How can complexity science help us better understand past and present complex social systems as diverse as the Roman economy and online social networks? This one-day workshop will explore the role complexity science, and in particular its use of network approaches, can play for the study of the human past, and how it enables comparisons between past and present-day complex social systems.

Complexity science is now a thriving field and its application for the study of the human past shows huge potential. This workshop will explore this potential.

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Invited talk about the specificities of the Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS)

The scope of the satellite meeting is to review the recent advances in the field of multilayer and interconnected networks, focusing in particular on the interplay between structure and dynamics. We will pay special attention to novel applications in which the multilayer formulation is crucial. The list of topics that we aim to cover at the conference is the following:

1. Mathematical properties of multilayer and interconnected structures
2. Empirical measurements of multilayer and interconnected networks
3. Applications of such models to biological, social, economic, technological and urban systems

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