Visiting Professor
perdi@umich.eduOffice Information:
Suite 700 Weiser Hall
500 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042
Recent Books
Repair - When and How to Improve Broken Objects, Ourselves, and Our Society
Propagates a new way of thinking about managing our resources. Offers to Zoomers, growing up in a world where it seems everything is falling apart. Provides an integrative framework for the theory and practice of repairing.
RANKING: The Unwritten Rules of the Social Game We All Play
Explains everyday experiences in political and cultural life through the lens of scientific theories. Reveals how ranking materializes the reality, illusion, and manipulation of objectivity. Offers highly accessible prose which combines scientific analysis of historical and contemporary events with entertaining personal stories.
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Dr. Péter Érdi Speaks at Brain Bar Festival in September 2022
Dr. Érdi was in good company speaking alongside Dr. Andrea Jones-Rooy - Complex Systems Alum and 'Data Acrobat' extraordinaire, any many others at Brain Bar in Budapest. The wonderful review of Dr. Érdi's talk (originally published in Hungarian) talks of the energy exuded by the speaker in his 'OKAYBOOMER' shirt. "The young audience was overwhelmed by the vitality and flow of words that he hurled at us, touching on almost every topic."
