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What is CoCCoN?

Our interdisciplinary network provides a unique collaborative environment for research and exchange on the emergence of cooperation and collective cognition in human and animal systems. It includes scientists from such different fields as biology, physics, psychology, social sciences, economics, and engineering, with both empirical and theoretical backgrounds.

Our aim is to focus on two main questions: (1) the impact of variable environments on evolution and persistence of cooperation, and (2) fundamental dynamics governing the spreading of behavior, so-called “behavioral contagion”, and its role in collective cognition. Specific attention will be paid to possible applications of the research towards promoting sustainability in coupled socio-economic-environmental systems and understanding collective risk perception in human and animal groups.

A core part of the network activity will be (1) two interdisciplinary workshops, and (2) a research-based CoCCoN-Q-Course for senior undergraduates and young graduate students (Master & 1st year PhD level), which will give students the opportunity to gather early experience in international collaboration, while working on self-determined projects. A special methodological focus of the network will be novel visualization methods for presentation and analysis of complex network data.


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