Speaker
Christian Hilbe
(Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology)
Description
The study of cooperation is one of the landmark applications of evolutionary game theory. The respective literature explores why individuals may cooperate even when there are strong incentives to defect. In a broader sense, this literature also explores related questions, such as how social norms evolve over time, or why human behavior is subject to certain quirks (such as: why do we value modesty?) In this talk, I will first give a summary of the mechanisms for cooperation that have been proposed. This part will also highlight some of the wider literature that I find particularly interesting. In the end, I will speculate about possible future directions.
