A key finding: depending on the network's structural properties, the "inferior" opinion (with the lower spontaneous flipping rate) can achieve local dominance in some communities. This demonstrates a structural mechanism for how minority opinions can be preserved.
Tim Mauch
We model this as a reaction-diffusion system on a #Network. Nodes represent communities where individuals hold one of two opinions, updating them through two mechanisms: spontaneous flipping or social interaction.
Tim Mauch
My master's thesis got published in Physical Review E🥳! Thanks to @thilogross.bsky.social for the supervision. We develop a meta-community opinion model and use a master stability function approach to find conditions where pattern formation facilitates diversity. Read here: arxiv.org/abs/2508.15377
The spatial organization of individuals and their interactions in communities are important factors known to preserve diversity in many complex systems. Inspired by metapopulation models from ecology,...
I am so excited about this: We are doing a new kind of project with the aim of transporting knowledge and methods from the humanities into a natural science context.
We'll have 5 full 3yr postdoc positions!
I will post more in the coming week. But here is a preview:
hifmb.de/institute/hi...
Eine neue Folge Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer liegt an.
📆 Do, 11.6., live um 20:30 Uhr
Dr. Friedrich Bohn (@friedrichbohn.bsky.social) erzählt uns über die „Transition Away from fossil fuels”-Konferenz in Kolumbien und erzählt von den Verhandlungen.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM2r...
Veranstaltungsempfehlung: Nächste Woche (20.-24.4.) gibt es von den Helmholtz-Zentren ein Programm zur Earth Week. Alle Vorträge sind kostenlos und finden online statt. Jeder, der will, ist herzlich eingeladen. Das Programm findet ihr hier:
www.helmholtz-nachhaltigkeit.de/veranstaltun...
The HUMAN PROGRESS project aims to advance research in the natural sciences by drawing on methods, insights, and knowledge from across the humanities and social sciences. In doing so it also offers fr...
Es wird wieder Zeit für eine neue Episode Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer! Diese Woche mit Prof. Dr. Martin Zimmer vom Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung (
@leibniz-zmt.de
) zum Thema Küstengemeinden während des Klimawandels.
📆 28.5., 20:30 Uhr
www.youtube.com/live/Fq2O6XW...
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Es ist Jubiläumswoche für uns 🥳 Zu unserem 6-Jährigen freuen wir uns wieder auf einen besonderen Gast: Lea Dohm (@leadohm.bsky.social) wird mit uns über mentale Gesundheit in Krisenzeiten reden. Seid live dabei!
📆 9.4.26
🕒 20:30 Uhr
www.youtube.com/live/vKuwTt4...
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Mind the gap! Next stop: Biodiversity Theory
Our working group just digitized our research landscape using a classic London Tube map design. Every line is a team member; every station is a core topic or application we tackle.
Check it out and see where our work interconnects!
At dpg this week? Then you don't want to miss Bernd Fernengel's talk about "Linear Dynamics on Infinite Networks".
11:45 AM, ZEU/0118
