Iza Romanowska

About

Associate Professor at the Social Resilience Lab, Center for Humanities Computing, Aarhus University. Main areas of research [methods]: Agent-based Modelling, Simulation, Complexity Science, Data Science, Python, High Performance Computing, Open Science Main areas of research [topics]: Urban Resilience, Computational Social Science, Digital Humanities, Cultural Evolution, Human Movement: from pedestrian movement to large-scale dispersals, Trade and exchange, Population dynamics. Working on applications of simulation techniques (particularly agent-based modelling) within SSH, from Palaeolithic dispersals and Roman trade to modern pedestrian simulations. For publications and presentations see: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Iza-Romanowska

Work

Aarhus University
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VIP, Associate Professor

Denmark

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Aarhus University
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Fellow

Denmark

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Barcelona Supercomputing Center
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Senior Postdoctoral Researcher

Spain

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Education

University of Southampton
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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PhD

University of Southampton
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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MPhil in Archaeology

Uniwersytet Jagiellonski w Krakowie
Poland

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MA in Archaeology

Publications

‘Slow down, one detail at the time!’ the influence of reflective-impulsive cognitive style on the recollection of criminal events

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Psychological Research

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‘Slow down, one detail at the time!’ the influence of reflective-impulsive cognitive style on the recollection of criminal events

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Psychological Research

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Bad year econometrics: Agent-based modeling of risk management strategies under varying regimes of environmental change

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Science Advances

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Bad year econometrics: Agent-based modeling of risk management strategies under varying regimes of environmental change

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Science Advances

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Bad year econometrics

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Science Advances

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Migration, niche construction and demography

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ENE25, 2nd Conference on the Emergence of the Neolithic in Europe, Zadar, Croatia, 22/05/2025

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Monetary Commons: a new public institution for reframing Basic Income as a Personal Dividend

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It is not real until it feels real

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Behavior Research Methods

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How emotions shape memory?

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Frontiers in Psychology

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Modelling of factors underlying the evolution of human language

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Adaptive Behavior

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Bibliometric Analysis of Agent-Based Simulation in Archaeology: People, Topics, and Future Prospects

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Digital Archaeology: Promises and Impasses

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Complexity Science and Networks in Archaeology

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The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Network Research

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It is not real until it feels real: Testing a new method for simulation of eyewitness experience with virtual reality technology and equipment

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Behavior Research Methods

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Proceedings of the Computational Humanities Research Conference 2023

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CEUR Workshop Proceedings

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Modelling an Urban Hinterland

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Exchange and Reuse in Roman Palmyra

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Specification and Description Language Models Automatic Execution in a High-Performance Environment

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Computers

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Food security in Roman Palmyra (Syria) in light of paleoclimatological evidence and its historical implications

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PLOS ONE

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A Study of the Centuries-Long Reliance on Local Ceramics in Jerash Through Full Quantification and Simulation

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

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A Study of the Centuries-Long Reliance on Local Ceramics in Jerash Through Full Quantification and Simulation

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

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Copying of economic strategies in eastern Mediterranean inter-regional tableware trade

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Simulating Roman Economies

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On Building FORVM

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Re-Rolling the Past

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Sensitivity analysis in archaeological simulation

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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Three hundred years of Palmyrene history. Unlocking archaeological data for studying past societal transformations

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P L o S One

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Conference outline: Modelling Urban Hinterland

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Exchange and Reuse: Economy and Circularity at Roman Palmyra, Aarhus, Denmark, 11/10/2021

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Evaluating Environmental Kuznets Curves through Archaeological Data

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Journal of Urban Archaeology

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Historical Trajectories of Palmyra's Elites through the Lens of Archaeological Data

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Journal of Urban Archaeology

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Urbanization and Riverine Hinterlands

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Journal of Urban Archaeology

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Reconstructing the social, economic and demographic trends of Palmyra's elite from funerary data

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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Reconstructing the social, economic and demographic trends of Palmyra's elite from funerary data

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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Agent-Based Modeling for Archaeology

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Agent-Based Modeling for Archaeology

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Sensitivity analysis in archaeological simulation: An application to the MERCURY model

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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Trends in ceramic assemblages from the Northwest Quarter of Gerasa/Jerash, Jordan

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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Tableware trade in the Roman East: Exploring cultural and economic transmission with agent-based modelling and approximate Bayesian computation

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PLOS ONE

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Tableware trade in the Roman East: Exploring cultural and economic transmission with agent-based modelling and approximate Bayesian computation

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PLOS ONE

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Ceramics in cities in context

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Hellenistic and Roman Gerasa

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Formal Modelling Approaches to Complexity Science in Roman Studies: A Manifesto

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Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

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Agent-Based Modeling for Archaeologists: Part 1 of 3

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Advances in Archaeological Practice

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Agent-Based Modeling for Archaeologists: Part 1 of 3

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Agent-Based Modeling for Archaeologists: Part 1 of 3

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Advances in Archaeological Practice

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Agent-Based Modeling for Archaeologists: Part 1 of 3

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Advances in archaeological practice

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Combining Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Models in Archaeology: Part 2 of 3

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Advances in Archaeological Practice

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Combining Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Models in Archaeology: Part 2 of 3

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Advances in archaeological practice

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Outreach in Archaeology with Agent-Based Modeling: Part 3 of 3

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Advances in Archaeological Practice

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Outreach in Archaeology with Agent-Based Modeling: Part 3 of 3

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Outreach in Archaeology with Agent-Based Modeling: Part 3 of 3

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Advances in archaeological practice

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Outreach in Archaeology with Agent-Based Modeling: Part 3 of 3

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Advances in Archaeological Practice

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Digitally Teaching Digital Skills: Lessons Drawn from a Small Private Online Course (SPOC) on ‘Modelling and Simulation in Archaeology’ at Leiden University

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Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology

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Digitally Teaching Digital Skills: Lessons Drawn from a Small Private Online Course (SPOC) on ‘Modelling and Simulation in Archaeology’ at Leiden University

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Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology

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Urban networks seen through ceramics: Formal modelling approaches to pottery distribution in Jerash

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Urban Network Evolutions. Towards a high-definition archaeology

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Using Agent-Based Modelling to Infer Economic Processes in the Past

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Quantifying Ancient Economies. Problems and Methodologies

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Using agent-based modelling to infer economic processes in the past

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Quantifying Ancient Economies. Problems and Methodologies

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Urban networks seen through ceramics: Formal modelling approaches to pottery distribution in Jerash

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Urban Network Evolutions

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Dispersal and the Movius Line: Testing the effect of dispersal on population density through simulation

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Quaternary International

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Looking for the Palaeolithic in Central Europe: Research, Impact, and Geopolitics

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Archaeology of the Communist Era

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Looking for the Palaeolithic in Central Europe: Research, Impact, and Geopolitics

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Archaeology of the Communist Era

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Dispersal and the Movius Line:

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Quaternary International

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So You Think You Can Model ? A Guide to Building and Evaluating Archaeological Simulation Models of Dispersals

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Human Biology

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Agent-based Modelling and Archaeological Hypothesis Testing: the Case Study of the European Lower Palaeolithic

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Accross Space and Time. Papers from the 41st Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Perth, 25-28 March 2013

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Agent-based Modelling and Archaeological Hypothesis Testing: the Case Study of the European Lower Palaeolithic

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Accross Space and Time. Papers from the 41st Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Perth, 25-28 March 2013

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So You Think You Can Model ? A Guide to Building and Evaluating Archaeological Simulation Models of Dispersals

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Human Biology

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A reconstructed reduction sequence for curved bifacial stone tools from the eastern La Plata basin, Argentina

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Lithics: the Journal of the Lithic Studies Society

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A reconstructed reduction sequence for curved bifacial stone tools from the eastern La Plata basin, Argentina

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Lithics: the Journal of the Lithic Studies Society

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Archaeology in the Digital Era. Papers from the 40th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26-30 March 2012

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Archaeology in the Digital Era. Papers from the 40th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26-30 March 2012

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Revive the Past. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA). Proceedings of the 39th International Conference, Beijing, April 12-16

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Revive the Past. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA). Proceedings of the 39th International Conference, Beijing, April 12-16

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Unravelling the Palaeolithic. Ten years of research at the Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins (CAHO, University of Southampton)

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Unravelling the Palaeolithic. Ten years of research at the Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins (CAHO, University of Southampton)

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