A non-profit scientific association · founded 2026
A lasting home for the international community studying collective dynamics — and the conferences it grew from, PED and TGF.
Mission
Our field was never built by one kind of person, or one country. Physicists, engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists and psychologists, working on the same crowds. The conferences worked because nobody owned them and everyone was welcome.
The IACD exists to keep that community open and together — across countries, disciplines and career stages — and to safeguard the continuity and quality of the science it grew from. A field that closes in on itself stops surprising itself.
What we do
Organise and support the PED and TGF conferences, workshops and symposia under one international umbrella.
Provide the legal and organisational continuity these conferences need from one edition to the next.
Foster interdisciplinary, international collaboration and good scientific practice.
Back early-career researchers and the open exchange of ideas.
Membership is open to anyone who supports these aims. Free for the year you attend PED or TGF.