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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme

SOE 3: Award Session: Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics (YSA)

SOE 3.2: Prize Talk

Monday, March 27, 2023, 16:00–16:45, HSZ 03

Complexity science can address marginalization in society and algorithms — •Fariba Karimi — Technical university of Vienna — Complexity Science Hub Vienna

Structural marginality refers to structural conditions that push certain groups towards a network*s margins, limiting their access to resources. Despite its importance, there are minimal quantitative understanding of its manifestation in networks and are thus we are unequipped to answer several urgent societal questions. For example, what underlying structural mechanisms drive marginalization? How can marginalized groups improve their social positions? How do AI systems reinforce these effects? Do hard (mathematical) limits exist on actions that would alleviate structural inequalities? In this talk, I argue that tools in complexity science are instrumental in measuring structural marginalities that emerge in society and algorithms.