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Research led by the School of Arts & Sciences’ Joshua Plotkin and Taylor Kessinger sheds light on the impact of social contexts and multilayered societies on promoting cooperative behavior.

The FINANCIAL-- Person who is generous and caring at home may be cutthroat at work, striving to bring in the most sales or advance up a corporate management chain. In a similar vein, a self-centered neighbor may be a model of altruism on Twitter. According to University of Pennsylvania, it’s a widespread feature of humanThe FINANCIAL-- Person who is generous and caring at home may be cutthroat at work, striving to bring in the most sales or advance up a corporate management chain. In a similar...

A person who is generous and caring at home may be cutthroat at work, striving to bring in the most sales or advance up a corporate management chain

It is not uncommon to see a person who is generous and caring at home, be cutthroat at work, striving to bring in the most sales or advance up a corporate management chain

It is not uncommon to see a person who is generous and caring at home, be cutthroat at work, striving to bring in the most sales or advance up a corporate manag

Like a natural system, democracy faces collapse as polarization leads to loss of diversity. Studies published this week in a special issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explore why and how.

Much like an overexploited ecosystem, the increasingly polarized political landscape in the United States — and much of the world — is experiencing a

People are more likely to cooperate with those they see as “good.” Using a mathematical model, School of Arts & Sciences researchers found it’s possible to design systems that assess and broadcast participants’ reputations, leading to high levels of cooperation and adherence.

Haberdashers schools have given laptops and Internet equipment to schools in the community Several schools have received deliveries of equipment designed to help boost access to home-learning. Independent schools Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls and The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School in Elstree have been busy delivering bundles of new laptops and dongles with pre-loaded internet to schools in the community this week. The initiative has been created by both schools in a b...