The most recent conflict in Gaza – Operation Protective Edge – brought to the fore crucially important debates in both international law and the ethics of war. In November this year, a group of intern

Beyond Operation Protective Edge

This is a seminar on international law and war ethics, taking Operation Protective Edge as an example. The seminar was held at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm 2015. Participants: He

The legal challenges of protecting cultural property in military operations

Martin Hamilton, Centre for International Law and Operational Law, Swedish Defence University: "The legal challenges of protecting cultural property in military operations." A talk on how the military

Proceedings of the royal society Biological Sciences Abstract Cultural evolution typically studies how ideas and behaviours spread and change depending on how we learn and from whom. A new model suggest

Our social networks are widening, our society is becoming more egalitarian and violent social conflicts are decreasing. What is the connection between these three long-term and persistent trends?

Political Science Research and Methods Abstract We experimentally explore the role of institutions imposing collective sanctions in sustaining cooperation. In our experiment, players only observe noisy

2011. Phys. Rev. E. 84:061148. Abstract Game-theoretical models where the rules of the game and the interaction structure both coevolves with the game dynamics —multiadaptive games—capture very flexible

Springer, New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50874-0 This book takes the reader on a journey, navigating the enigmatic aspects of cooperation; a journey that starts inside the body and continues via our

Peter Gärdenfors, Philosophy department Lund University Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are free of charge and

Peter Gärdenfors, Philosophy department Lund University Seminars hosts are Peter Hedström, David Sumpter and Fredrik Liljeros from the Institute for Futures Studies. The seminars are free of charge and