计算社会科学:涵义、特点与前景——对美国计算社会科学专家的访谈

Computational social science:Connotation,characteristics and prospect——Interviews with American computational social science scholars

计算社会科学作为一个新兴的跨学科研究领域,目前社会科学界对其涵义、特点和前景的认识尚不充分且有较大分歧。本文就计算社会科学的一些基本问题对美国多位有重要影响的计算社会科学学者进行了访谈,包括计算社会科学的概念、与传统社会科学的关系、所生产知识的可靠性、面临的挑战以及发展前景等。访谈的目的是希望有助于深化国内学术界对计算社会科学的认识,进而推进相关研究工作。

Computational social science is an emerging interdisciplinary research field,and its connotation,characteristics and prospect have not been comprehended adequately by the circle of social science.In addition,there is a considerable divarication in these issues as well.Therefore,we interviewed several influential American computational social scientists on some basic questions about Computational Social Science,including its definition,relationship with traditional social science,reliability of the knowledge produced,main challenges and prospect,etc.Through these interviews,we hope to deepen domestic academia＇s understanding of Computational Social Science,and thus promote related research.