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Overview

Andreas Flache is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and has a research focus primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including sociology and political science, statistical and nonlinear physics, education, communication, and social psychology.

Their recent publications cover a variety of interdisciplinary topics. Notable papers include:

  • The development of peer networks and academic performance in learning communities in higher education, 2022, published in Learning and Instruction
  • The Role of Community in Understanding Involvement in Community Energy Initiatives, 2022, published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • Solidarity in collaboration networks when everyone competes for the strongest partner: a stochastic actor-based simulation model, 2020, published in Journal of Mathematical Sociology
  • Multidimensional similarity in multiplex networks: friendships between same- and cross-gender bullies and same- and cross-gender victims, 2020, published in Network Science
  • Mechanisms for increased school segregation relative to residential segregation: a model-based analysis, 2022, published in Computers Environment and Urban Systems

Their frequent coauthors indicate active collaboration in their research projects. These collaborators include Michael Mäs, Carlos A. de Matos Fernandes, Jacob Dijkstra, Eric Dignum, and Willem Boterman.

Andreas Flache's work appears regularly in specific academic venues such as the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Mathematical Sociology, Network Science, Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, and arXiv.

The main topics explored by Flache reflect a diverse set of interests within the social sciences. Central themes include:

  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy

The combination of topics, publication venues, and collaboration network suggests a focus on understanding social dynamics and structures through computational and interdisciplinary methods.

Best Publications

  • Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

    Josep M. Pujol;Jordi Delgado;Ramon Sangüesa;Andreas Flache

  • Learning dynamics in social dilemmas.

    Michael W. Macy;Andreas Flache

  • Complexity theory and financial regulation

    Stefano Battiston;J. Doyne Farmer;J. Doyne Farmer;Andreas Flache;Diego Garlaschelli

  • Models of Social Influence: Towards the Next Frontiers

    Andreas Flache;Michael Mäs;Thomas Feliciani;Edmund Chattoe-Brown

  • Manifesto of computational social science

    R. Conte;N. Gilbert;G. Bonelli;C. Cioffi-Revilla

  • Understanding Complex Social Dynamics: A Plea For Cellular Automata Based Modelling.

    Rainer Hegselmann;Andreas Flache

  • Small Worlds and Cultural Polarization

    Andreas Flache;Michael W. Macy

  • Differentiation without Distancing. Explaining Bi-Polarization of Opinions without Negative Influence

    Michael Mäs;Andreas Flache

  • Individualization as driving force of clustering phenomena in humans.

    Michael Mäs;Andreas Flache;Dirk Helbing;Dirk Helbing

  • Do irregular grids make a difference? Relaxing the spatial regularity assumption, in cellular models of social dynamics

    Andreas Flache;Rainer Hegselmann

  • The weakness of strong ties: Collective action failure in a highly cohesive group*

    Andreas Flache;Michael W. Macy

  • Beyond Rationality in Models of Choice

    Michael W. Macy;Andreas Flache

  • Social dynamics from the bottom up: Agent-based models of social interaction

    Michael Macy;Andreas Flache

  • The impact of social capital on self-efficacy and study success among first-year university students

    Jasperina Brouwer;Ellen Jansen;Andreas Flache;W Hofman

  • The double edge of networks. An analysis of the effect of informal networks on cooperation in social dilemmas

    Andreas Flache

  • The Double Edge of Common Interest: Ethnic Segregation as an Unintended Byproduct of Opinion Homophily

    Tobias H. Stark;Andreas Flache

  • In the Short Term We Divide, in the Long Term We Unite: Demographic Crisscrossing and the Effects of Faultlines on Subgroup Polarization

    Michael Mäs;Andreas Flache;Károly Takács;Karen A. Jehn

  • Generalization of Positive and Negative Attitudes Toward Individuals to Outgroup Attitudes

    Tobias H. Stark;Tobias H. Stark;Andreas Flache;René Veenstra

  • Local Convergence and Global Diversity : From Interpersonal to Social Influence

    Andreas Flache;Michael W. Macy

  • Discrepancy and Disliking Do Not Induce Negative Opinion Shifts.

    Károly Takács;Andreas Flache;Michael Mäs

  • The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology

    M.W. Macy;Andreas Flache

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael W. Macy
Michael W. Macy Cornell University
René Veenstra
René Veenstra University of Groningen
Maykel Verkuyten
Maykel Verkuyten Utrecht University
Wander Jager
Wander Jager University of Groningen
Siegwart Lindenberg
Siegwart Lindenberg University of Groningen
Jan Kornelis Dijkstra
Jan Kornelis Dijkstra University of Groningen
Dirk Helbing
Dirk Helbing ETH Zurich
Abraham P. Buunk
Abraham P. Buunk University of Groningen
Russell Spears
Russell Spears University of Groningen
Karin Sanders
Karin Sanders University of New South Wales

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