Stefan Thurner (born 1969) is an Austrian physicist and complexity researcher.
He promoted the foundation of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna[4] and has been its president since 2015.
[5][6] The CSH Vienna is a research co-operation of six Austrian universities (Medical University of Vienna, TU Wien, Graz University of Technology, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Danube University Krems, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) and the Central European University, three research institutions (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology IMBA), and the Austrian Economic Chambers, with the aim to promote Big Data and complexity research in Austria.
[7] Stefan Thurner's research areas are the foundations of complex systems,[8] systemic risk,[9][10][11] network medicine, computational social sciences, and financial crisis.
[12][13] In 2018, Stefan Thurner was awarded "Scientist of the year 2017" in Austria.