Computational principles of collective decision making

Understanding how we (should) aggregate individual decisions into a single collective outcome.
(From daily grocery shopping and lunch menu choices to the political elections and the nation-wide congress, humans often make decisions collectively. Given such diverse opinions and preferences possibly existing in human mind, how should we aggregate individual decision making into a single collective outcome? Can we learn to become a better group decision maker through past group decision-making events? How can we collectively strike a right balance between information exploration and exploiting established knowledge?)

Computational principles of collective intelligence

Understanding factors regulating the wisdom and “madness” of crowds

Computational principles of cultural evolution

Understanding key driving forces of cumulative cultural evolution, and disentangling the interwoven relationships between behaviour, culture, and societies.

Computational principles of social evolution

What is unique to organisms that have culture compared to non-cultural organisms?