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Edited by Jan Bogg and Robert Geyer, Respectively Academic Sub Dean, Medical Faculty, University of Liverpool and Co-Director, Centre of Complexity Research; Professor of Politics, Complexity and Policy, Lancaster University and Co-Director, Centre of Complexity Research

‘The following sections are a very good representation of the core developments of complexity thinking in a number of major fields. Our intention is to provide an accessible interdisciplinary introduction to the wonderful intellectual breadth that complexity can offer.’
Jan Bogg and Robert Geyer in the Introduction

‘During the last 25 years, a new understanding of life has emerged at the forefront of science, based on the recognition that life’s processes and patterns of organisation are inherently nonlinear. Complexity theory provides the conceptual and mathematical tools for describing and modelling such nonlinear systems. The present book offers an excellent interdisciplinary introduction to this rich and exciting field, full of groundbreaking new insights into the complexities of the biological, cognitive, social, ecological, and political dimensions of life.’
Fritjof Capra, author of The Web of Life and The Hidden Connections

‘The concepts of complexity and complex systems provide a powerful means for addressing the interdisciplinarity of many areas of endeavour and are deployable over a broad range of practical and policy applications. Complexity, Science and Society covers a broad range of subject areas, enabling the complexity developments in each area to be explored along with their relevance to adjoining disciplines. Such a scope provides a comprehensive impression of the state of development complexity thinking and indicates the potential for future development. It is a book which I highly recommend for creating an awareness of the field of complexity and for its widespread applicability.’
Professor Gordon Jones, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Liverpool

‘Many books claim to be interdisciplinary yet few really transcend academic borders. Complexity, Science and Society is a notable exception as it utilises complexity and complex systems thinking to examine nine different subject areas. These subject areas range from those such as health, multi-agent systems and philosophy where complexity is an established framework, to those such as art and politics where it is just starting to emerge. It provides an excellent overview of the state of complexity and its potential for future development. I highly recommend this book.’
Dr Simon Lightfoot, University of Leeds

‘Complexity science has clearly moved beyond the days when it consisted of no more than a collection of interesting computer models and simple nonlinear equations. Complexity thinkers are developing a rich variety of novel concepts, theories and tools to facilitate the development of our understanding of a special, although particularly common, type of system – the complex (adaptive) system. Complexity, Science and Society offers glimpses of how complexity science is being applied - at both the theoretical and practitioner levels – to a broad range of social systems from healthcare to international politics. The editors’ commitment to illustrating the widespread potential of complexity to our understanding of our social world in a readable and easily digestible fashion makes this book a must for readers at both advanced and introductory levels.’
Kurt Richardson, Associate Director, Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence

 Art and Complexity: Complexity from the outside   Diversity, interconnectivity and sustainability   Education and complexity   Health and complexity   International relations and development   Multi-agent systems and complexity   Philosophy and complexity   Politics and policy   Social theory and complexity   Conclusion: making complexity real  

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