Christopher Frantz
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., how we can automate the generation of robust smart contracts to solve governance challenges).
As part of my research, I am actively applying and further developing the Institutional Grammar originally proposed by Crawford and Ostrom) as a mechanism to represent institutions of diverse form and kind to make those accessible for computational treatment. Recent efforts include the development of the Institutional Grammar 2.0 as showcased in recent articles (see below) and the book "Institutional Grammar: Foundations and Applications for Institutional Analysis" (co-authored with Saba Siddiki). 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) and interests (e.g., theory and methodological development, content analyses, formal analyses, behavioural modeling).
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
2023
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Siddiki, Saba;
Frantz, Christopher Konstantin.
(2023)
Understanding regulation using the Institutional Grammar 2.0.
Regulation & Governance
Academic article
-
Khatami, Siamak;
Frantz, Christopher Konstantin.
(2023)
Copatrec: A correlation pattern recognizer Python package for nonlinear relations.
SoftwareX
Academic article
2022
-
Siddiki, Saba;
Frantz, Christopher.
(2022)
The institutional grammar in policy process research.
Policy Studies Journal (PSJ)
Editorial
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Afshar Sedigh, Amir Hosein;
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
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Afshar Sedigh, Amir Hosein;
Purvis, Martin K.;
Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy;
Purvis, Maryam A;
Frantz, Christopher.
(2021)
Impact of Meta-roles on the Evolution of Organisational Institutions.
Springer Nature
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Afshar Sedigh, Amir Hosein;
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.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Frantz, Christopher;
Siddiki, Saba.
(2021)
Institutional Grammar 2.0: A specification for encoding and analyzing institutional design.
Public Administration
Academic article
-
Aler Tubella, Andrea;
Cranefield, Stephen;
Frantz, Christopher;
Meneguzzi, Felipe;
Vasconcelos, Wamberto.
(2021)
Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems XIII.
Springer
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) (12298)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Siddiki, Saba;
Frantz, Christopher.
(2021)
New opportunities for institutional analysis in public administration research.
Public Administration
Academic article
2020
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Frantz, Christopher;
Siddiki, Saba.
(2020)
Institutional Grammar 2.0 Codebook.
arXiv
Report
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Frantz, Christopher.
(2020)
Unleashing the Agents: From a Descriptive to an Explanatory Perspective in Agent-Based Modelling.
Springer Nature
Chapter
2019
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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
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Zoto, Erjon;
Frantz, Christopher;
Øverby, Harald.
(2019)
Designing Serious Games for Cyber Ranges: A Socio-technical Approach.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Frantz, Christopher;
Ghorbani, Amineh.
(2019)
Inequality: Driver or Inhibitor of Collective Action?.
Springer Nature
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
-
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
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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;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso.
(2018)
CyberAIMs: A tool for teaching adversarial and systems thinking.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Frantz, Christopher Konstantin;
Pigozzi, Gabriella.
(2018)
Modelling Norm Dynamics in Multi-Agent Systems.
College Publications
Chapter
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Frantz, Christopher Konstantin;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso;
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
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Frantz, Christopher;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso;
Katt, Basel.
(2018)
A Pilot Study in Cyber Security Education Using CyberAIMs: A Simulation-Based Experiment.
Springer Publishing Company
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Journal publications
-
Siddiki, Saba;
Frantz, Christopher Konstantin.
(2023)
Understanding regulation using the Institutional Grammar 2.0.
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.
(2022)
The institutional grammar in policy process research.
Policy Studies Journal (PSJ)
Editorial
-
Afshar Sedigh, Amir Hosein;
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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;
Frantz, Christopher Konstantin;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso;
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
Books
-
Frantz, Christopher;
Siddiki, Saba.
(2022)
Institutional Grammar: Foundations and Applications for Institutional Analysis.
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic monograph
-
Aler Tubella, Andrea;
Cranefield, Stephen;
Frantz, Christopher;
Meneguzzi, Felipe;
Vasconcelos, Wamberto.
(2021)
Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems XIII.
Springer
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) (12298)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
-
Afshar Sedigh, Amir Hosein;
Purvis, Martin K.;
Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy;
Purvis, Maryam A;
Frantz, Christopher.
(2021)
Impact of Meta-roles on the Evolution of Organisational Institutions.
Springer Nature
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Afshar Sedigh, Amir Hosein;
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.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Frantz, Christopher.
(2020)
Unleashing the Agents: From a Descriptive to an Explanatory Perspective in Agent-Based Modelling.
Springer Nature
Chapter
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Zoto, Erjon;
Frantz, Christopher;
Øverby, Harald.
(2019)
Designing Serious Games for Cyber Ranges: A Socio-technical Approach.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Frantz, Christopher;
Ghorbani, Amineh.
(2019)
Inequality: Driver or Inhibitor of Collective Action?.
Springer Nature
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Katt, Basel;
Frantz, Christopher;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso.
(2018)
CyberAIMs: A tool for teaching adversarial and systems thinking.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Frantz, Christopher Konstantin;
Pigozzi, Gabriella.
(2018)
Modelling Norm Dynamics in Multi-Agent Systems.
College Publications
Chapter
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Frantz, Christopher;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso;
Katt, Basel.
(2018)
A Pilot Study in Cyber Security Education Using CyberAIMs: A Simulation-Based Experiment.
Springer Publishing Company
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Frantz, Christopher;
Siddiki, Saba.
(2020)
Institutional Grammar 2.0 Codebook.
arXiv
Report
Media
2022
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Academic lectureKianpour, 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
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Academic lectureNowostawski, Mariusz; Frantz, Christopher. (2019) Quasi-Social: Software as the 'Social' in Socio-Technical Design. AIS 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
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LectureFrantz, Christopher Konstantin. (2018) Unleashing the Agents: From a Descriptive to an Explanatory Perspective in Agent-based Modelling. Harko Verhagen Social Simulation Conference 2018 , Stockholm 2018-08-20 - 2018-08-24