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University of Trento · Fondazione Bruno Kessler

Understanding society through data

Center for Computational Social Science and Human Dynamics

Connecting social science and computational methods to understand human behaviour, artificial intelligence and a changing society.

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PEOPLE · DATA · CONNECTIONS
A joint research centerUniversity of Trento Fondazione Bruno Kessler Trento, Italy

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Four research areas connect human behaviour, collective action, social inequality and public health.

01 / RESEARCH

Human and social behavior: routines, habits, mobility

How routines, habits and mobility connect individual decisions to broader social patterns.

02 / RESEARCH

Collective behavior and action: democracy, decision making, cultural and social dynamics

How groups form opinions, make decisions and act together, including the role of generative AI.

03 / RESEARCH

Demography, social inequalities, labour market, and welfare systems dynamics

How demographic change, inequality, work and welfare systems shape society.

04 / RESEARCH

Computational epidemiology and public health

Modeling disease spread, health behaviors and population-level interventions.

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An interdisciplinary community working across computational social science and data science.

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