Beyond Events : Historical Processes Behind Political Crisis

Scientific Workshop – 8 January

45 rue d’Ulm, 9h-17h – Salle des Actes

Registration form : https://forms.gle/BpxKSDocqvuubD6LA

Organization Committee

Nicolas Salerno is the President of the French Society of Cliodynamics. He is the main author of the article Beyond Circumstances : A Structural-Demographic analysis of France (1950-2023) and former PhD at the Institut des Sciences de la Terre.

François Germinet is a professor of mathematics at the University of Cergy-Pontoise and a former special advisor to the Minister of Higher Education and Research.

Nicolas Baumard is a CNRS Research Director and professor at the École Normale Supérieure – PSL University in Paris. He is in charge of the « Social Sciences » track in the Master’s in Cognitive Science and the Doctoral Program in Cognitive Science.

Scientific Committee

Pierre-Paul Zalio, is a sociologist and former president of the campus Condorcet

Peter Turchin, is a founder of the field of Cliodynamics and a project leader at the Complexity Science Hub He chairs the Board of Directors of Seshat: Global History Databank.

Jack A Goldstone, is a researcher and professor in Political Demography at George Mason University. He was first proposed the structural-demographic theory.

Speakers

Peter Turchin is a founder of the field of Cliodynamics, former professor at the Connecticut University and a project leader at the Complexity Science Hub of Vienna. He chairs the Board of Directors of Seshat: Global History Databank.

Jack A Goldstone is a researcher and professor in Political Demography at George Mason University. He was first proposed the structural-demographic theory.

Jean Pierre Chanteau is an Associate Professor (with habilitation) in Economics, University Grenoble Alpes.

Mael Montevil is a researcher in CNRS, working in Centre Cavaillès République des Savoirs UMR 8241, École Normale Supérieure. His research are at the crossroads of experimental biology, mathematics, and philosophy

Provisional Program :

9h- Welcoming and introduction words

9h15 – Jack Goldstone – 35 Years of Structural-Demographic Theory


10h30 – Peter Turchin – Modeling and Analyzing Societal Resilience in Historical and Modern States


14h00 – Jean-Pierre Chanteau – The Theory of Regulation in Economics

14h45 – Maël Montevil – The methodological challenge of historicity in biology


15h30 – Table ronde – What Reception and Challenges for Cliodynamics in France? Animé par Pierre-Paul Zalio avec la participation de Jean-Pierre Nadal, Nicolas Salerno et Nicolas Sauger.