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SYTP: Symposium Tipping Points in Social and Climate Systems

SYTP 1: Tipping Points in Social and Climate Systems

Thursday, March 12, 2026, 15:00–17:45, HSZ/AUDI

The concept of tipping points has become central to understanding both climate dynamics and social transformations. This symposium brings together physicists and interdisciplinary researchers to explore the mechanisms underpinning tipping behavior in complex systems. Topics include nonlinear dynamics of the Earth system, early warning signals of climate tipping points, and the emergence of social tipping cascades in response to policy, technology, and behavioral shifts.

	15:00	SYTP 1.1	Invited Talk: Social Tipping in Heterogeneous and Polarized Populations — •Sara Constantino, Sonke Ehret, Elke Weber, Sonja Vogt, and Charles Efferson
	15:30	SYTP 1.2	Invited Talk: Tipping points and regime shifts in coupled social-climate systems — •Chris Bauch
	16:00	SYTP 1.3	Invited Talk: How to tune Earth system models toward tipping? — •Sebastian Bathiany and Niklas Boers
	16:30		15 min. break
	16:45	SYTP 1.4	Invited Talk: Algorithmic amplification and contextual sensitivity in political information exposure — Iris Damião, Ana Vranic, Paulo Almeida, Lília Perfeito, and •Joana Gonçalves de Sá
	17:15	SYTP 1.5	Invited Talk: The complex interplay between democracy and platform power — •Philipp Lorenz-Spreen