Large scale cooperation
Investigates the mechanisms that allow cooperation to scale beyond small kin groups to large anonymous societies — a central puzzle for evolutionary theory and political philosophy alike.
Research questions
What institutional structures allow large-scale cooperation to stabilize? Can norms and punishment evolve endogenously at scale? How does population structure interact with group size?
Methods
N-player public goods game with evolving norms and punishment mechanisms. Network topology experiments across varying population scales in MASON.
Status
Active — working paper in progress.