Simulating Societal Change: Counterfactual Modelling for Social and Policy Inquiry (Computational Social Sciences)

by PeterDavis (Author), RoyLay-Yee (Author)

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2019
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This book presents a method for creating a working model of society, using data systems and simulation techniques, that can be used for testing propositions of scientific and policy nature. The model is based on the example of New Zealand, but will be applicable to other countries. It is expected that collaborators in other countries can emulate this example with their data systems for teaching and policy purposes, producing a cross-national collaboratory . This enterprise will evolve with, and to a degree independently of, the book itself, with a supporting website as well as teaching and scientific initiatives. Readers of this text will, for the first time, have a simulation-based working model of society that can be interrogated for policy and substantive purposes. This book will appeal to researchers and professionals from various disciplines working within the social sciences, particularly on matters of demography and public policy.

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This book presents a method for creating a working model of society, using data systems and simulation techniques, that can be used for testing propositions of scientific and policy nature. The model is based on the example of New Zealand, but will be applicable to other countries. It is expected that collaborators in other countries can emulate this example with their data systems for teaching and policy purposes, producing a cross-national collaboratory . This enterprise will evolve with, and to a degree independently of, the book itself, with a supporting website as well as teaching and scientific initiatives. Readers of this text will, for the first time, have a simulation-based working model of society that can be interrogated for policy and substantive purposes. This book will appeal to researchers and professionals from various disciplines working within the social sciences, particularly on matters of demography and public policy.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 202
Edition: 1st ed. 2019
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Published: 30 Jan 2019
ISBN 10: 3030047857
ISBN 13: 9783030047856

Author Bio

Peter Davis is Professor, Sociology of Health and Well-Being, at The University of Auckland. Until recently he was Senior Editor (Health Policy), Social Science and Medicine. Peter currently holds a James Cook Fellowship funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand. He is director of the COMPASS (Centre of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences) Research Centre and has cross-appointments in the Department of Statistics and in the School of Population Health.
Roy Lay-Yee is Senior Research Fellow at the COMPASS Research Centre, University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research interests include health services utilisation, use of official data, social simulation, ageing, social determinants and inequalities.