Working Paper SERIES 2018:63 THE VARIETIES OF DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE, University of Gothenburg, Dept of Political Science. Abstract Sometimes the normal course of events is disrupted by a particularly swif

Palgrave Communications,  volume 6, Article number: 4 (2020). doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0371-1 Abstract Sometimes the normal course of events is disrupted by a particularly swift and profound change. His

Evolution and Human Behavior, Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 421–427. Abstract To examine the evolutionary basis of a behavior, an established approach (known as the phenotypic gambit) is to assume that the b

Completed: Preferences for coordination - their function and evolutionary foundation

Using behavioral game theory, this project aims to provide a deeper understanding of how collective action decisions are made and why people make the choices they do.

Political Science Research and Methods, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp. 449-466. doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2018.9 Abstract This paper presents a new approach for studying temporal sequences across ordinal variables. I

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 80, Issue 8, October 2013, Pp. 1546–1556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.02.002 Abstract Recent ‘democratic revolutions’ in Islamic countries

Steven Vanderheiden, Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (CSTPR), University of Colorado at Boulder Abstract In this tal

Completed: Predicting the diffusion of artificial intelligence

A framework for predicting the spread of AI applications.

Bayesian Phylogenetic Modeling of Cultural Evolution under the Influence of Selection Human Nature, 27(2), 173-200. DOI 10.1007/s12110-015-9244-5 Abstract We present formal evolutionary models for the oristratification appear to play a more important role in the cross-cultural distribution of FGMo. To explain these cases, one must consider cultural evolutionary explanations in conjunction with behavioral ecological ones.We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our study for policies designed to end the practice of FGMo.

Patrik Lindenfors

I am an Associate Professor of Zoological Ecology at the Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, where I also got my PhD, but have for the last years mainly worked at the Centre for the Study of