We draw on complexity theory to explain the emergence of a new organizational collective, and we provide a much-needed empirical test of the theory at the collective level of analysis. Taking a case ...

Scale remains a pivotal yet highly contentious concept in geography. I survey the lively discussions engaged in recently by many critical/ radical geographers regarding the theoretical status of scale ...

John Holland answered viewer questions about the concept of emergence on July 16, 2007. Please note we are no longer accepting questions, but please see Everyday Examples and our links and books ...

Scientists describe emergence, a science that studies how complex patterns and behaviors arise from the actions of individual units acting independently. This NOVA scienceNOW segment: states that ...

Researchers quantified the collective action of small schools of fish using information theory. They found that groups of three act very differently compared with groups of just two. This work may ...

In her blog Back Re(Action), the physicist Sabine Hossenfelder offers an analysis of emergence. She states that emergence, “broadly speaking refers to novel types of behavior in systems with many ...