ALife in Organizations
(ALife ∈ Org)

ALife in Organizations: Reframing societal problems with Artificial Life and Complex Systems perspectives

We cordially invite you to join the conversation at the Third International Workshop on ALife in Organizations: hosted as part of the Artificial Life conference in Waterloo.

This year, we’re doing something a little different. Rather than inviting submissions for workshop papers, we’re taking the opportunity to hear from key figures across the community and bring together a range of perspectives, approaches, and questions at the intersection of artificial life, complex systems, and human organizations.

The workshop asks what an artificial life and complex systems lens contributes to our understanding of human organizations and institutions—not only as systems to model, but as a source of practical leverage on problems where societies are stuck. We have put the same question to each of our invited speakers:

How does an artificial life or complex systems lens reframe a societal problem, and what does that reframing suggest about how we might change it?

Across the workshop, invited talks and panel discussions will explore different ways of approaching this question, spanning diverse societal challenges, theoretical perspectives, and practical approaches to organizational and institutional change.

We hope the result will be a lively conversation across disciplines and viewpoints, offering new ways to think about familiar problems—and perhaps new possibilities for acting on them.

We would be delighted to have you join us for the discussion.