Agent-based models of human behaviour, from cognitive modelling through to cognitively-rich social simulation.

My main research interest is the application of computer simulation to study human-centric complex adaptive systems. I am a strong advocate of Object Oriented Agent-Based Social Simulation. This is a novel and highly interdisciplinary research field, involving disciplines like Social Science, Economics, Psychology, Operations Research, Geography, and Computer Science. My current research focusses on Urban Sustainability and I am a co-investigator in several related projects and a member of the university’s “Sustainable and Resilient Cities” Research Priority Area management team.

Christian Reynolds is a Public Health Research Fellow at the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, and an adjunct Research Fellow at the Barbara Hardy Institute for Sustainable Environments and Technologies, University of South Australia. Christian’s research examines the economic and environmental impacts of food consumption; with focus upon food waste, sustainable diets, and the political power of food in international relations.
Christian has experience in economic input-output, material flow and environmental (Life Cycle Analysis) modelling and has published peer reviewed articles on these topics.

Agent based model for coastal settlement transitions

Analytical Sociology; Social Mechanisms; ABMs; Opinion Dynamics

Modelling social-ecological systems and governance of the commons. Currently working in the Python and Java ecosystems.

Membrane biofouling control in MBR systems by employing encapsulated quorum quenching bacteria

structure of scientific revolutions, dynamics of innovation, exploration-exploitation dynamics