Scott E. Page to Present Allan H. Friedman Lecture Aug. 29

Scott E. Page, PhD, director of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems at the University of Michigan, will present the Allan H. Friedman Lecture on August 29, 2018. 

Page is the author of four books on the topics of complexity theory and the benefits and costs of diversity: The DifferenceComplex Adaptive Social Systems, Diversity and Complexity, and The Diversity Bonus.

His research focuses on the roles that diversity plays in complex systems, exploring questions of  how diversity happens and if diversity makes a system more productive or robust. He lectures widely at schools and universities, corporations, government agencies, and nonprofits. His past clients include Google, International Monetary Fund, Ford Motor Company, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the US Department of Education, the League of Black Women, the United States Airforce, the Chrysler Corporation, Mercedes Benz, Johnson Controls, Selective Insurance, Legg Mason, Stryker Corporation, Ariel Capital, Motorola – Japan, John Deere, the Roeper School, Sandia National Laboratory, the Aspen Ideas Festival, Sandvik, Total, Vermont Oxford Network, Tyco, ING, and the National Institutes of Health.

Page has also authored papers in a variety of disciplines, including economics, political science, computer science, management, physics, public health, geography, urban planning, engineering, and history.

At the University of Michigan, Page teaches courses in game theory, institutional design, microeconomics, and complex systems.

He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.


The Allan H. Friedman lecture series, established in 2014 and named in honor of the acclaimed Duke neurosurgeon, is an annual event that features high-profile speakers presenting on a variety of topics to faculty and residents of Duke University School of Medicine. Past speakers:

2017, Timothy Trainor, PhD, "Developing Our Next Generation to Lead the Profession: How Grit Applies"

2016, Jeffrey Macklis, MD, "Generating and Regenerating the Cerebral Cortex: From Neuron Subtype Development and Diversity to Implementation at the Growth Cone"

2014, Charlie Teo, MD, "The Changing Face of Neurosurgery"

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