Modeling Mechanisms of School Segregation and Policy Interventions: A Complexity Perspective

Eric Dignum*, Willem Boterman, Andreas Flache, Mike Lees

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterAcademicpeer-review

55 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

We revisit literature about school choice and school segregation from the perspective of complexity theory. This paper argues that commonly found features of complex systems are all present in the mechanisms of school segregation. These features emerge from the interdependence between households, their interactions with school attributes and the institutional contexts in which they reside. We propose that a social complexity perspective can add to providing new generative explanations of resilient patterns of school segregation and may help identifying policies towards robust school integration. This requires a combination of theoretically informed computational modeling with empirical data about specific social and institutional contexts. We argue that this combination is missing in currently employed methodologies in the field. Pathways and challenges for developing it are discussed and examples are presented demonstrating how new insights and possible policies countering it can be obtained for the cases of primary school segregation in the city of Amsterdam.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Science – ICCS 2023
Subtitle of host publication23rd International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 3–5, 2023, Proceedings, Part III
EditorsJiří Mikyška, Clélia de Mulatier, Maciej Paszynski, Valeria V. Krzhizhanovskaya, Jack J. Dongarra, Peter M.A. Sloot
PublisherSpringer
Pages74-89
Number of pages16
Volume3
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-36024-4
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-36023-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume10475
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Modeling Mechanisms of School Segregation and Policy Interventions: A Complexity Perspective'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this