The German Physical Society's symbol acronym for the "physics", symbolized by the Greek letter Phi "Φ" of socio-economic "SOE" systems (which is reminiscent of James Maxwell’s Greek letter coding of thermodynamics as “θΔcs”.
Overview The work of German metallurgist, solid state thermodynamicist, and physical socio-economics professor Jurgen Mimkes, such as found in the 2006 book Econophysics and Sociophysics, is well-representative of the thermodynamics of social and economic phenomena, promoted under the guise of socio-economic physics.
In 2008, the German Physical Society reorganized to create the AGSOE or “Working (Arbeit) Group on Physics of Socio-Economic Systems, and is now organisationally on equal footing with all the classical disciplines of physics. [1]
American physicist Eugene Stanley was a keynote speaker at the 2012 AGSOE meeting.
Since 2002, the group has been awarding a “Young-Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics”. [2]
References 1. History (AKSOE/AGSOE becomes Φ∙SOE) – DPG-Physick.de. 2. News (Φ∙SOE) – DPG-Physick.de. 3. Chakrabarti, B.K., Chakraborti, A. and Chatterjee, A. (2006). Econophysics and Sociophysics: Trends and Perspectives. Wiley.
