Photo: The Hypercity of Shanghai by Trey Ratcliff , licensed under CC BY NC SA 2.0
Photo: The Hypercity of Shanghai by Trey Ratcliff , licensed under CC BY NC SA 2.0
ComplexCity Lab is an interdisciplinary sino-french joint research laboratory. It aims to study the city, and to a greater extent, urban systems. We are taking an innovative approach which combines the analytical and computational capabilities of engineering sciences with the openness and creativeness of humanities and social sciences.
We consider the city as a complex system composed of a very large number of heterogeneous, dynamic, constantly mutative entities in non-linear interaction with each other at various scales. Exploring and analyzing this system leads us to technological, organizational and social innovations to enhance today's cities and help design the cities of tomorrow.
ComplexCity hosts 14 interdisciplinary and international research projects on cities. In addition to these projects we are developing a conceptual framework based on data science aimed at creating a science of cities.