Complexity is now used to describe a situation that is
difficult to understand. It has to do with the fact that global events and large-scale problems (pandemics, wars,
ecological crises) have an immediate impact at the local level. They appear unpredictable and unknowable. Unpredictability
makes it difficult to make decisions. Before being overwhelmed by complex problems, AI machines are being created
to find solutions to complex systems. However, uncertainty remains an inherent problem of complexity and cannot be solved
by technical means.
In this respect, the Summer Academy aims not only to make complexity comprehensible,
but also to make all social actors* aware of their capacity to act and to promote agile thinking. Complexity today raises
the question of how orders or new orders emerge from the entanglement of interacting elements. We want to address this question
in the Summer Academy, with a particular focus on: Who is responsible for new complex orders? What ways of knowing are
available and possible for social actors to manage the entangled phenomena that define today's social, economic
and ecological global situation? The aim of this project is to reflect on the epistemology of current, highly challenging
social and scientific paradigms of complexity.
Registration and further information:
arantzazu.saratxagaarregi@uni-ak.ac.at
