Summary of research
Andreas Flache is Professor of Sociology specializing in modeling norms and networks in the Department of Sociology, University of Groningen. He leads developments in the application of formal agent-based computational and game theoretical modeling to study cooperation problems in relation to social network dynamics and ethnic diversity. His award winning theoretical and empirical research (Anatol Rapoport Best Paper Award, 2012; Evolution, Biology, and Society Section best article award 2007-2011), combining experimental and applied methodologies, was funded by, among others, NWO VIDI (2005-2010) and KNAW research fellowship grants (1999-2004). His work has appeared in flagship journals including Science, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Journal of Sociology.
Expertise
Sociology
Excellence
VIDI grant. KNAW Research Fellow
- Projects: 06.04 Reconciling epistemic and demographic diversity 08.03 Identities and Networks #1: social mechanisms linking group identities, social network structures and sustainable cooperation08.04 Identities and Networks #2: How psychological processes relating to social identities and social networks interact to sustain cooperation10.03 The Link between Cooperation and Social Networks: Exclusion or Stimulation of Defectors?11.03 Identity Signaling and Sustainable Cooperation 12.01 Decision Making and Responsibility Allocation
