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Mathematics, Metaphors and Meanings
Biodiversity Tipping Points
As part of the 2012 Tipping Points Conference held at Durham University, Prof Patricia Howard gives an inspiring keynote presenting the role of biodiversity in human societies. Howard explores the notion of ‘biodiversity tipping points within the context of indigenous communities and species focusing on where human culture and nature meet forming a unique ecological […]
Tipping Points Annual Report 2011-12
The new annual report from the Tipping Points project is now available. It features the latest research updates from all five work packages of the project: - Trust and maintaining resilience of financial markets - Development of UK banking sector - Field research on past climate in the North Atlantic - Tipping points in populations […]
Posted in: Banking Crisis, Climate Change, Culture, History, Maths, Science, Society, Tipping Points
Modelling Social Problems and Health Conference
This conference from the Tipping Points project focuses on modelling of social problems and health. Researchers will present and discuss health problems of concern within society together with mathematical and statistical models, which may be useful predictive tools for deriving strategies that practitioners may use. Emphasis of the workshop will be placed on actual health […]
The City of London as a Global Financial Centre
In one of the final presentations given at the Tipping Points Annual Conference, Prof Ranald Michie presents the history of London as a global financial centre before and after the 2007-08 banking crisis and subsequent euro debt crisis. He explains how London became the global financial centre it is today. He also talks about tipping […]
Who is ‘the 99%’?
July 14, 2012
by Matthew Hollow
“…think of what ninety nine percent of the human race want – food, shelter, a secure family life and to be left alone by bosses and busybodies. Unfortunately the one percent who are interested in power and ideals and ideologies are the ones who call the tune.” (Aldous Huxley, 1947) One of the more powerful […]
Tipping Points in Ecological Dynamics
This post is from Dr John Bissell, a physicist researching tipping points in mathematical systems for the project. In a conference that had largely focused on `tipping points’ in human society, especially those involving the spread of `buzzwords’, `innovation’ and `trends’, Prof Richard Law‘s talk on ecological dynamics (for those who might not have a […]
Dr Nick Winder presents ‘The Colluphidean Paradigm’
July 11, 2012
by brettcherry
Dr Nick Winder gives a highly interesting talk on his paper ‘The Colluphidean Paradigm’. Who is Colluphid you might ask? For those familiar with A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams you likely know the answer already. Oolid Colluphid is a fictional author in the book who writes a philosophical trilogy: Where God […]
August 21, 2012
by IHRR
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