The application of incentives, such as reward and punishment, is a frequently applied way
for promoting cooperation among interacting individuals in structured populations. However …

Both conventional wisdom and empirical evidence suggest that arranging a prior
commitment or agreement before an interaction takes place enhances the chance of …

Institutions can provide incentives to enhance cooperation in a population where this
behaviour is infrequent. This process is costly, and it is thus important to optimize the overall …

Institutions and investors face the constant challenge of making accurate decisions and
predictions regarding how best they should distribute their endowments. The problem of …

A complex web of social and moral norms governs many everyday human behaviors, acting
as the glue for social harmony. The existence of moral norms helps elucidate the …

One landmark application of evolutionary game theory is the study of social dilemmas. This
literature explores why people cooperate even when there are strong incentives to defect …

Humans have developed considerable machinery used at scale to create policies and to
distribute incentives, yet we are forever seeking ways in which to improve upon these, our …

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly embedded in our lives, their presence
leads to interactions that shape our behaviour, decision-making and social interactions …

Indirect reciprocity is an important mechanism for promoting cooperation among self-
interested agents. Simplified, it means “you help me; therefore somebody else will help …

According to the evolutionary death-birth protocol, a player is chosen randomly to die and
neighbors compete for the available position proportional to their fitness. Hence, the status …