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Christopher Frantz

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Christopher Frantz

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science

christopher.frantz@ntnu.no
+4773559702 Ametyst-bygget, A205, Gjøvik
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About

I am a computational social scientist interested in the modelling and analysis institutions, where institutions are understood as manifestations of social behaviour, such as conventions, norms (i.e., socially enforced behaviour) and rules (e.g., legal rules enforced via laws and regulations). My research includes

  • the use of agent-based simulations to analyse and explain observed human behaviour (understanding the functioning of complex social systems), 
  • the encoding of laws and regulation and their representation in software (how we can make policies accessible to both humans and machines),
  • the computational analysis of institutions with respect to their complexity as well as associated dynamics (e.g., evaluating the structure and effect of existing/novel policy, and their interaction with social behaviour),
  • the development of technology that performs institutional functions in the real world (e.g., fostering decentralized governance).

As part of my research, I am actively applying and further developing the Institutional Grammar (originally proposed by Crawford and Ostrom) into an analytical paradigm to study institutions of diverse form and kind to make those accessible to computational analysis, enabling novel analytical opportunities within the area of policy analysis and beyond. Associated efforts include the development of the Institutional Grammar 2.0 conceptually developed in articles (see below) and the book "Institutional Grammar: Foundations and Applications for Institutional Analysis" (co-authored with Saba Siddiki), as well as the development of software facilitating rigorous encoding and analysis. I am further involved in the Institutional Grammar Research Initiative (IGRI) whose mission is to provide a shared umbrella to all those interested in institutional analysis - irrespective of their disciplinary background (e.g., institutional and policy/legal scholars, social scientists more broadly, computer scientists, policy practitioners), interests (e.g., theory and methodological development, content analyses, formal analyses, behavioural modeling) and experience level (early-stage to senior researchers).

Besides my research, at NTNU I am teaching in the areas of cloud technologies and coordinate the Master in Applied Computer Science Programme (MACS).

For more details and an overview of publications, please refer to the links to my website.

Competencies

  • Agent-based Modelling
  • Agent-based Simulation
  • Blockchain Technology
  • Blockchain-based Governance
  • Computational social science
  • Institutional Analysis
  • Institutional Grammar
  • Institutional Modelling
  • Institutional Science
  • Institutions
  • Multi-Agent Systems
  • New Institutional Economics
  • Normative Modelling
  • Normative Multi-Agent Systems
  • Policy Analysis
  • Policy Modelling
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Social Simulation
  • Social norms

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2025

  • Khatami, Siamak; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin; Moses, Jonathon Wayne. (2025) AI-Enhanced ABM Development: Facilitating Agent-based Modeling using Artificial Intelligence. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral dissertation

2024

  • Khatami, Siamak; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2024) Income Versus Demand: Exploring Dynamics of Poverty Lines Using Agent-Based Modeling.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kianpour, Mazaher; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2024) Analysis of Institutional Design of European Union Cyber Incident and Crisis Management as a Complex Public Good. Regulation & Governance
    Academic article

2023

  • Khatami, Siamak; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2023) Copatrec: A correlation pattern recognizer Python package for nonlinear relations. SoftwareX
    Academic article
  • Siddiki, Saba; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2023) Understanding the Effects of Social Value Orientations in Shaping Regulatory Outcomes through Agent-Based Modeling: An Application in Organic Farming. International Review of Public Policy (IRPP)
    Academic article
  • Siddiki, Saba; Brady, Ute; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2023) The Institutional Grammar: Evolving Directions in Current Research. International Review of Public Policy (IRPP)
    Academic article
  • Siddiki, Saba; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2023) Understanding regulation using the Institutional Grammar 2.0. Regulation & Governance
    Academic article

2022

  • Siddiki, Saba; Frantz, Christopher. (2022) The institutional grammar in policy process research. Policy Studies Journal (PSJ)
    Editorial
  • Sedigh, Amir Hosein Afshar; Purvis, Martin K; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Frantz, Christopher; Purvis, Maryam A. (2022) A Comparative Study on Apprenticeship Systems Using Agent-Based Simulation. JASSS : Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
    Academic article
  • Frantz, Christopher; Siddiki, Saba. (2022) Institutional Grammar: Foundations and Applications for Institutional Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave Macmillan
    Academic monograph

2021

  • Tubella, Andrea Aler; Cranefield, Stephen; Frantz, Christopher; Meneguzzi, Felipe; Vasconcelos, Wamberto. (2021) Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems XIII. Springer Springer
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Frantz, Christopher; Siddiki, Saba. (2021) Institutional Grammar 2.0: A specification for encoding and analyzing institutional design. Public Administration
    Academic article
  • Sedigh, Amir Hosein Afshar; Purvis, Martin K.; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Purvis, Maryam A; Frantz, Christopher. (2021) Impact of Meta-roles on the Evolution of Organisational Institutions.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Sedigh, Amir Hosein Afshar; Purvis, Martin K.; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Frantz, Christopher; Purvis, Maryam A. (2021) Impact of Different Belief Facets on Agents’ Decision—A Refined Cognitive Architecture to Model the Interaction Between Organisations' Institutional Characteristics and Agents' Behaviour.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Siddiki, Saba; Frantz, Christopher. (2021) New opportunities for institutional analysis in public administration research. Public Administration
    Academic article

2020

  • Frantz, Christopher; Siddiki, Saba. (2020) Institutional Grammar 2.0 Codebook. arXiv arXiv
    Report
  • Frantz, Christopher. (2020) Unleashing the Agents: From a Descriptive to an Explanatory Perspective in Agent-Based Modelling.
    Chapter

2019

  • Frantz, Christopher; Ghorbani, Amineh. (2019) Inequality: Driver or Inhibitor of Collective Action?.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kianpour, Mazaher; Øverby, Harald; Kowalski, Stewart James; Frantz, Christopher. (2019) Social Preferences in Decision Making Under Cybersecurity Risks and Uncertainties. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
    Academic article
  • Kianpour, Mazaher; Kowalski, Stewart James; Zoto, Erjon; Frantz, Christopher; Øverby, Harald. (2019) Designing Serious Games for Cyber Ranges: A Socio-technical Approach.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Sedigh, Amir Hosein Afshar; Frantz, Christopher; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Purvis, Martin K; Purvis, Maryam A. (2019) A Comparison of Two Historical Trader Societies – An Agent-Based Simulation Study of English East India Company and New-Julfa. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
    Academic article
  • Nowostawski, Mariusz; Frantz, Christopher. (2019) Quasi-social software as the 'social' in socio-technical design. CEUR Workshop Proceedings
    Academic article
  • Frantz, Christopher Konstantin; Pigozzi, Gabriella. (2019) Modelling Norm Dynamics in Multi-Agent Systems. Journal of Applied Logics (JAL-FLAP)
    Academic article

2018

  • Zoto, Erjon; Kowalski, Stewart James; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin; Rojas, Edgar Alonso Lopez; Katt, Basel. (2018) A Pilot Study in Cyber Security Education Using CyberAIMs: A Simulation-Based Experiment. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
    Academic article
  • Frantz, Christopher Konstantin; Pigozzi, Gabriella. (2018) Modelling Norm Dynamics in Multi-Agent Systems.
    Chapter
  • Moore, Antoni; Nowostawski, Mariusz; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin; Hulbe, Christina. (2018) Comic Strip Narratives in Time Geography. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
    Academic article
  • Zoto, Erjon; Kowalski, Stewart James; Katt, Basel; Frantz, Christopher; Rojas, Edgar Alonso Lopez. (2018) CyberAIMs: A tool for teaching adversarial and systems thinking.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Zoto, Erjon; Kowalski, Stewart James; Frantz, Christopher; Rojas, Edgar Alonso Lopez; Katt, Basel. (2018) A Pilot Study in Cyber Security Education Using CyberAIMs: A Simulation-Based Experiment.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

  • Kianpour, Mazaher; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2024) Analysis of Institutional Design of European Union Cyber Incident and Crisis Management as a Complex Public Good. Regulation & Governance
    Academic article
  • Khatami, Siamak; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2023) Copatrec: A correlation pattern recognizer Python package for nonlinear relations. SoftwareX
    Academic article
  • Siddiki, Saba; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2023) Understanding the Effects of Social Value Orientations in Shaping Regulatory Outcomes through Agent-Based Modeling: An Application in Organic Farming. International Review of Public Policy (IRPP)
    Academic article
  • Siddiki, Saba; Brady, Ute; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2023) The Institutional Grammar: Evolving Directions in Current Research. International Review of Public Policy (IRPP)
    Academic article
  • Siddiki, Saba; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2023) Understanding regulation using the Institutional Grammar 2.0. Regulation & Governance
    Academic article
  • Siddiki, Saba; Frantz, Christopher. (2022) The institutional grammar in policy process research. Policy Studies Journal (PSJ)
    Editorial
  • Sedigh, Amir Hosein Afshar; Purvis, Martin K; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Frantz, Christopher; Purvis, Maryam A. (2022) A Comparative Study on Apprenticeship Systems Using Agent-Based Simulation. JASSS : Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
    Academic article
  • Frantz, Christopher; Siddiki, Saba. (2021) Institutional Grammar 2.0: A specification for encoding and analyzing institutional design. Public Administration
    Academic article
  • Siddiki, Saba; Frantz, Christopher. (2021) New opportunities for institutional analysis in public administration research. Public Administration
    Academic article
  • Kianpour, Mazaher; Øverby, Harald; Kowalski, Stewart James; Frantz, Christopher. (2019) Social Preferences in Decision Making Under Cybersecurity Risks and Uncertainties. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
    Academic article
  • Sedigh, Amir Hosein Afshar; Frantz, Christopher; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Purvis, Martin K; Purvis, Maryam A. (2019) A Comparison of Two Historical Trader Societies – An Agent-Based Simulation Study of English East India Company and New-Julfa. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
    Academic article
  • Nowostawski, Mariusz; Frantz, Christopher. (2019) Quasi-social software as the 'social' in socio-technical design. CEUR Workshop Proceedings
    Academic article
  • Frantz, Christopher Konstantin; Pigozzi, Gabriella. (2019) Modelling Norm Dynamics in Multi-Agent Systems. Journal of Applied Logics (JAL-FLAP)
    Academic article
  • Zoto, Erjon; Kowalski, Stewart James; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin; Rojas, Edgar Alonso Lopez; Katt, Basel. (2018) A Pilot Study in Cyber Security Education Using CyberAIMs: A Simulation-Based Experiment. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
    Academic article
  • Moore, Antoni; Nowostawski, Mariusz; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin; Hulbe, Christina. (2018) Comic Strip Narratives in Time Geography. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
    Academic article

Books

  • Frantz, Christopher; Siddiki, Saba. (2022) Institutional Grammar: Foundations and Applications for Institutional Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave Macmillan
    Academic monograph
  • Tubella, Andrea Aler; Cranefield, Stephen; Frantz, Christopher; Meneguzzi, Felipe; Vasconcelos, Wamberto. (2021) Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems XIII. Springer Springer
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

  • Khatami, Siamak; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2024) Income Versus Demand: Exploring Dynamics of Poverty Lines Using Agent-Based Modeling.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Sedigh, Amir Hosein Afshar; Purvis, Martin K.; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Purvis, Maryam A; Frantz, Christopher. (2021) Impact of Meta-roles on the Evolution of Organisational Institutions.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Sedigh, Amir Hosein Afshar; Purvis, Martin K.; Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy; Frantz, Christopher; Purvis, Maryam A. (2021) Impact of Different Belief Facets on Agents’ Decision—A Refined Cognitive Architecture to Model the Interaction Between Organisations' Institutional Characteristics and Agents' Behaviour.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Frantz, Christopher. (2020) Unleashing the Agents: From a Descriptive to an Explanatory Perspective in Agent-Based Modelling.
    Chapter
  • Frantz, Christopher; Ghorbani, Amineh. (2019) Inequality: Driver or Inhibitor of Collective Action?.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kianpour, Mazaher; Kowalski, Stewart James; Zoto, Erjon; Frantz, Christopher; Øverby, Harald. (2019) Designing Serious Games for Cyber Ranges: A Socio-technical Approach.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Frantz, Christopher Konstantin; Pigozzi, Gabriella. (2018) Modelling Norm Dynamics in Multi-Agent Systems.
    Chapter
  • Zoto, Erjon; Kowalski, Stewart James; Katt, Basel; Frantz, Christopher; Rojas, Edgar Alonso Lopez. (2018) CyberAIMs: A tool for teaching adversarial and systems thinking.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Zoto, Erjon; Kowalski, Stewart James; Frantz, Christopher; Rojas, Edgar Alonso Lopez; Katt, Basel. (2018) A Pilot Study in Cyber Security Education Using CyberAIMs: A Simulation-Based Experiment.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Khatami, Siamak; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin; Moses, Jonathon Wayne. (2025) AI-Enhanced ABM Development: Facilitating Agent-based Modeling using Artificial Intelligence. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Frantz, Christopher; Siddiki, Saba. (2020) Institutional Grammar 2.0 Codebook. arXiv arXiv
    Report

Outreach

2023

  • Poster
    Khatami, Siamak; Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2023) Correlation Pattern Recognizer (Copatrec): Automating Nonlinear Model Selection from Data. 18th Social Simulation Conference (SCC2023) , Glasgow 2023-09-04 - 2023-09-08

2022

  • Academic lecture
    Kianpour, Mazaher; Frantz, Christopher. (2022) Analysis of institutional design of European Union cyber incidents and crises management as a complex public good. The Second Annual IGRI Conference , New York 2022-06-20 - 2022-06-22

2019

  • Academic lecture
    Nowostawski, Mariusz; Frantz, Christopher. (2019) Quasi-Social: Software as the 'Social' in Socio-Technical Design. 5th International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS Development STPIS 2019 co-located with 27th European Conference on Information Systems ECIS 2019 , Stockholm 2019-06-10 - 2019-06-11

2018

  • Lecture
    Frantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2018) Unleashing the Agents: From a Descriptive to an Explanatory Perspective in Agent-based Modelling. Social Simulation Conference 2018 , Stockholm 2018-08-20 - 2018-08-24

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