@inproceedings{SzczepanskaPriebeSchroeder, author = {Szczepanska, Timo and Priebe, Max and Schr{\"o}der, Tobias}, title = {Teaching the Complexity of Urban Systems with Participatory Social Simulation}, series = {Advances in Social Simulation}, booktitle = {Advances in Social Simulation}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-030-34127-5}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-34127-5_43}, pages = {427 -- 439}, abstract = {We describe how we use social simulation as a core method in a new master's program designed to teach future leaders of urban change to deal with the complexity inherent in current societal transformations. We start by depicting the challenges with regard to cross-disciplinary knowledge integration and overcoming value-based, rigid thinking styles that inevitably arise in the process of solving ecological, technological, or social problems in cities new and old. Next, we describe a course based on urban modeling and participatory approaches, designed to meet those challenges. We reflect on our first experience with this approach and discuss future developments and research needs.}, subject = {Verst{\"a}dterung}, language = {en} }