Nigel Gilbert
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| Born | Geoffrey Nigel Gilbert 21 March 1950 |
| Residence | Guildford (Surrey), United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Computational sociology, Complexity theory, Sociology of science |
| Institutions | University of Surrey |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | The development of science and scientific knowledge (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Mulkay |
| Known for | Agent-based models for the social sciences, Social simulation |
| Notable awards | CBE ScD(Cantab), FBCS, FRSA, FAcSS, FREng |
Geoffrey Nigel Gilbert CBE FBCS FRSA FAcSS FREng (born 21 March 1950) is a British sociologist and a pioneer in the use of agent-based models in the social sciences. He is the founder and director of the Centre for Research in Social Simulation (University of Surrey), author of several books on computational social science, social simulation and social research and past editor of the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS), the leading journal in the field.
A Cambridge engineering graduate (Emmanuel College), he turned to the sociology of scientific knowledge for his PhD under the direction of Michael Mulkay. He was a lecturer at the University of York (1974–76) and then joined the University of Surrey where he became a professor in the Department of Sociology in 1991. At the University of Surrey he founded the Social and Computer Sciences research group in 1984 with a grant from the Alvey Programme. The group focused on applying social science to the design of intelligent knowledge-based systems. Later he established the Centre for Research in Social Simulation (1997), and the Digital World Research Centre (1998). He served as a Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey (1998–2005) and he is the current Director of its Institute of Advanced Studies. In 2017, he was appointed a member of the Council of the Economic and Social Research Council.
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