About this course

This elective course is concerned with understanding when and why cooperative behavior between organisms (including humans) can evolve. This is interesting from an ecological and philosophical perspective, but has also important practical applications, for example for understanding when and why a shared resource will be subject to the tragedy of the commons.

Goals for the participants are

Lecturers

Important information for participants in winter term 14 /15

Questions / contact: Florian Hartig

Prerequisites, course format and grading

See syllabus

Past courses

Further readings