This by-invitation-only event will bring together researchers in the field of complexity science with a focus on urban and social systems. Participants will present how the findings and methodologies of their research uncovers the hidden key parameters and properties of urban and social systems. The workshop will focus on how these key parameters can be found and how they can be used to improve systems, how small tweaks to them might change the dynamics and patterns the complex systems exhibit, and what it would take to use this knowledge in the real world. 

The aim of the workshop is to bring together scholars from the field of urban complexity science to share ideas and information about their research. Non-linearity of complex systems will be the main focus. Specifically, how complexity science can identify key properties in urban systems that, with a small adaptation, can improve the whole system significantly. If policy making could be improved by this knowledge, they will leverage the little resources that are often allocated to them and have a higher benefit to all inhabitants.

The objective is to conclude the workshop with a clearer picture of ongoing research in urban complexity science and possible connections to policy making and urban planning. We consider it as a first step towards building a global network of urban scholars who want to think about possible implications their research has on urban systems and how their findings could be implemented.