Menschen in isolierten Städten sind stärker von Gewalt gegen Zivilist:innen betroffen

New study reveals that city isolation, not size, may drive political violence on the African continent

People drive significantly less in European cities with a metro system than in cities that only have trams or no rail-based public transport at all. This is shown by a new study from the Complexity Science Hub (CSH), published in Nature Cities.

Wer mehreren benachteiligten Gruppen angehört, hat es schwerer, soziale Beziehungen aufzubauen und zu pflegen – oft überproportional schwerer. Eine neue Studie zeigt, wie sich soziale Nachteile nicht nur addieren, sondern gegenseitig verstärken können.

Belonging to more than one marginalized group can make building and maintaining social connections significantly harder, often in ways that go far beyond a simple sum of disadvantages. A new study shows how inequalities in social ties don’t just add up—they can amplify o...

Throughout history, crises have often led to collapse – but not always. An international team of researchers, including members of the Complexity Science Hub (CSH), highlights four cases where societies under extreme pressure avoided breakdown through adaptive reforms, i...

Im Laufe der Geschichte haben Krisen oft zum Zusammenbruch ganzer Gesellschaften geführt. Oft, aber nicht immer. Ein internationales Team, darunter Forschende des Complexity Science Hub (CSH), untersuchte vier Fälle, wo unter extremem Druck durch Reformen ein Zusammenbru...

Between 2008 and 2010, polarization in society increased dramatically alongside a significant shift in social behavior: the number of close social contacts rose from an average of two to four or five people. The connection between these two developments could provide a f...

Despite nearly two centuries of technological revolutions, U.S. cities follow a stable pattern that shapes their ability to diversify and reinvent themselves

Researchers at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) analyzed 13 million inpatient hospital stays involving around 4 million individuals in Austria: Although about 20% of the population in Austria does not hold Austrian citizenship, this group accounts for only 9.4% of hospit...