Transylvania Lectures with Complexity Scientist Peter Turchin: Can the Collapse of Societies Be Foreseen Through Scientific Methods?

“History is not merely a collection of stories. It has patterns that can be studied scientifically,” emphasized Peter Turchin, complexity scientist, in his lecture in Kolozsvár/Cluj. Turchin became known as one of the founders of Cliodynamics, the groundbreaking new interdisciplinary science of history, that blends biology, history, and mathematics to reveal long-term dynamics of human cooperation and disintegration. On September 25, 2025, the renowned researcher was invited by Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) as a guest lecturer in the Transylvania Lectures series.