Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena

06/05/2026

Next DIEP seminar is tomorrow 11am! 🧠
Gasper Tkacik, from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, will present his research covering a wide range of topics: computational neuroscience, developmental and evolutionary biology.
Info & registration: https://ias.uva.nl/content/events/2026/05/diep-seminar-series---information-flows-across-scales-development-neuroscience-evolution.html?origin=PRy12xnsQemXLkKbh0An2g

29/04/2026

Unusual DIEP seminar tomorrow at 14:00 in C4.174 Science Park 904 with Riccardo Rao 🦠🧬
Title: “Cellular biochemical processes: from microscopic energy and chemical conversion to macroscopic bacterial self-organization”
Note the unusual time and location!

22/04/2026

Next DIEP seminar is tomorrow 11am! 🧬🧮
We are very happy to host PK Mohanty from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research for a talk on:
“Connecting Geometry and Criticality in Active Systems”
Info & registration: https://ias.uva.nl/content/events/2026/04/diep-seminar-series--connecting-geometry-and-criticality-in-active-systems.html?origin=PRy12xnsQemXLkKbh0An2g

15/04/2026

Tomorrow 11am is our next DIEP seminar!
We are happy to host Rodrigo (Université Côte d’Azur) who will talk about his new work on the mathematical modelling of brain activity 🧠🐒
More info here:

In this edition of the DIEP seminar series, scientist at the Inria Centre at Université Côte d’Azur, Rodrigo Cofré will talk about his new work on the mathematical modelling of brain activity, with an emphasis on understanding how neural dynamics give rise to cognition and consciousness.

08/04/2026

Next DIEP seminar is tomorrow 11am! 🧮
We are happy to host Rikkert Hindriks from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam who will give a talk on:
“Algebraic invariants of non-equilibrium dynamics based on lagged second-order statistics”
The seminar will take place in the IAS library, second floor ✨

31/03/2026

DIEP invites artists, makers & collectives to apply for the EAAS fellowship and create work inspired by emergence, in collaboration with scientists. 👩‍🎨
Selected projects will premiere at the Emergence Festival in June 2027. Apply by June 1st! 🎨
More info: https://d-iep.org/artsciencefellowships

25/03/2026

Tomorrow 11am is our next DIEP seminar! 🧬👨‍🔬
We will have Prof. Bernat Corominas Murtra (University of Graz) with a talk on how individual cells have their intrinsic timescales during embryonic development: “Time, synchrony and embryogenesis”
Registration: https://ias.uva.nl/content/events/2026/03/diep-seminar-series-time-synchrony-and-embryogenesis.html?origin=PRy12xnsQemXLkKbh0An2g

23/03/2026

🖥️ Recent DIEP seminar recordings are now online!
Check our YouTube channel to watch past seminars that you missed: https://youtube.com/?si=jQfDuW9svMpCRg2H 🌱

11/03/2026

Next DIEP seminar is tomorrow 11am at the IAS second floor library 🌟
Prof. Muhittin Mungan from Heinrich-Heine University (Dusseldorf) will give a talk on:
“Self-Organization and Memory: From Driven Disordered Materials to Living Matter” 🦠
Registration: https://ias.uva.nl/content/events/2026/03/self-organization-and-memory-from-driven-disordered-materials-to-living-matter.html?origin=PRy12xnsQemXLkKbh0An2g

09/03/2026

Reminder to register for this upcoming DIEP workshop about scaling in complex systems:

From cities and economies to brains and ecosystems, many complex systems share striking regularities: similar patterns repeat across scales, and sudden transitions can emerge from seemingly stable dynamics. This workshop brings together leading researchers to explore how ideas such as scaling laws,....

26/02/2026

Today 11am is our next DIEP seminar!
We will have Max Rietkerk (from Utrecht University) who will give a talk on: “Resilience pathways for ambiguous tipping points” 🌍
Abstract and registration here:

In this edition of the DIEP seminar series, Max Rietkerk, professor of Spatial Ecology and Global Change at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht University will speak on the resilience pathways for ambiguous tipping points.