In the latest @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social newsletter we offer thoughts on "What's at the heart of a CoRE?", in the light of the ongoing reforms of the research, science and innovation system. mailchi.mp/b9273cf064ff... 1/n

⏰ Reviewers, today’s the day! Please upload your reviews by the end of day (Oct 24) AoE 🙏 Thanks for all your work! Authors: we plan to send out notifications by Oct 31. #NetSciX #NetSciX2026 @mluczak.bsky.social @ProfMSmall @droneale.bsky.social @danielapaolotti.bsky.social @gabridibo.bsky.social

Over the past year we have done extensive work on re-articulating what we at @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social do, how we do it, and why we do it. The first publicly visible artifact is our new online presence: www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz 1/n

The radio asked for a few more thoughts about my perspective shared about the research funding reforms. SMC collection: www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/10/14/b... Recording of the interview 👇

Absolutely thrilled about the submission numbers to #NetSciX2026. Abstract submission is now closed and we enter the review period. But here's the thing: you can still contribute to the conference by proposing a thematic session. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Last day for abstract submissions to NetSci-X, which will be held in Auckland, New Zealand in February 2026. netscix2026.github.io #networkscience #complexsystems #science #research #netowrks #graphs #complexity

Why it might be a great idea to come to #NetSciX2026 in New Zealand in February 2026? None of the network science flagship conferences ever happened in this area of the world. New Zealand and Australia have a very active research community adding unique perspectives. 1/n

Reminder about timeline for #NetSciX2026: Submission deadline Friday this week, 26th September. Notifications will be sent out from October 25th. Early bird registration deadline is November 20th. Conference 17th-20th Feb 2026 at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. netscix2026.github.io

📢 We’ve heard your requests! The deadline is extended to: *Sep 26 (AoE)* ✅ Registration is open & we're exploring a support fund for attendees. 🔗 netscix2026.github.io @mluczak.bsky.social @ProfMSmall @droneale.bsky.social @danielapaolotti.bsky.social @gabridibo.bsky.social @netplace.bsky.social

Registrations are now also open for the #netscix2026 conference. Early bird registration available until Nov 20th. netscix2026.github.io#register

Not sure yet if you'll have funding to attend NetSci-X 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand? Don't let this prevent you from submitting an abstract. Depending on registration numbers we are considering an equity-focused support fund to enable people come together with their research community.

Last week for submissions to the NetSci-X 2026 conference to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, in February 2026! netscix2026.github.io

It's true, OpenReview was down this week. So more time to submit to #NetSciX2026 hosted in New Zealand. And don't forget that a week after, there's also a complex systems symposium in Wellington with amazing keynote speakers: www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/ 2 reasons to plan a trip!

The Wellington crowd of the Café Complexité catching up again. Today for an impulse talk by Michael Howden (Complexity Fellow at the Chair in Complexity Science). He's talking about the complex evolution of the water system, giving us a crucial industry perspective and grounding.

Looking forward to attending this special event in Dunedin tomorrow.

As we are approaching the submission deadline for NetSci-X 2026 in Auckland this week, here is another opportunity to contribute to the conference: Host a thematic session for your sub-community. Call for session proposals is open now and will close on Sept 15th. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This coming Monday (August 25) @siouxsiew.bsky.social and I will be talking about #TheCovidResponse with Toby Manhire at the University of Auckland from 6pm. Should be a great conversation! Details here www.bwb.co.nz/events/the-c...

Talking on a panel about community agency tomorrow evening in Wellington. Event is free to attend as part of the Critical Signals collective action space. criticalsignals.nz/programme/co...

Abstract submission deadline for #NetSciX2026 in Auckland, New Zealand, is one month away. We're excited to announce our lineup of keynote speakers. Time to get your abstracts ready & plan your trip if you want to contribute & get a chance to listen to these amazing scholars netscix2026.github.io

In the latest public @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social newsletter, I give my answer to what this Centre of Research Excellence in Complex Systems does. Inspired by a conversation with my 14-year old daughter. Subscribe if you want to stay tuned to what we're up to. mailchi.mp/bc18cca14a39...

Getting around quite a bit in Europe this & next week. From the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna to the Basque Centre for Climate in Bilbao, to the ISI Foundation in Turin (next week, see below). What are we doing? We're talking about the @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social approach to complex systems.

New research by @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social colleagues where they "demonstrate [a new] technique using datasets simulated from a hierarchical organisation and reproduce pay gaps between gendered groups within a complex causal structure."

Preprint of some recent work led by Hassan Mustafa from our research group, looking at computational propaganda in the global south through a case study of Pakistan. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

📢 The NetSci-X 2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your work and join us in #Auckland to explore diversity in network science. 📅 Deadline: 5 September 2025, 23:59 AoE 🌐 More info: netscix2026.github.io @mluczak.bsky.social‬ Michael Small @droneale.bsky.social‬ Daniela Paolotti

Your next network science conference opportunity: NetSci-X 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand. netscix2026.github.io #NetSci2025 #NetSciX2026

The abstract submission system to #NetSciX2026 (to be held in Auckland, New Zealand in February '26) is now open for your contributions: netscix2026.github.io#portfolio Keep your eyes open at #NetSci2025 for our flyers or talk to us (@lespin.bsky.social and myself are around).

Science of connections satellite about to kick off at #NetSci2025 and I'm pleased to have #NetSciX2026 information in the bag (watch out for those flyers). The conference will be in Auckland, New Zealand, in February 2026. netscix2026.github.io

There is no "science-wide replication crisis" because every word in that phrase carries unfounded assumptions. 🧵 1. There is no evidence that progress has generally stalled in the sciences. Also, no one has actually tried to estimate replicability across fields.

Traveling to Europe for #NetSci2025 & in backpack I have material to advertise the exciting opportunity to come to Aotearoa New Zealand in Feb 2026 for #NetSciX2026 & the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium. netscix2026.github.io www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social

Great to see the #CSSManifesto. Worth mentioning www.kindnessinscience.org and www.nature.com/articles/s41... by colleagues @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social

All go for another Café Complexité here at Victoria University of Wellington. Today Micheal Miller is introducing non linear dynamics in such a gentle way. His previous experience as a math and physics teacher showing. Exceptionally fun session.

When social media is critical part of the public sphere, governments should be stewards of good engineering and ethical practice, in the interest of democracy and the common good. Glad I got the chance to contribute a little bit to the article linked in this post: www.linkedin.com/posts/forum-...

Interesting paper by @dgarcia.eu & others on evidence-based language in congress. In 23 we looked at leaders' communication in different countries in our paper "Evidence-inclusive communication: steering crisis leadership outcomes in Portugal, Brazil, New Zealand, and the US" doi.org/10.1080/1229...

Collectively "reading" a paper to make the concept of tipping points accessible to everyone. Today at Café Complexité.

Just your occasional reminder that NetSci-X will be hosted in Auckland in February 2026. Full CfP now on our conference website: netscix2026.github.io This is your chance to meet the network science community and visit Aotearoa New Zealand. 🧪 #networkscience #complexsystems

⌛️The abstracts deadline has been extended! 🌍You have a couple of weeks for submitting your abstract proposal!

Having a fantastic and inspiring time offering perspectives on complexity and complex systems to our emerging researcher community from @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social and getting so many thought provoking insights and questions back. Exactly what we're here for.

Happy to see our paper "Conceptualizing the evolving nature of computational propaganda: a systematic literature review" published. Led by Hassan Mustafa, we explored the literature on computational propaganda and offer a new view to its conceptualization doi.org/10.1093/annc... 🧪 #PolSci #sociology

Irreversible damage to science.

Post-doc opportunity (three 2-year positions) in #NewZealand to work within our national Centre of Research Excellence in Complex Systems - @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social. www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/2025/03/07/p... 🧪 #complexity #networkscience #AcademicSky

PhD scholarship to work on one of the new transdisciplinary teams at @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social kicking off now. Advancing mathematical modelling to better understand early warning signals. Join us to do research in New Zealand!

The most enduring pattern that human societies produce and reproduce is social inequality 🧵🧪

Beyond humbled for #KindnessInScience & @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social to feature in @nature.com Careers with @climateadam.bsky.social. For more see @aisrayne.bsky.social et al. in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social here: bit.ly/3XpnD8V 🎨 @jobailey.bsky.social

Café Complexité is back for the first session in 2025. Luke Edwards doing a whiteboard talk introducing basics of feedback. Good mix of researchers & people from practice engage on possibilities of complexity science to improve policy making, forecasting etc. 🧪 /cc @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social

Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies... 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551

In light of the Government's push to get a 'return on investment' (ROI) from research funding, perhaps it is as good a time as any to talk about just how hard it is to measure this supposed ROI for research in general. Let's take a trip into the weeds! ⬇️

Five years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, it can feel as if trust in the knowledge of experts and scientific evidence is in crisis 🧪🧵

Led by @mind-evoculture.bsky.social, "Why We Need to Rethink Measurement Invariance: The Role of Measurement Invariance for Cross-Cultural Research", is out now. doi.org/10.1177/1069... #academicsky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #philsci /cc @jkarl.bsky.social

In Wellington on coming Tuesday, 17th December, and interested in Complexity Science? Talk by @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social guest artist Dr Sione Faletau (www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/2024/11/28/i...) at 1:30pm & "Pub Complexité" at Thistle Inn from 4pm. Message me if you'd like to RSVP for these.

@tepunahamatatini.bsky.social is a Centre of Research Excellence hosted by The University of Auckland. I was allowed to write a piece for the Faculty of Science's inSCight magazine, offering a complexity science perspective to AI as it is brought into our world. www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2024...