Nigel Gilbert

Nigel Gilbert
Nigel Gilbert at the 1st World Congress on Social Simulation, Kyoto, Japan, August 2006
Born
Geoffrey Nigel Gilbert

(1950-03-21) 21 March 1950 (age 74)
Birmingham, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forAgent-based models for the social sciences, Social simulation
AwardsCBE ScD(Cantab), FBCS, FRSA, FAcSS, FREng
Scientific career
FieldsComputational sociology, Complexity theory, Sociology of science, Evaluation of public policy
InstitutionsUniversity of Surrey
Thesis The development of science and scientific knowledge  (1976)
Doctoral advisorMichael Mulkay

Geoffrey Nigel Gilbert CBE FBCS FRSA FAcSS FREng (born 21 March 1950) is a British sociologist and a pioneer in the use of agent-based models in the social sciences.[1][2] He is the founder and director of the Centre for Research in Social Simulation (University of Surrey), author of several books on computational social science, social simulation and social research and past editor of the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS), the leading journal in the field.

  1. ^ Castellani, Brian (2009). "Map of Complexity Science". Retrieved 2 December 2009 – via WikiMedia Commons.
  2. ^ Castellani, Brian; Hafferty, Frederic William (4 February 2009). Sociology and Complexity Science: A New Field of Inquiry. pp. viii. ISBN 978-3-540-88461-3.