C2S2

Human and social behavior: routines, habits, mobility

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The C2S2 investigates how individuals navigate their daily lives by analyzing patterns in individual routines, habits, and mobility. Using large-scale digital traces—from mobile phone data, IoT and IoB sensors, and social platforms—the Center explores how people move through social, physical, and online spaces, adapt to changing environments, and develop habitual behaviors. These insights help reveal how individual decisions aggregate into broader social patterns, with implications for social dynamics, political, economic, and productive systems, urban planning, transportation systems, and behavioral interventions.

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

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Understanding how groups form opinions, make decisions, and engage in democratic processes is a central focus of the C2S2. The Center studies how collective behavior and action emerge from interactions among individuals, particularly in contexts such as political participation, cultural evolution, and online communities. By using generative AI and deep learning models, as well as complex systems, network analysis, agent-based modeling, and behavioral data, the Center examines the mechanisms that drive consensus, polarization, cooperation, and the spread of information in society, with a particular focus on the increasing role of generative AI in shaping these processes.

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

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The C2S2 addresses key societal challenges by analyzing demographic trends, economic disparities, and the evolving nature of work and welfare. Using quantitative and computational methods, the Center investigates how social inequalities are produced and reproduced across different populations, and how labor markets and welfare systems respond to technological, demographic, and policy changes. Special attention is paid to demographic behaviour, including household formation, fertility, and population ageing. This research informs evidence-based strategies for promoting social equity and inclusive development.

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Computational epidemiology and public health

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At the intersection of data science and public health, the C2S2 conducts research on the spread of diseases, health behaviors, and population-level interventions. Through computational modeling, real-time data analysis, and simulations, the Center studies how health dynamics unfold in society, especially in response to pandemics, vaccination campaigns, and behavioral risk factors. Furthermore, the C2S2 investigates the potential role of AI in addressing pandemic preparedness, infectious disease modeling, and public health interventions, as well as in simulating population dynamics and human behaviors. This work supports public health decision-making and aims to enhance societal resilience through proactive and data-driven strategies.

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Mapping (mis)Information Diffusion in Rural Kenya

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200

The seminar examined how information and misinformation move through offline and online social networks in rural Kenya. Michele Tizzoni organized the event.

Navigating Disinformation in the Age of AI

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200

The HYBRIDS final conference ran from 22 to 24 June, with C2S2 support. The related AI for Society Showcase took place on 25 June at the FBK Humanities Hub.

Collaborators through Time: How Humans Partnered with Nature, Technology, and Each Other

Thu, 28 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200

This C2S2 seminar considered the evolution of human collaboration, from prehistoric societies to the age of artificial intelligence.

Why Skepticism Can Backfire: Modeling Misinformation as a Gatekeeper–Trust Spiral

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100

This C2S2 seminar explored how responses to misinformation can affect trust in institutions.

Collective coordination in dynamic environments

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0200

Meet the C2S2 research center

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0100

CS2Italy 2025

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Exploring cultural change in past societies

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0100

Diversity in and of languages

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:00:00 +0200

Understanding large-scale smartphone usage

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 16:30:00 +0200

Artificial intelligence: a conversation with Nello Cristianini

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0200

Unfair educational inequality across the world

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:00:00 +0200

First Italian Workshop on Computational Social Science

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:15:00 +0100

Official statistics 4.0

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0100

About C2S2

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C2S2 is a joint research laboratory of the University of Trento and Fondazione Bruno Kessler, active since September 2021. At the University of Trento, it brings together the Department of Sociology and Social Research and the Department of Economics and Management.

We connect social science, computational modelling and data science to understand social and economic systems, with a shared interest in the relationships between artificial intelligence and society. Our work links basic research, applied research and teaching.

Our mission

We support interdisciplinary research, scientific exchange and postgraduate training. We study how AI can advance our understanding of human societies, how it shapes social dynamics, and how societies of artificial agents behave and evolve.

We promote open science and work with public institutions, civil society and international research partners to share knowledge and translate research into social benefit.

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Find us in Trento

Department of Sociology and Social Research
University of Trento
Via Verdi 26, Trento, Italy

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Institutional contacts

University of Trento · Fondazione Bruno Kessler

People

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