May Team Meeting
Connor had a busy month, completing his model on “Religion as A Complex Adaptive System” with Rich Sosis as well as sending in a new chapter for a journal with Saikou. Connor pulled up the model right there in the…
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The 3P Directory: Categorizing Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking in MA
The Tools against Child Trafficking (TACT) project equips anti-trafficking efforts with the necessary resources to accelerate their solutions. The 3P Directory is one such tool. The Directory categorizes anti-trafficking organizations based on their key activities in three policy dimensions –…
New Post: Philosophy of Religion
Stephen Palmquist, Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University, answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
New Publication: The Rhythms of Discontent
Post-Doctoral Fellow Connor Wood and Research Director Catherine Caldwell-Harris Journal of Cognition and Culture April 27, 2018 Abstract: Synchrony — intentional, rhythmic motor entrainment in groups — is an important topic in social psychology and the cognitive science of religion. Synchrony…
Presentation: Analyzing the Effectiveness of Anti-Child-Sex-Trafficking Policies
Post-Doctoral Fellow Khatera Alizada Complexity and Policy Studies (CAPS) 2018 Conference at the Computational and Public Policy Lab at George Mason University, Arlington VA USA April 20, 2018 Conference Summary: Complexity and Policy Studies (CAPS) offers a forum for addressing these issues…
Why is Shamanism So Common?
This article was originally published at Patheos and has been reprinted with permission. Why Is Shamanism So Common?
New Publication: Emergence
Executive Director Wesley J. Wildman and Research Associate LeRon Shults Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems Engineering: A Modeling and Simulation Approach April 16, 2018 Chapter Summary: This chapter begins with a primer on basic philosophical distinctions pertaining to emergence: weak emergence,…
New Post: Philosophy of Religion
Dean Zimmerman, Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
New Post: Philosophy of Religion
Philip H. Wiebe, Professor of Philosophy at Trinity Western University (Canada), answers the question: ‘What values or norms define excellent philosophy of religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
New Publication: Complexity and Possession
Post-Doctoral Fellow Connor Wood & Doctoral Fellow Kate Stockly Behavioral and Brain Sciences April 6, 2018 Abstract: Singh deploys cultural evolution to explain recurrent features of shamanistic trance forms, but fails to substantively address important distinctions between these forms. Possession trance…