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Winter Workshop on Complex Systems @wwcs.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 Only 3 days left to apply to join us in Mallorca! Don’t miss out—apply now and come along!

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Complexity Cat 🐱 @amahury.bsky.social · Sep 1

Now at the biology session, @saraneven.bsky.social explores different mechanisms to explain how fish can integrate social information. Her work shows that speed is key to integrate local information!

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Aug 30

We start day 2 with a panel about the unseen CV and failures in academia.

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Aug 30

The last activity of the day was fun! Everyone used their best creative skills to come up with unusual projects. If you wanna know more about anti-aphrodisiac perfumes or dragon kingdoms, ask the winners 🐲🌊

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Aug 30

Then we had an amazing talk by our second keynote speaker, @karowiesner.bsky.social from Potsdam University, about her scientific journey.

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Sara Neven @saraneven.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Aug 29

We’re visiting the Santa Chiara Lab that is hosting the Warm-Up.

Thank you for the hospitality and for letting us take a close look at your labs! 🔬🥬

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Aug 29

Introduction time!! Finding out that some people sing in the shower and nobody is wearing mismatched socks is exactly the information you need! @css-conference.bsky.social

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Aug 29

The first keynote speaker is Dr. Rossana Mastrandrea from the University of Turin, with a talk titled "The Two-Way Journey: Research and Life in Dialogue - Interdisciplinarity, Parenthood, and Gender Challenges in Academia"
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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Aug 29

The yrCSS Warm-up had started🔥🔥
Prof. Riccaboni, president of Santa Chiara Lab and previous Rector of the University of Siena, greeted the participants in this stunning location!
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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Aug 29

Then Dr. Giovanna Dimitri, co-chair of the CCS conference, together with Prof. Chiara Mocenni, came to say hi too!
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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Aug 29

Finally, our chair @saraneven.bsky.social introduced the yrCSS grants and activities! We can get started 🔥
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Winter Workshop on Complex Systems @wwcs.bsky.social · Aug 20

☀️ As summer winds down, we’re getting closer to the Winter Workshop on Complex Systems! ❄️
Get ready cause the 2026 workshop will be held in Serra de Tramuntana in Mallorca, Spain. Prepare for an immersive edition in a stunning location!
Stay tuned for more information coming soon.

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Iacopo Iacopini @iaciac.bsky.social · Jul 23

The #CRAB2025 🦀 programme is out!

Join us in Siena on Sept 3 at #CCS25 for the 2nd edition of the Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour satellite 🐜🐦🦋🐳🐙🐝

🧑‍🏫 Invited talks by S. Melillo & P. Bartashevich

Full programme: sites.google.com/view/crab202...

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Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour Satellite @ CCS 2025 - Siena, 3 September 2025 Animal groups can be considered as complex systems of interacting entities (the individuals). The collective beha...

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Jul 21

The deadline to apply for the warmup has been extended to the 27th of July (this time for real!)

Your last chance to apply: forms.gle/DxatcCQt4LBk...

See you in Siena 🇮🇹

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Jul 10

We're thrilled to announce our second speaker for the CCS2025 Warm-Up in Siena: Prof. Karoline Wiesner!

Spots are limited. Apply now to secure yours.

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NetScience @netscience.bsky.social · Jul 1

Harder, shorter, sharper, forward: A comparison of women's and men's elite football gameplay (2020-2025) arxiv.org/abs/2506.22119

Harder, shorter, sharper, forward: A comparison of women's and men's elite football gameplay (2020-2025)

Elite football is believed to have evolved in recent years, but systematic evidence for the pace and form of that change is sparse. Drawing on event-level records for 13,067 matches in ten top-tier me...

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monahedron @monahedron.bsky.social · Jun 27

What a week at #complexity72h! Huge thanks to my team for the collaboration, support, and all the new insights, both academic and personal. It’s been a pleasure working and learning from you all.

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Complexity 72h @complexity72h.bsky.social · Jun 26

⌛ We are at the 24 hour mark! ⌛

Our teams have been hard at work, on to the final stretch 🏃🏃‍♀️

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · Jun 24

We're excited to announce our first speaker for the CCS2025 Warm-Up in Siena: Prof. Alberto Antonioni!

Spots are limited. Apply now to secure yours.

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Bart Hoekstra @barthoekstra.bsky.social · Jun 23

Still buzzing from this weekend’s festival on Amsterdam’s closed ring road, part of the city’s 750th birthday celebrations. A unique chance to share our science and all about the birds 🪶 moving in and above the city. It's not every day you get to do #scicomm 🧪 at a festival w/ 250,000 attendees!

Visitors at Het Grote Amsterdamse Vogel Spel, or ‘The Big Amsterdam Bird Game’

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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · Jun 23

Interested in predator / prey / collective behaviour in fishes?

With or without anthropogenic change?

I am keen to help develop MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship applications - get in touch!

Please spread the word!

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Sara Neven @saraneven.bsky.social · Jun 7

Very well deserved win!

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · May 12

🌍 Are you a young researcher heading to #CCS2025 in Siena?
Join us a few days earlier and enjoy the Warm-Up by yrCSS on Aug 29–30, two days of fun, networking & activities designed for young researchers!
🛏️ Optional accommodation
📍 Limited spots!
💶 Registration: 55€
🔗 Apply: forms.gle/DxatcCQt4LBk...

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society @yrcss.bsky.social · May 8

📢 Early-Career researchers! Did your abstract for @css-conference.bsky.social get accepted, but you're struggling to find funding? ✨Apply for our special CCS - SECS grants!✨ Applications are open until June 30th. 💸

yrcss.cssociety.org/grants/secs/

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Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society

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