Cooperation Studies!
Twenty years ago this February, I presented a TED talk (1 1/2 million views so far), calling for an interdisciplinary study of cooperation. Fifteen years ago, Andrea Saveri and I presented a series of lectures about the interdiscipline(s) of cooperation at Stanford. Over the past ten years, I taught an online course on "introduction to cooperation studies." Now it looks like it is really happening. In Amsterdam and Arizona:
People cooperate to enjoy mutually satisfying relationships, create productive organizations, maintain societal institutions, and conserve valuable resources. Yet, all-too-often people fail to cooperate. The Amsterdam Cooperation Lab (ACL) is composed of behavioral and social scientists interested in understanding why, when, and how humans cooperate. We apply experimental methods, field methods, and meta-analysis, to test theories about human cooperation.
Discover Interdisciplinary Cooperation at ASU
Cooperation is an inherently interdisciplinary topic, and one that can only be effectively studied through multiple methods and with the engagement of diverse scholars across many disciplines. The ASU Interdisciplinary Study of Cooperation Winter School provides a forum for learning about the fundamental processes underlying cooperation across diverse systems and disciplines including Psychology, Evolutionary Biology, Anthropology, Sociology and Computational Modeling. Through lectures, seminars and small tutorial sessions, students in the Winter School have the opportunity to learn from leading cooperation researchers, build new skills and develop projects.