The Center for Modeling Social Systems (CMSS) is part of the NORCE Norwegian Research Center.
Current research projects:
- Emotional Contagion: Predicting and Preventing the Spread of Misinformation, Stigma, and Anxiety in the Wake of a Pandemic
- Religion, Ideology, and Prosociality: Simulating Secularizing Societies (in collaboration with the University of Bialystock, Poland)
- Modeling Religious Change (in collaboration with the Center for Mind and Culture in Boston)
Roger Normann
Director of CMSS
Former Director of Agderforsking, and Institute Leader of the Business School at the University of Agder
Email: rono@norceresearch.no
F. LeRon Shults
Research Professor
Professor at the Institute for Global Development and Social Planning at the University of Agder.
Email: lesh@norceresearch.no
Ivan Puga-Gonzalez
Senior Researcher
Expert in agent-based modeling, social networks, and human behavior.
Email: ivpu@norceresearch.no
Patrycja Antosz
Senior Researcher
Expert in agent-based modeling, integrating qualitative and quantitative research.
Email: paan@norceresearch.no
F. LeRon Shults 