From Spins to Birds to Traders: Model Adaptation in the Study of Critical Behavior (MACBeh)

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MACBeh project with a little bit of tango flavour and Chilean politics appeared on an Austrian TV channel (ORF, Salzburg Heute) on Sunday, 11th of January 2026. For the full video with English subtitles, click on the link below: Philosophin erforscht Ordnung on Vimeo

In an interview published by the Austrian newspaper Die Presse  on November 15, 2025 , journalist Claudia Lagler  highlights Palacios’ use of phase transitions (the process by which systems such as water shift between liquid, solid, and gas) to explore whether similar structural flips occur in biological or social domains. Central to her work is criticality , a critical point where small triggers can coordinate and reorient entire systems, producing large effects. https://ww