GECS Research Group on Experimental and Computational Sociology

The Research Group on Experimental and Computational Sociology (GECS), based in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Brescia, is a group of social scientists who believe that computational and experimental methods can improve our capacity to understand social and economic phenomena. It is informally operating since 2002, and formally established in 2007. GECS aims at promoting innovative analytical approaches and methods in the social science research, particularly in Italy. The group firmly believes in the added value of modelling, formalisation, computer simulations and laboratory experiments for the advance of the scientific progress in sociology. GECS operates through personal collaborations, common participation in research projects, organisation of scientific events, as well as training and education initiatives for PhD. students and young scholars.

Members   Riccardo Boero (Computational and Experimental Economics) Giangiacomo Bravo (Experimental Sociology and Social Simulation) Marco Castellani (Cognitive Sociology) Lino Codara (Cognitive Sociology) Giancarlo Provasi (Sociology) Flaminio Squazzoni (Social Simulation) (Head)
	Socrate Laboratory Experiments 2007
Contacts   Flaminio Squazzoni Department of Social Sciences University of Brescia Via San Faustino 74/B 25122 Brescia, Italy Phone Number: +39 030 2988892 Fax Number: +39 030 2988893 E-mail: squazzon@eco.unibs.it