80 scientists and practioners from Europe, the USA, and Asia participated in the 8^th European Social Simulation Association Conference, held at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Salzburg, from September 10-14, 2012. A broad discussion about modeling and simulation techniques in the social sciences dominated the conference. Apart from a publication in the series Salzburger Geographische Arbeiten (vol. 48, obtainable from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) a new publication with topics of a spatially explicit coupling of social phenomena and processes can be now announced. Please contact LIT publisher (http://www.lit-verlag.de) to order this book.