Centre for the study of cultural evolution

Magnus Enquist

Professor in Ethology at Stockholm University

Studies cultural adaptation, cumulative culture and human cognition.

Contact:: Room: 412; Telephone: 08-16 40 55; E-mail: magnus.enquist@intercult.su.se; Home page

Alberto Acerbi

Ph D in Anthropology at Stockholm University

Newton Research Fellow in the Department of Archeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol.

I'm a cognitive/evolutionary anthropologist with a particular interest
in individual based and artificial life modelling approaches.

Contact:: Room: 331a; Telephone: 08-16 39 55; E-mail: alberto.acerbi@gmail.com; Home page

Julie Coultas

Ph D in Evolutionary Social Psychology at the University of Sussex

My main research interests are social influence, imitation, play and emotional development. My empirical work is influenced by theories of cultural evolution and evolutionary psychology.

Contact:: E-mail: julie.coultas@gmail.com; Home page

Daniel Cownden

Ph D in mathematics at Stockholm University

I use mathematics to model the dynamics of cultural elements within a population. In particular I am interested in understanding how different mechanisms of cultural transfer lead to different patterns of cultural dynamics.

Contact:: Room: 449; E-mail: dcownden@gmail.com; Home page

Östen Dahl

Professor in Lingvistics at Stockholm University

Contact:: Room: C 265; Telephone: 08-16 23 31; E-mail: oesten@ling.su.se

Mícheál de Barra

Ph D in Psychology at Stockholm University

I'm interested in the role of infectious disease in the evolution of human behaviour. I'm studying how the emotion disgust influences disease avoidance behavior, and how cultural norms relevant to infection risk change over time.

Contact:: Room: 446; E-mail: micheal.debarra@lshtm.ac.uk

Gunilla Eriksson

Ph D in Archaeology at Stockholm University

My main research interests are the cultural significance of food and eating, life-history analysis, breastfeeding practices in prehistory, the Stone Age of Europe, and interdisciplinary work. I carry out research on these issues involving stable isotope analysis of skeletal material from the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea.

Contact:: Room: 216; Telephone: 08-16 11 62; E-mail: gunilla.eriksson@arklab.su.se

Kimmo Eriksson

Professor in Mathematics at Mälardalen University

Research interest: Game-theoretic and evolutionary mathematical modeling of various aspects of human behavior; experimental behavioral studies (in our game lab) to understand mechanisms behind trust and cooperation.

Kimmo is currently visiting Professor at Stockholm University.

Contact:: Room: 431; Telephone: 070-376 74 51; E-mail: kimmo.eriksson@mdh.se; Home page

Stefano Ghirlanda

Professor in Psychology, biology and anthropology at Mälardalen University

Stefano Ghirlanda is also professor at Brooklyn College.

I develop theoretical models of cultural dynamics informed by
everything we know about human behavior, from neuroscience to
sociology, trying to understand how culture is created and evolves
over time.

Contact:: E-mail: drghirlanda@gmail.com; Home page

Sven Isaksson

Associate professor in Archaeology at Stockholm University

My main research interest concerns cultures of food and subsistence in the past, trying to understand how food and eating has been used as cultural and social expressions and how these have changed through time.

Contact:: Room: 219; Telephone: 08-674 73 67; E-mail: sven.isaksson@arklab.su.se

Fredrik Jansson

Ph D in Mathematics at Stockholm University

Institute for Futures Studies

Contact:: Room: 442; Telephone: 08-402 12 40; E-mail: fredrik.jansson@intercult.su.se; Home page

Arne Jarrick

Professor in History at Stockholm University

Contact:: Room: 411; Telephone: 08-16 28 33; E-mail: arne.jarrick@historia.su.se

Kerstin Lidén

Professor in Archaeology at Stockholm University

Contact:: Room: 213; Telephone: 08-16 29 48; E-mail: kerstin.liden@arklab.su.se

Johan Lind

Associate professor in Ethology at Stockholm University

My main research interests include behaviour and mental capacities of human and non-human animals.

Contact:: Room: 441; Telephone: 08-16 27 47; E-mail: johan.lind@zoologi.su.se; Home page

Patrik Lindenfors

Associate professor in Ecology at Stockholm University

Contact:: Room: 446; Telephone: 070-341 86 87; E-mail: patrik.lindenfors@zoologi.su.se; Home page

Eva Lindström

Ph D in Linguistics at Stockholm University

Contact:: Room: 446; Telephone: 08-16 39 38; E-mail: evali@ling.su.se; Home page

Mikael Sandberg

Professor in Political Science at Halmstad University

Particularly I have focused on evolutionary systems theory, memetics applied to political science, and dynamic models of social change, such as diffusion theory applied to studies of political and technological change.

Contact:: Room: 446; Home page

Pontus Strimling

Ph D in Mathematics at Stockholm University

I study how norms are created, how they are upheld and how they
change. To answer these questions I use models of cultural evolution
in which agents mix irrational impulses with conscious decision
making. I combine this work with economical experiments and surveys
to ensure that the models are in line with reality. Since 2010 I have
studied the specific norm system of low level corruption (small
bribes, nepotism etc). Here my research focuses on two questions: why
is it so hard to fight corruption and what happened the few times that
corruption has radically declined in a country?