Alexis Trouillot – Assistant Professor

Alexis Trouillot is an intellectual historian of the History of Mathematics in Africa. At the broadest level, his scholarship focuses on the discursive usages of the category of “science,” when and why certain kinds of discursive production are classified as “scientific”, and what assumptions underpin such a designation. In particular,… Continue reading

World Conference on Complex Systems – 2026

World Conference on Complex Systems 2026 Navigating Contemporary Complexity: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Social, Political, and Environmental Disruption April, 20-22, 2026 – Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco [ Conference Program (PDF) / Talks (video recordings) ]  The Chair of Complexities ∞ Humanities partnered with the Moroccan Society of Interdisciplinary Studies to… Continue reading

Overproduction of Elites and Social Instability. A conversation with Peter Turchin

Peter Turchin is a complexity scientist and one of the founders of Cliodynamics, the mathematical and data-driven study of long-term historical dynamics. Project Leader at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Research Associate at the University of Oxford, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Connecticut, he conducts research at the… Continue reading

Science Week 2026 – Connaissance tacite

Connaissance tacite Des fondements scientifiques aux enjeux africains Mardi 31 mars | 14h00 – 16h00     « Nous savons plus ce que nous pouvons dire », c’est ainsi que fut formulée pour la première fois en 1966 la notion de connaissance tacite par le médecin, chimiste, philosophe et économiste hongrois, Michael Polanyi. … Continue reading

Regards croisés sur la complexité dans les organisations

Conférence Le 30 mai dernier, la Chaire Complexités ∞ Humanités a co-organisé une conférence à la Bibliothèque Universitaire Mohammed Sekkat, en collaboration avec l’Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) et l’Université Hassan II de Casablanca. Intitulée “Regards croisés sur la complexité dans les organisations”, cette rencontre a réuni des intervenants de… Continue reading