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Edited by
César García-Díaz
Department of Industrial Engineering
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia
Camilo Olaya
Department of Industrial Engineering
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia
This edition first published 2018
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Ricardo A. Barros‐Castro
(Faculty of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana). Email: ricardo‐barros@javeriana.edu.co
Heike I. Brugger
(Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz). Email: heike.brugger@uni‐konstanz.de
William M. Bulleit
(Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University). Email: wmbullei@mtu.edu
Jai K. Clifford‐Holmes
(Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University). Email: jai.clifford.holmes@gmail.com
Bruce Edmonds
(Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University). Email: bruce@edmonds.name
Grazziela P. Figueredo
(School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham). Email: Grazziela.Figueredo@nottingham.ac.uk
César García‐Díaz
(Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad de los Andes). Email: ce.garcia392@uniandes.edu.co
John S. Gero
(Krasnow Institute of Advanced Study, George Mason University and University of North Carolina, Charlotte). Email: john@johngero.com
Steven L. Goldman
(Departments of Philosophy and History, Lehigh University). Email: slg2@Lehigh.edu
Rafael A. Gonzalez
(Faculty of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana). Email: ragonzalez@javeriana.edu.co
Zeynep Gurguc
(Digital City Exchange, Imperial College London). Email: z.gurguc@imperial.ac.uk
Adam Douglas Henry
(School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona). Email: adhenry@email.arizona.edu
Miwa Hirono
(Department of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University). Email: hirono‐1@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp
Johann Klocker
(Landeskrankenhaus Klagenfurt). Email: j.klocker@ipso.at
Chen Liu
(Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology). Email: cliu16@stevens.edu
Sandra Méndez‐Fajardo
(Faculty of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana). Email: sandra.mendez@javeriana.edu.co
Jenny O’Connor
(Digital City Exchange, Imperial College London). Email: j.oconnor@imperial.ac.uk
Mehrnoosh Oghbaie
(Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology). Email: moghbaie@stevens.edu
Peer‐Olaf Siebers
(School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham). Email: Peer‐Olaf.Siebers@nottingham.ac.uk
Camilo Olaya
(Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad de los Andes). Email: colaya@uniandes.edu.co
Carolyn G. Palmer
(Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University). Email: tally.palmer@ru.ac.za
Michael J. Pennock
(Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology). Email: mpennock@stevens.edu
Joseph C. Pitt
(Department of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). Email: jcpitt@vt.edu
William B. Rouse
(Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology). Email: wrouse@stevens.edu
Martin F.G. Schaffernicht
(Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de Talca). Email: martin@utalca.cl
Markus Schwaninger
(Institute of Management, University of St. Gallen). Email: markus.schwaninger@unisg.ch
Anya Skatova
(Warwick Business School, University of Warwick). Email: anya.skatova@wbs.ac.uk
Jill H. Slinger
(Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management and the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Technical Geosciences, Delft University of Technology and the Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University). Email: j.h.slinger@tudelft.nl
Russell C. Thomas
(Department of Computational and Data Sciences, George Mason University and University of North Carolina, Charlotte). Email: russell.thomas@meritology.com
Koen H. van Dam
(Digital City Exchange, Imperial College London). Email: k.van‐dam@imperial.ac.uk
Chris de Wet
(Institute for Water Research and the Department of Anthropology, Rhodes University). Email: c.dewet@ru.ac.za
Zhongyuan Yu
(Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology). Email: zyu7@stevens.edu
We, the editors of this volume, are trained as both engineers and social scientists, and have contrasted the two different mindsets during our careers. Since the time when we were PhD students in the social sciences, we have felt that ‘praxis’ does not have the same status as theorizing in generating knowledge, as opposed to what happens in engineering. Even the recognition of engineering knowledge as a distinctive kind of knowledge, different from scientific knowledge, seems to remain elusive for both academics and practitioners. In fact, ‘praxis’ embodies a set of differential elements from pure science. This volume is an effort to bring together elements of engineering thinking and social science into the study of social systems, and more importantly, aims to be a vehicle that emphasizes the necessity of developing practical knowledge – through its proper ways and under its own ‘validation’ criteria – to provide feasible, yet informed, paths for intervening and improving social systems; that is, systems created and driven by human beings.
Also, through this volume we would like to make explicit the inherent link between systemic thinking and engineering knowledge through the consideration of multiple perspectives and methods. We believe that the merger of both the qualitative and quantitative worlds is essential in order to cope with the complexity of contemporary social systems. Moreover, we believe that engineering thinking, along with its tools and methods, is one of the best chances that we have for designing, redesigning and transforming the complex world of social systems.
This project would not have been possible without the initial motivation provided by Debbie Jupe (commissioning editor at John Wiley & Sons), who was the first editor we met at the Social Simulation Conference in Warsaw (Poland), back in 2013. Debbie invited us to put our ideas in a written proposal, and encouraged us to come up with a book on engineering perspectives to social systems. Thank you Debbie for your encouragement!
We are grateful to all the authors who contributed to this volume for their patience, commitment and understanding over the course of the many months it took to make this book a reality. We are also indebted to the Department of Industrial Engineering of Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) for their continued support and to Claudia Estévez‐Mujica, who helped us immensely in putting all the chapters together, checking inconsistencies and assembling the whole book.