Warwick Mathematics Institute

Monday 9th May 2005 (Socio-Dynamics)

10.00 M. Wooders Introduction
10.10 R. Dunbar Cognitive Constraints on Social Networks
11.00 Break
11.30 J. Casti Social Mood and the Causation of Collective Human Behaviour
12.20 Lunch
13.20 D. Helbing How individuals learn to take turns: Emergence of alternating cooperation in a congestion game and the prisoner's dilemma
14.10 H. Kempf On the Joint Dynamics of Inequality and Growth
15.00 Break
15.30 J. Hofbauer Evolutionary Dynamics and the Stability of Nash Equilibria
16.20 M. Wooders (& H. van den Berg) Female competition, evolution, and the battle of the sexes
16.45 Discussion
Evening Dinner

Tuesday 10th May 2005 (Networks)

10.00 M. Kirkilionis Introduction
10.10 R. Axtell The Firm as a Complex Adaptive System
11.00 Break
11.30 J. Cave Spread and adoption of illicit drugs
11.55 E. Cartwright On the Emergence of Social Conformity
12.20 Lunch
13.20 M. Kosfeld It's all about connections: evidence on network formation
14.10 N. Johnson Colds, crimes, currencies and crashes: towards an understanding of real-world networks
15.00 Break
15.30 M. Kirkilionis Lessons from ecological network modelling
15.55 Extended discussion: Where is the subject going?

Socio-Dynamics, Networks and Markets