Martin Neumann
Biographic Data
| ID | 150531 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Neumann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Neumann |
| SIGNATURE | NEUMANN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0319-6091 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond Paradigm War
This issue brings together theoretical and empirical contributions that reflect the methodological, thematic, and conceptual diversity of contemporary political culture research. Moving beyond older divisions between quantitative and qualitative approaches, the issue demonstrates how political culture can be studied through multiple lenses, including political psychology, discourse theory, computational social science, feminist theory, regionalis…
The State and the Citizen
Notwithstanding the huge literature on state studies, both definition and method have always been subject of intense debate. This debate is still open and equally intense despite two millennia of philosophical and methodological attempts to define what the state is, to describe how the state works, and why does it work. As times, geopolitical contexts, and human action have shaped the historical and conceptual trajectory of polity studies, the th…
An Interpretive Account to Agent-based Social Simulation
Using the investigation of criminal culture as an example application, this edited volume presents a novel approach to agent-based simulation: interpretive agent-based social simulation as a methodological and transdisciplinary approach to examining the potential of qualitative data and methods for agent-based modelling (ABM). Featuring updated articles as well as original chapters which provide a cohesive and novel approach to the digital humani…
Tvorba ústavy Slovenské republiky z 21. července 1939 a cesta k jejímu přijetí
This article deals with the process of creation and adoption of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic in 1939. Firstly, the development of Slovak autonomism and separatism with an emphasis on events following the Munich Agreement is briefly outlined. Secondly, the beginning of the existence of the Slovak state after its proclamation in March 1939 is introduced. Finally, the main part of the article researches ideological concepts applied in the…
From agent to action
This paper proposes a methodology for grounding agent-based social simulation in ethnographic data, using the example of crime research. The application of computational tools in crime research typically entails a removal of the “intelligible frame” of criminal behaviour and, hence, of meaningful evidence. Ethnography is a microscopic research tradition geared towards the preservation of contextualized meaning deemed essential for the exploration…
Hermeneutik sozialer Simulationen
Der Beitrag verbindet zwei weit auseinander liegende methodische Welten. Wir schlagen vor, das Verfahren der hermeneutischen Sequenzanalyse zur Interpretation Agentenbasierter Modellierungen zu verwenden, einer sich aktuell verbreitenden Methode sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung. Ihr Ziel besteht in der technikgestützten Konstruktion von Szenarien, in denen spezifische soziale Konstellationen durchgespielt werden. Das konkrete Simulationsmodell,…
Individual attitude change and societal dynamics
We present an agent-based model for studying the societal implications of attitude change theories. Various psychological theories of persuasive communication at the individual level are implemented as simulation experiments. The model allows us to investigate the effects of contagion and assimilation, motivated cognition, polarity, source credibility, and idiosyncratic attitude formation. Simulations show that different theories produce differen…
Individual attitude change and societal dynamics
We present an agent-based model for studying the societal implications of theories of attitude change in psychological theory. For experimenting with theories, various psychological theories of persuasive communication are implemented. The model allows for investigating the effects of contagion and assimilation, motivated cognition, polarity, source credibility, and idiosyncratic attitude formation. The simulations show that different theories pr…
Standortwahl des Kalvarienberges im Vorfeld der Burg Červený Kameň (SW-Slowakei)
Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Möglichkeiten und Applikation der emischen und etischen Perspektive im Rahmen der Landschaftsarchäologie zu präsentieren. Als Beispiel wurde die Umgebung der Burg Ä ervenÃ1⁄2 KameÅ (SÃ1⁄4dwest-Slowakei) gewählt. Der konkrete Einsatz dieser Perspektiven wird an der Standortwahl des heutigen Kalvarienberges gezeigt. Dabei werden die emische und etische Perspektive miteinander konfrontiert. Im Falle der etischen Perspe…
Rubbish theory
Already in my family’s possession for two generations, I am driving a – meanwhile quite old – VW Polo Mk II. When the car was manufactured in the early 1980s it was a special model, built for job s
Simulation for Interpretation
Agent-based social simulation is well-known for generative explanations. Following the theory of thick description we extend the generative paradigm to interpretative research in cultural studies. Using the example of qualitative data about criminal culture, the paper describes a research process that facilitates interpretative research by growing virtual cultures. Relying on qualitative data for the development of agent rules, the research proce…
Exploring the New Frontier
Agent-Based Simulation of Organizational Behavior
Contested sites, land claims and economic development in Poum, New Caledonia
Property relations are often ambiguous in postcolonial settings. Property is only considered as such if socially legitimate institutions sanction it. In indigenous communities, access to natural resources is frequently subject to conflict and negotiation in a ‘social arena’. Settler arrivals and new economic possibilities challenge these norms and extend the arena. The article analyses conflicts and negotiations in the French overseas territory o…
Grounded Simulation
This paper investigates the contribution of evidence-based modelling to grounded theory (GT). It is argued that evidence-based modelling provides additional sources to truly arrive at a theory through the inductive process of a Grounded Theory approach. This is shown by two examples. One example concerns the development of software ontologies of criminal organisations. The other example is a simulation model of escalation of ethno-nationalist con…
The Escalation of Ethnonationalist Radicalization
This article describes an agent-based simulation model of ethnonationalist radicalization between political actors and their constituencies based upon evidence from the former Yugoslavia. The central mechanism is the recursive feedback between political and cultural dynamics, focusing on processes prior to the outbreak of actual violence. The results offer theoretical insights by revealing mechanisms that lead to escalation. These can be found wi…
Challenges in Modelling Social Conflicts
This discussion paper originates from the preceding annual workshop of the Special Interest Group on Social Conflict and Social Simulation (SIG-SCSS) of the ESSA. The workshop especially focused on the need to identify and examine challenges to modeling social conflicts. It turned out that the polysemous nature of social conflicts makes it very difficult to get a grasp of their complexity. In order to deal with this complexity, various dimensions…
Norm Internalisation in Human and Artificial Intelligence
In this article, principles of architectures relating to normative agents are evaluated with regard to the question whether and to what extend results of empirical research are incorporated in the architecture. In the human sciences, internalisation is a crucial element within the concept of norms. Internalisation distinguishes normative behaviour regulation from mere coercion. The aim of this article is to begin answering the question of to what…
Individual attitude change and societal dynamics
We present an agent-based model for studying the societal implications of attitude change theories. Various psychological theories of persuasive communication at the individual level are implemented as simulation experiments. The model allows us to investigate the effects of contagion and assimilation, motivated cognition, polarity, source credibility, and idiosyncratic attitude formation. Simulations show that different theories produce differen…
From agent to action
This paper proposes a methodology for grounding agent-based social simulation in ethnographic data, using the example of crime research. The application of computational tools in crime research typically entails a removal of the “intelligible frame” of criminal behaviour and, hence, of meaningful evidence. Ethnography is a microscopic research tradition geared towards the preservation of contextualized meaning deemed essential for the exploration…
Rubbish theory
Already in my family’s possession for two generations, I am driving a – meanwhile quite old – VW Polo Mk II. When the car was manufactured in the early 1980s it was a special model, built for job s
Norm Internalisation in Human and Artificial Intelligence
In this article, principles of architectures relating to normative agents are evaluated with regard to the question whether and to what extend results of empirical research are incorporated in the architecture. In the human sciences, internalisation is a crucial element within the concept of norms. Internalisation distinguishes normative behaviour regulation from mere coercion. The aim of this article is to begin answering the question of to what…
Challenges in Modelling Social Conflicts
This discussion paper originates from the preceding annual workshop of the Special Interest Group on Social Conflict and Social Simulation (SIG-SCSS) of the ESSA. The workshop especially focused on the need to identify and examine challenges to modeling social conflicts. It turned out that the polysemous nature of social conflicts makes it very difficult to get a grasp of their complexity. In order to deal with this complexity, various dimensions…
The Escalation of Ethnonationalist Radicalization
This article describes an agent-based simulation model of ethnonationalist radicalization between political actors and their constituencies based upon evidence from the former Yugoslavia. The central mechanism is the recursive feedback between political and cultural dynamics, focusing on processes prior to the outbreak of actual violence. The results offer theoretical insights by revealing mechanisms that lead to escalation. These can be found wi…
Agent-Based Simulation of Organizational Behavior
Contested sites, land claims and economic development in Poum, New Caledonia
Property relations are often ambiguous in postcolonial settings. Property is only considered as such if socially legitimate institutions sanction it. In indigenous communities, access to natural resources is frequently subject to conflict and negotiation in a ‘social arena’. Settler arrivals and new economic possibilities challenge these norms and extend the arena. The article analyses conflicts and negotiations in the French overseas territory o…
Grounded Simulation
This paper investigates the contribution of evidence-based modelling to grounded theory (GT). It is argued that evidence-based modelling provides additional sources to truly arrive at a theory through the inductive process of a Grounded Theory approach. This is shown by two examples. One example concerns the development of software ontologies of criminal organisations. The other example is a simulation model of escalation of ethno-nationalist con…
Exploring the New Frontier
Simulation for Interpretation
Agent-based social simulation is well-known for generative explanations. Following the theory of thick description we extend the generative paradigm to interpretative research in cultural studies. Using the example of qualitative data about criminal culture, the paper describes a research process that facilitates interpretative research by growing virtual cultures. Relying on qualitative data for the development of agent rules, the research proce…
Rubbish theory
Already in my family’s possession for two generations, I am driving a – meanwhile quite old – VW Polo Mk II. When the car was manufactured in the early 1980s it was a special model, built for job s
Individual attitude change and societal dynamics
We present an agent-based model for studying the societal implications of theories of attitude change in psychological theory. For experimenting with theories, various psychological theories of persuasive communication are implemented. The model allows for investigating the effects of contagion and assimilation, motivated cognition, polarity, source credibility, and idiosyncratic attitude formation. The simulations show that different theories pr…
Standortwahl des Kalvarienberges im Vorfeld der Burg Červený Kameň (SW-Slowakei)
Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Möglichkeiten und Applikation der emischen und etischen Perspektive im Rahmen der Landschaftsarchäologie zu präsentieren. Als Beispiel wurde die Umgebung der Burg Ä ervenÃ1⁄2 KameÅ (SÃ1⁄4dwest-Slowakei) gewählt. Der konkrete Einsatz dieser Perspektiven wird an der Standortwahl des heutigen Kalvarienberges gezeigt. Dabei werden die emische und etische Perspektive miteinander konfrontiert. Im Falle der etischen Perspe…
Hermeneutik sozialer Simulationen
Der Beitrag verbindet zwei weit auseinander liegende methodische Welten. Wir schlagen vor, das Verfahren der hermeneutischen Sequenzanalyse zur Interpretation Agentenbasierter Modellierungen zu verwenden, einer sich aktuell verbreitenden Methode sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung. Ihr Ziel besteht in der technikgestützten Konstruktion von Szenarien, in denen spezifische soziale Konstellationen durchgespielt werden. Das konkrete Simulationsmodell,…
Individual attitude change and societal dynamics
We present an agent-based model for studying the societal implications of attitude change theories. Various psychological theories of persuasive communication at the individual level are implemented as simulation experiments. The model allows us to investigate the effects of contagion and assimilation, motivated cognition, polarity, source credibility, and idiosyncratic attitude formation. Simulations show that different theories produce differen…
Tvorba ústavy Slovenské republiky z 21. července 1939 a cesta k jejímu přijetí
This article deals with the process of creation and adoption of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic in 1939. Firstly, the development of Slovak autonomism and separatism with an emphasis on events following the Munich Agreement is briefly outlined. Secondly, the beginning of the existence of the Slovak state after its proclamation in March 1939 is introduced. Finally, the main part of the article researches ideological concepts applied in the…
From agent to action
This paper proposes a methodology for grounding agent-based social simulation in ethnographic data, using the example of crime research. The application of computational tools in crime research typically entails a removal of the “intelligible frame” of criminal behaviour and, hence, of meaningful evidence. Ethnography is a microscopic research tradition geared towards the preservation of contextualized meaning deemed essential for the exploration…
The State and the Citizen
Notwithstanding the huge literature on state studies, both definition and method have always been subject of intense debate. This debate is still open and equally intense despite two millennia of philosophical and methodological attempts to define what the state is, to describe how the state works, and why does it work. As times, geopolitical contexts, and human action have shaped the historical and conceptual trajectory of polity studies, the th…
An Interpretive Account to Agent-based Social Simulation
Using the investigation of criminal culture as an example application, this edited volume presents a novel approach to agent-based simulation: interpretive agent-based social simulation as a methodological and transdisciplinary approach to examining the potential of qualitative data and methods for agent-based modelling (ABM). Featuring updated articles as well as original chapters which provide a cohesive and novel approach to the digital humani…
Beyond Paradigm War
This issue brings together theoretical and empirical contributions that reflect the methodological, thematic, and conceptual diversity of contemporary political culture research. Moving beyond older divisions between quantitative and qualitative approaches, the issue demonstrates how political culture can be studied through multiple lenses, including political psychology, discourse theory, computational social science, feminist theory, regionalis…
Computer Science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Management science (4 works)