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From grasshoppers to human group behavior – interview with David Sumpter
On January 12th, Dagens Nyheter published an interview with David Sumpter, professor of applied mathematics. David , who is currently working at both Uppsala University and the Institute for Futures St

Collective Animal Behavior
2010. Princeton University Press.
David Sumpter: Reasons why we should NOT worry about fake news, echo chambers, filter bubbles and Cambridge Analytica
David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Maths at Uppsala University Abstract Much of the recent media reporting about social media has revolved around the potential dangers. Terms such as fake news, filter
The Dynamics of Democracy, Development and Cultural Values
PLoS ONE 9(6): e97856. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097856 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0097856 A short summary: Over the past decades many countries have experienced r
Visual attention and information transfer in human crowds
2012. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109:7245-7250.http://www.pnas.org/content/109/19/7245.full.pdf+html
R package bdynsys on Bayesian Dynamical Systems Modelling
Shyam Ranganathan, Viktoria Spaiser, Richard P. Mann, David J.T. Sumpter A collaborative work: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bdynsys/index.html
Comparing Fictitious and Real Persons: Explaining the Unexplained Ethnic Labor Market Gap from Register Data. A Replication of a Randomized Field Experiment in Sweden
Moa Bursell, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are free of charge
Segregation and Urban Design: Does the Urban Structure Inhibit the Sharing of Public Space?
Ann Legeby, KTH School of Architecture Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 12
Human Empowerment and the Utility Ladder of Freedoms
Christian Welzel Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are fr
How and why do we discriminate?
At last Friday’s research seminarKatrin Ausprung from the Department of History and Sociology at Konstanz University in Germany came to talk to us about her reserach on discrimination in housing marke