-equilibrium — and we also talked about the concept of emergence. In this episode, which is part two of our two-part series on the features of complex systems, we're joined again by Karoline Wiesner, Professor of Complexity Science in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Potsdam in Germany. In this episode, Karoline explains the six emergent features of complex systems:  Spontaneous order and self-organisation Non-linearity Robustness Nested structure and modularity History and memory Adaptive behaviour  By the time you've finished this episode, you'll understand the underlying principles of complex systems that hold together the wide variety of topics we talk about in this series.   Resources and links: Karoline’s book ‘What Is a Complex System?’ Simplifying Complexity - What makes ant colonies robust?  Simplifying Complexity - The Economy and Complexity Science: Part 2    Connect: Simplifying Complexity on Twitter Sean Brady on Twitter Sean Brady on LinkedIn Brady Heywood website This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Professor Karoline Wiesner, Professor of Complexity Science, discusses the field of complexity science, measuring complexity, information theory, entropy, zero entropy states, adaptability of complex systems, complexity science as a new way of doing science, measuring nonlinearity and complexity, complexity science and ethical reasoning.