Cooperation in social and economic relationships
This research focus area concentrates on the core issue of social order by studying the mechanisms underlying trust, cooperation and coordination. More specifically, the research focus area addresses how ‘Social embeddedness’ influences behaviour in social dilemmas. 'Embeddedness' refers here to repeated interactions between actors and their networks. An important recent development is to ignore the assumption that embeddedness is an external factor. The research focus area views embeddedness as internal and has taken steps to investigate the dynamics of networks and institutions. Theoretical research within the research focus area encompasses formal analytical modelling, mostly using game-theoretic models as well as agent-based simulations. In empirical tests, experimental as well as fieldwork methods are used.
Examples of our research
Research on energy transition
How do you utilize social networks in contributing to the energy transition?
Research on reputation system
What is the effect of reputation systems on online decision making?
