NERDS are currently involved in co-organizing special issues for societally relevant research.

Here our three open calls for papers:

1. Complex Systems for Social Good
   Advances in Complex Systems, NERDS co-organizer: Vedran Sekara
   CFP, deadline Dec 15th: https://www.worldscientific.com/page/acs/callforpapers01
   Data, data science, machine learning, and AI tools and evidence are becoming increasingly important to tackle the complex challenges of climate change, social inequalities, geopolitical crises, migration, and public health emergencies. Complex Systems can provide a robust theoretical framework to address critical operational issues for vulnerable contexts such as replicability and transferability of results, explainability of models, and understanding of the challenges of algorithmic systems and possible biases. This topical issue has the goal of reviewing the potential contributions that Complex Systems can have on creating public value and producing public policy practices.
2. Spatial Data Science for Planning
   GeoForum Perspektiv, NERDS co-organizer: Ane Rahbek Vierø
   CFP (expression of interest), deadline Jan 15th: https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/gfp/announcement/view/207
   We invite submissions that align with the themes of Spatial Data Science, encompassing for example Python, R, AI/ML, Business Intelligence, and their integration with geographic data. Authors are encouraged to explore both theoretical and practical aspects, sharing insights, case studies, methodologies, and real-world applications. Accepting both English and Danish contributions.
3. Urban Mobility and Green Transportation in Sustainable Cities 
   Journal of Physics: Complexity, NERDS co-organizer: Michael Szell
   CFP, deadline May 31st: https://iopscience.iop.org/collections/jpcomplex-231012-387
   This Focus aims to explore the intersection of physics and complexity in the context of urban mobility and green transportation, shedding light on cutting-edge research that not only elucidates the fundamental principles governing these systems but also offers practical applications to create more sustainable and efficient cities. Regarding the green transportation, it can be any means of travel that does not negatively impact the environment, including (but are not limited to) bikes (dockless or docked sharing ones), ebikes (both private or sharing ones), electric vehicles. A better green transportation would involve both the infrastructure level and human behaviors level.

Please contact us for any questions regarding these calls. Happy writing/submitting!