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ABSTRACT / Violence is the primary concern in many parts of the world. In Mexico, for example, two out of three people consider insecurity as the most relevant issue in their country. Despite the relevance of insecurity, there are still many gaps between what is observed regarding crime and its byproducts, such as fear. I will briefly present some advances that complex systems have contributed to our understanding of violence.
BIO / Rafael Prieto-Curiel is a Faculty Member at the Complexity Science Hub working on violence, mobility, migration and urban dynamics. He is the group leader of Society Moving and collaborates with the OECD and the World Bank to study urban dynamics. In addition, Rafael is Aleph‘s scientific advisor. Before joining CSH in May 2022, he was at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford / UCL CASA. He holds an MSc in Statistics and a PhD in Maths and Security and Crime at University College London UCL. Rafael also worked in the Emergency Attention Centre from Mexico City (C5) as Director of Strategic Analysis, on crime forecasting and police and resource allocation. Rafael is very interested in science communication. He directed Laberintos e Infinitos, a Mathematics magazine, and he founded Chalkdust, a Mathematics magazine and Punto Decimal MX, a science communication website.