Videolectures from the International Workshop on Coping with Crises in Complex Socio-Economic
Institute for the Contemporary Urban Project
Start date: 31 December 2009
End date: 1 January 2010
An International Workshop on Coping with Crises in Complex Socio-Economic Systems was held in Zurich in June 2009.
Almost 50 videolectures from the Workshop, including all the keynote
presentations, are now available on-line at:
http://videolectures.net/ccss09_zurich/
The Workshop started from the observation that social systems typically feature crises, i.e. unstable and dangerous situations that are
characterized by abrupt and large-scale changes.
It noted that such disruptions are very hard to predict with any precision and even harder to control. Indeed, crises often convey an impression that key decision makers have lost control and that events unfold in an unstoppable and even catastrophic way. Examples include environmental crises, the collapse of transportation systems, as well as financial crises and social phenomena such as poverty, social conflicts or wars.
The opening presentation (about 30 minutes) summarises the Workshop's coverage in greater detail:
