Scott E. Page is an American social scientist. He is Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he has been since 2000. He has also been an external faculty member in economics at the Santa Fe Institute from 2000-5 and 2007–present. He also directs the Center for the Study of Complex Systems at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Page is best known for his research on diversity, complexity, and modeling the social sciences. His specific research interests include path dependence, culture, collective wisdom, adaptation, and computational models of social life.
In addition to teaching at Michigan, Page also instructs the Teaching Company educational video series "Understanding Complexity" and the online "Model Thinking" course created by Coursera.
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