Thomas Chesney is a British–Irish Professor of

computational social science Computational social science is an interdisciplinary academic sub-field concerned with computational approaches to the social sciences. This means that computers are used to model, simulate, and analyze social phenomena. It has been applied in a ...

at Nottingham University Business School. Born in

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, Chesney uses

simulation A simulation is an imitative representation of a process or system that could exist in the real world. In this broad sense, simulation can often be used interchangeably with model. Sometimes a clear distinction between the two terms is made, in ...

to study

economic behaviour Consumer behaviour is the study of individuals, groups, or organisations and all activities associated with the purchase, use and disposal of goods and services. It encompasses how the consumer's emotions, attitudes, and preferences affec ...

such as the problem of

modern slavery Contemporary slavery, also sometimes known as modern slavery or neo-slavery, refers to institutional slavery that continues to exist in the 21st century. Estimates of the number of enslaved people range from around 38 million to 49.6 million, d ...

. He is also the coauthor of a widely used

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, ''Principles of Business Information Systems''.

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External links

Personal website at the University of Nottingham
Living people Academics of the University of Nottingham Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scientist-stub