Dr. Scott Page

Biography

Scott Page is the Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics at the University of Michigan. He serves as the associate director for the Center for the Study of Complex Systems and is a senior research scientist at the Institute for Social Research. Scott is known for directing large projects at the University of Michigan and is the principal investigator for several research initiatives, including the IDEAS NSF IGERT grant and the NSF bio-complexity grant. He directs Project Diversity, which aims to understand the theoretical implications of diversity and is funded by the James S. McDonnell Foundation. Additionally, Scott is involved in research on economic inequality and social interactions as part of the MacArthur Foundation's working group. He has also contributed to discussions on complex systems to non-academic audiences and has consulted on various projects, including those related to the economic impact of large events like the World Cup.

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