Agent-Based Modeling

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Department of Methodology, LSE

Training for PhD and MSc students in the design of social research, quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Data Science Institute, COL 1.06, Columbia House (Houghton Street Entrance)

MY580 - Methods Short Courses

MY580 short courses are primarily aimed at PhD students but may be taken by Masters students. As part of the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs), the Department reserves some places for non-LSE external participants.

Agent-Based Modeling by <a href="https://www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/People/Academic-Staff/Milena-Tsvetkova/Milena-Tsvetkova" title="https://www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/People/Academic-Staff/Milena-Tsvetkova/Milena-Tsvetkova" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Milena Tsvetkova </a> The workshop will introduce students to agent-based models as a theory-construction tool in the social sciences. Agent-based models enable us to study the emergence of social phenomena in social systems from the behavior and interactions of a population of actors (people, organizations, states, etc.). The morning session will start with a brief introduction to complex systems, game-theoretic games and strategies, and Monte Carlo methods. We will then examine several fundamental agent-based models explaining social phenomena such as residential segregation, social contagion, collective action, opinion polarization, the emergence of cooperation, and network formation. In the afternoon session, we will introduce the NetLogo programming language and use it to modify and extend existing models. The workshop is suitable to both quantitative and qualitative researchers. No programming background or knowledge is required. Students are encouraged to bring their own laptops to the session. Session Details Time: 10:00 - 15:00 (12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break) Date: 28 January 2026 Mode: In person at DSI Data Science Institute COL 1.06 Columbia House (Houghton Street Entrance) Houghton Street London, WC2A 2AE Please ring the doorbell *If you have any access requirements, please let us know in advance by emailing methodology.research@lse.ac.uk Please note that the course material will be distributed ahead of the short course when sign-up closes. If you are an ESRC funded student then we require your name, email and course to report your attendance to your home institution, please click <a href="https://info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/phd-academy/esrc-doctoral-training-partnership/DTP-Training-Open-to-External-DTP-Students" title="https://info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/phd-academy/esrc-doctoral-training-partnership/DTP-Training-Open-to-External-DTP-Students" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a> to see the privacy notice that this data collection is subject to.

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