New study suggests binge-watching and marathon reading may have hidden psychological benefits A new study reveals that binge-watching TV or marathon reading helps build strong mental models of fictional worlds, leading viewers to vividly daydream and expand on those stories long after they…

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New study suggests #bingewatching and marathon #reading may have hidden psychological benefits www.psypost.org/new-study-su...

#amreading #books #stories # #psychology #socialsimulation #imaginativeinvolvement #stressmanagement

The first #JASSS issue of 2026 has been published!

Dive into new #SocialSimulation studies on #PublicPolicy, #Epidemiology, #SoilDegradation, and #OpinionDynamics.

Read the full #OpenAccess articles in Vol 29(1) here: www.jasss.org/29/1/content...

Synthetic Populations in Research Infrastructures A challenge to many social and economic policies is to tackle the interactive processes between actors and institutions involved, bound to a geographical, economic, and cultural context over which the...

Our chapter on #syntheticpopulations and #researchinfrastructures is out:
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
An overview of #algorithms for estimation and some applied cases in #socialsimulation research,
W/ @garypolhill.bsky.social, Alice Sbrana, Nick Roxburgh, Evelina Sabatella, Mario Paolucci

Honored to receive the #Top5ReviewersAward from
@jasssjournal.bsky.social !

Grateful for the recognition and for the community that makes meaningful peer review possible!

🎥 A quick take on why it matters

#PeerReview #SocialSimulation #JASSS

Heading back after a great #ssc2025 conference in #Delft, thank you for showing up and submitting at our session on applying #socialsimulation to #healthcare systems research. Hope to re-edit next year in #Durham! #cnr #fossr #irpps

Happy #ssc2025! Join our session this morning in ECHO D on application of #abm & #socialsimulation to #healthcare systems researcu

GitHub - sig-mtc/interaction_space: This is where members of the ESSA SIG-MTC can exchange their ideas, share interesting thoughts or literature, or whatever else is on their mind. This is where members of the ESSA SIG-MTC can exchange their ideas, share interesting thoughts or literature, or whatever else is on their mind. - GitHub - sig-mtc/interaction_space: This is where...

4/4 Main challenge identified: balancing model flexibility with interpretability without imposing transformation pathways. Still very much an open problem needing systematic approaches!

🗨️ Join our discussion: github.com/sig-mtc/inte...
#ABM #SocialSimulation #ESSA @sc3team.bsky.social

Post by Thorid Wagenblast, Nick Roxburgh and Alessandro Taberna on "Modelling Deep Structural Change in ABSS" #abm #socialsimulation #rofasss

Here how "Unrest Traits" work in IA!
Discontent citizens will go on strike and later, if still unsatistied they will protest. If there is no improvement, finally they will riot. Rioting can lead to rebellion, or continue until people are tired of rioting.
#turnbasedthursday #socialsimulation

Dissatisfaction, Depression and Hysteria is a progressive effect resulting from lack of luxury.
Yet prospect of a new baby removes these effects temporarily... Just wait until terrible twos!

#SocialSimulation #Indiegaming

Can #ChatGPT help design agent-based models? This pioneering study shows how #PromptEngineering and #CAISs can support fast, creative #SocialSimulation #modeling. A promising step for #AI in #ComputationalSocialScience.

Read #OpenAccess on #jasss: www.jasss.org/28/3/2.html

📚 Developed with support from Robert Bosch Stiftung & Munich Re Foundation, and Platform on Disaster Displacement

🔗 plannedrelocation.socialsimulations.org
#ClimateAdaptation #RelocationJustice #SocialSimulation

"Make some noise! Why agent-based modelers should embrace the power of randomness" by Peter Steiglechner and Marijn Keijzer on why testing your model with randomness is vital. #RofASSS #ABM #noise #randomness #robustness #socialsimulation #taxonomy #simulation #science #method #agent-based

Extension until April 25 to join our track "Agent-based Models for Healthcare Systems" at #SSC2025 in #Delft, papers, abstracts or posters are welcome!
#socialsimulation #healthcare

New camper card! I honestly really like it, the colour scheme is really nice,and I love how we are matching

#AnimalCrossing #PocketCampComplete #AnimalCrossingPocketCampComplete #ACPCC #Nintendo #Villagers #Sasha #CamperCard #MobileGame #CozyGame #SocialSimulation

🚨 Call for Abstracts! 🚨
Simulated Societies @ #CCS2025 (Sept 3–4, Siena 🇮🇹)
Explore opinion dynamics, agent-based models & AI-driven social sims.
Submit by April 24 👉 simulatedsocieties.github.io
#AI #ComplexSystems #DigitalTwins #SocialSimulation #LLM

Nigel Gilbert By Corinna Elsenbroich & Petra Ahrweiler The first piece on winners of the European Social Simulation Association's Rosaria Conte Outstanding Contribution Award for Social Simulation. “Gilbert, a former sociologist of science, has been one of the chief links in Britain between computer scientists and sociologists of science” Nigel has always been and still is a sociologist - not only of science, but also of technology, innovation, methods and many other subfields of sociology with important contributions in theory, empirical research and sociological methods.

About the first winner of ESSA's Rosaria Conte Outstanding Contribution Award for Social Simulation: Nigel Gilbert. #sociology #socialsimulation #abm #jasss #simsoc #essa

- Social Simulation Conference 2025 Welcome to the Social Simulation Conference 2025 .

Special Track "Agent-Based Models for Healthcare Systems" #SSC2025 in #Delft #NL
August 25-29, 2025

Topics welcome
Access to healthcare infrastructure & patient mobility, intersection with domains & methods for #abm #socialsimulation etc.
📅 Submission: 11 April 2025
ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl

Rosaria Conte (1952–2016) By Mario Paolucci This is the “header piece” for a short series on those who have been awarded the “Rosaria Conte Outstanding Award for Social Simulation” awarded by the European Social Simulation …

A summary of the work and influence of Rosaria Conte (1952-2016) by Mario Paolucci. #abm #socialsimulation #psychology #immergence #agentbasedmodelling rofasss.org/2025/02/11/r...

#SocialSimulation #PublicSocialServices #sociology

DYK you can join @iftf’s #UrgentOptimists community AND experience #SocialSimulation with the formidable Jane McGonigal @avantgame 👾🕹️🎲?

There are two other social simulations to come!



#Futures #Imagination #ChangeMakers #EdChat