Scott Page

John Seely Brown Distinguished University Professor of Complexity, Social Science, and Management
Williamson Family Professor of Business Administration
Professor of Management and Organizations, Ross
Professor of Political Science, Professor of Complex Systems, Professor of Economics, LS&A

Education
PhD Northwestern University 1993
MA Northwestern University 1990
MA University of Wisconsin 1988
AB University of Michigan 1985
Biography

Scott E Page’s research focuses on the function of diversity in complex social systems, the potential for collective intelligence, and the design of institutions for meeting the challenges of a complex world. 

A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, Scott was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011, and in 2019, he was awarded a Distinguished University Professorship from the University of Michigan, the university’s highest academic honor. He is a member of the Science Board at the Santa Fe Institute

He is the author of more than one hundred research papers in a variety of fields including: game theory, economics, political theory, formal political science, sociology, psychology, philosophy, physics, public health, geography, computer science, and management.   In 2021, he helped to launch and now edits the Journal of Collective Intelligence.

His fifth book,The Model Thinker, was published by Basic Books in November 2018, and has been an Amazon Best Seller in more than ten categories and is being translated into five languages.  His previous books include, the Axios award winning, The Diversity Bonus, published in September 2017 with Princeton University Press and the Mellon Foundation, The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies (2008)and Complex Adaptive Social Systems (2009).

Scott has filmed two video series for The Great Courses and his online course Model Thinking has attracted over a million participants. A frequent public speaker, Scott has presented to the CIA, NASA, Bloomberg, Google, Boeing, the IMF, Genentech, Gilead, and AT Kearney.  Scott has also been a featured speaker at The New York Times New Work Summit, Google Re:Work, The World Economic Forum – Davos, and The Aspen Ideas Festival.  Scott has consulted with the Federal Reserve System, the White House office of Personnel, Yahoo! Ford, DARPA, Procter and Gamble, BlackRock, and AB InBev.  

A native of Yankee Springs Michigan, Scott holds a BA in mathematics from The University of Michigan, and MA from The University of Wisconsin, and an MS and PhD in managerial economics and decision sciences from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. Scott lives in Ann Arbor, MI, with his wife, University of Michigan political science professor Jenna Bednar and their dogs Oda and Hildy.  Their two sons, Orrie (20) and Cooper (18) attend college at MIT and the School of the Art Institute.

Latest Faculty News & Research
The range of collective accuracy for binary classifications under majority rule
Authors
Hong and Page
Published Date
01/2024
Authors
Hong and Page
Source
Economic Theory
``Individual selection criteria for optimal team composition''
Authors
Page and Hong
Published Date
12/2023
Authors
Page and Hong
Source
Theory And Decision
Editorial to the Inaugural Issue of Collective Intelligence
Authors
Tom Malone, Jessica Flack, Jeff Mulgan, Panos Ipiertos, and Scott Page
Published Date
2022
Authors
Tom Malone, Jessica Flack, Jeff Mulgan, Panos Ipiertos, and Scott Page
Source
Collective Intelligence
Volume
1
Issue
1
Hybrid Predictive Ensembles: Synergies Between Human and Computational Forecasts
Authors
Lu Hong, PJ Lamberson, Scott Page
Published Date
2022
Authors
Lu Hong, PJ Lamberson, Scott Page
Source
Journal of Social Computing
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
81-102
Supplier-Selection Practices for Robust Global Supply Chain Networks
Authors
Maxim Sytch, Yong Kim, and Scott Page
Published Date
2022
Authors
Maxim Sytch, Yong Kim, and Scott Page
Source
California Management Review
Volume
64
Issue
2
Pages
E
Cultural Drift, Indirect Minority Influence, Network Structure and Their Impacts on Cultural Change and Diversity
Authors
Jin Jung, John, Miller, Scott Page
Published Date
04/2021
Authors
Jin Jung, John, Miller, Scott Page
Source
American Psychologist
Volume
1
Issue
1
Pages
xx-xx
The emergence and perils of polarization
Authors
Delia Baldassarri, Scott Page
Published Date
2021
Authors
Delia Baldassarri, Scott Page
Source
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
Volume
118
Issue
50
Pages
E
Representation in models of epistemic democracy'
Authors
P Grim, A Bramson, DJ Singer, WJ Berger, J Jung and S E. Page
Published Date
06/2020
Authors
P Grim, A Bramson, DJ Singer, WJ Berger, J Jung and S E. Page
Source
Episteme
Volume
17
Issue
4
Pages
498-518
``Reopening the Office? Here’s How to Stymie Transmission of Covid-19.'
Authors
Scott E Page
Published Date
06/2020
Authors
Scott E Page
Source
Harvard Business Review
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
1
Directional behavioral spillover and cognitive load effects in multiple repeated games.
Authors
Bednar, J, Liu, T, Chen, Y, and Page, S.
Published Date
2019
Authors
Bednar, J, Liu, T, Chen, Y, and Page, S.
Source
Experimental Economics
Volume
22
Issue
1
Pages
705-734
Optimal Team Composition for Tool Based Problem Solving
Authors
Bendor, J. and S. Page
Published Date
2019
Authors
Bendor, J. and S. Page
Source
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
Volume
28
Issue
4
Pages
734-764
MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC OPINION: AN ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK
Authors
National Academies of Sciences (I was member of expert panel that supervised the study)
Published Date
2022
Authors
National Academies of Sciences (I was member of expert panel that supervised the study)
Source
National Academies of Sciences
978-0-309-27340-4
The Model Thinker (Paperpback with new intro and New Chapter on Covid). So this should count as a new book chapter!!
Authors
Scott E Page
Published Date
2021
Authors
Scott E Page
Source
Basic Books
1541675711
Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology
Authors
Scott Page
Published Date
2022
Authors
Scott Page
Source
Edward Elger
Pages
25
The Many Model Approach
Gianluca Manzo
Complexity Economics
Authors
Scott Page
Published Date
03/2021
Authors
Scott Page
Source
Santa Fe Institute
Pages
243-253
"The Equilibrist and Complexologist Can Be Friends'' in {\em Complexity Economics: Dialogues of The Applied Complexity Network
David Krakauer, Brian Arthur