Recurrence-Based Analyses (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)

Sebastian Wallot obtained his diploma in psychology from the University of Trier (Germany) and his PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Cincinnati, OH (USA). After postdoctoral positions at the University of Aarhus (Denmark) and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt at the Main (Germany), he is currently working as Professor for research methods in psychology at Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany). His research if focused on joint action and reading from a dynamic systems perspective. Moreover, he is developing new analysis tools for time series – particularly in the area of recurrence and fractal analysis.

Giuseppe Leonardi obtained his MA degree in psychology from the University of Padua (Italy) and his PhD in experimental psychology at the University of Trieste (Italy). As a visiting student he was at the Center for Complex Systems at Florida Atlantic University (USA). His interests gradually focused on a dynamical approach in behavioral interactions and the methodological challenges this new approach requires. He especially concentrated on RQA and its applications to human language and cooperative behavior. From 2017 he has been at the University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw (Poland), where he serves as dean of the School of Human Sciences since 2019.