January 16 th , 2023 Today SCI was proud to join the OCP team in Safi to launch the first “Collective Intelligence circles” at an OCP industrial site. The CI Circles will create an opportunity for collaborative problem-solving and continual learning using the latest methods of collective intelligence: problem deconstruction, Read more…
December 5 th , 2022 The importance of the province of Rhamna for its stakeholders has inspired the establishment of a tripartite partnership between the Province of Rhamna, OTED and the UM6P-School of Collective Intelligence (UM6P-SCI) with the aim of introducing new methods of collaboration and collective intelligence in the Read more…
Abstract Linguistic systems are hypothesised to be shaped by pressures towards communicative efficiency that drive processes of simplification. A longstanding illustration of this idea is the claim that Chinese characters have progressively simplified over time. Here we test this claim by analyzing a dataset with more than half a million Read more…
November 12th, 2022 On Saturday, November 12th, UM6P organized the graduation ceremony for the 2022 Cohort of master’s and bachelor’s programs. It was the occasion to celebrate all graduates and to recognize their outstanding efforts all over the period spent within us. The event started with an opening remark of Read more…
September 30th, 2022 With extreme pride, the School of Collective Intelligence announces the graduation of the first cohort of its Executive Master program in Collective Intelligence. Taught by an international renowned faculty, the 9 months program trained participants on the latest advances in Collective Intelligence methods and tools for solving Read more…
Abstract Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors associated with public health behaviours (e.g., spatial distancing and stricter hygiene) and endorsed public policy interventions (e.g., Read more…
During 2020, the Governance Lab interviewed leaders of 50 Facebook groups and 26 global academic and industry experts for this study of the governance and leadership of Facebook groups. This work was funded by a grant from Facebook and conducted in partnership with Facebook’s Community Partnerships team. Executive Summary Online Read more…
Abstract We present a theoretical framework bearing on the evolution of written communication. We analyze writing as a special kind of graphic code. Like languages, graphic codes consist of stable, conventional mappings between symbols and meanings, but (unlike spoken or signed languages) their symbols consist of enduring images. This gives Read more…
