CSMN/SUM 

Provisional Schedule & Readings

*Please contact Katharine Browne k.n.browne[at]csmn[dot]uio.no to access course readings

 

Monday 28 September 2015

9:00-10:30 Course Introduction

10:30-12:30 Lecture 1: David Sloan Wilson (Evolutionary Perspectives on Overcoming the Tragedy of the Commons)
Readings:
Jablonka, E., & Lamb, M. J. (2005). Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life (Vol. 5). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, chapters 1-6.
Wilson, D.S. (2015). Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others. New  Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

13:30-15:30 Lecture 2: Katharine Browne (Team Reasoning, Evolution, and Public Health)
Readings:
Browne, K (2015, February 25).  Measles, Vaccination, and the Tragedy of the Commons, Bioethics Forum.             http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Bioethicsforum/Post.aspx?id=7315&blo  gid=140
Gold, N. (2012). Team Reasoning, Framing and Cooperation. In S. Okasha and K. Binmore (Eds.), Evolution and Rationality: Decision, Cooperation and Strategic Behaviour (pp.185-212). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sugden, R. (1993). Thinking as a Team: Towards an Explanation of Nonselfish Behavior. Social Philosophy and Policy, 10(1), 69-89. y Press.
 

15:30 – 17:00 Discussion

Tuesday 29 September 2015

 

9: 00-11:00 Lecture 3: Atle Midttun: (Understanding Innovation for Green Transition: Combining Commercial, Institutional and Cultural Perspectives)
Readings:
Midttun, A. and Witoszek,  N. (2015). “A Battle of Modernities.” In A. Midttun and N. Witoszek (Eds.), Green Transition in Energy and Transport: Towards   Ecomodernity (pp.1-17). London: Routledge.
Midttun, A. and Witoszek,  N. (2015). “Towards Ecomodernity” – chapter 8 in A. Midttun and N. Witoszek (Eds.), Green Transition in Energy and Transport: Towards   Ecomodernity (pp.1-17). London: Routledge. 

11:00 -12:00 Discussion

13: 00-15:00 Lecture 4: Nina Witoszek (Cultural Innovation and Overcoming Crises)
Readings:
Corning, P. (2011). “Human Nature and Our Basic Needs.” In P. Corning, The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice (pp. 55- 86). Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Corning, P. (2011). “Towards a Biosocial Contract.” In P. Corning, The Fair Society:     The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice (pp. 169-168). Chicago: Chicago University Press.       
Midttun, A. and Witoszek,  N. (2015). “A Battle of Modernities.” In A. Midttun and N. Witoszek (Eds.), Green Transition in Energy and Transport: Towards   Ecomodernity (pp.1-17). London: Routledge.
Midttun, A. and Witoszek,  N. (2015). “Towards Ecomodernity” – chapter 8 in A. Midttun and N. Witoszek (Eds.), Green Transition in Energy and Transport: Towards   Ecomodernity (pp.1-17). London: Routledge. 
Wilson, D. S., Hayes, S. C., Biglan, A., & Embry, D. D. (2014). Evolving the Future: Toward a Science of Intentional Change. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(04), 395-416.
Witoszek, Nina (2011). The Architecture of Utopia. In Nina Witoszek, The Origins of   The Regime of Goodness (pp.7-26). Norwegian University Press.
Witoszek, Nina (2011). Askeladden or the Norwegian ‘Tao.’ In Nina Witoszek, The Origins of The Regime of Goodness (pp. 108-122). Norwegian University.

15:00 -17:00 Student Presentations

Wednesday 30 September 2015

9: 00-11: 00 Lecture 5: Ola Westengen (An Evolutionary Perspective on Agri-Cultural Developments)
Readings:
Purugganan, M. D., & Fuller, D. Q. (2009). The Nature of Selection During Plant Domestication. Nature, 457(7231), 843-848.
Westengen, O. T. et al. (2014). Ethnolinguistic Structuring of Sorghum Genetic Diversity in Africa and the Role of Local Seed Systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(39), 14100-14105.
Diamond, J. (2002). Evolution, Consequences and Future of Plant and Animal Domestication. Nature, 418(6898), 700-707.

11: 00-12: 00 Discussion/Student Presentations

13: 00-15:00 Lecture 6: Robert Frank (How Darwin Helps Us Understand Market Failure)
Readings:
Frank, R. (2015). Positional Externalities as a Source of Market Failure. In R. Subramanian (ed.),Performance and Progress: Essays on Capitalism, Business,         and Society (pp.335-338). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Frank, R. (2011). The Darwin Economy. Liberty, Competition and the Common Good,     Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, chapters 2 & 12.

15:00 -17:00 Student Presentations

Thursday October 1 2015

9:00 -11:00 Lecture 7: Dag Hessen (Climate and Environmental Crisis)
Readings:
Molleman, L., Quiñones, A. E., & Weissing, F. J. (2013). Cultural Evolution of     Cooperation: the Interplay Between Forms of Social Learning and Group Selection. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34(5), 342-349.
Nowak, M. A. (2006). Five Rules for the Evolution of Cooperation. Science,314(5805),  1560- 1563. 
Rankin, D. J., Bargum, K., & Kokko, H. (2007). The Tragedy of the Commons in Evolutionary Biology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 22(12), 643-651.

 

11: 00-12:00 Discussion

 

13:00-15:00 Lecture 8: Peter Turchin (Conflict and Cooperation in the Evolution of Human Societies)
Readings:
Turchin P. (2013). The Puzzle of Human Ultrasociality: How Did Large-Scale Complex Societies Evolve? In P. J. Richerson and Morten H. Christiansen (Eds.), Cultural Evolution (pp. 61-73). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Turchin P, Currie TE, Turner EAL, Gavrilets S. (2013). War, Space, and the Evolution of Old World Complex Societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110, 16384–16389.
Turchin, P. (2007). War and Peace and War: the Rise and Fall of Empires. Penguin.  (Recommended)

 

15: 00-16:30 Discussion/Student Presentations
 

17:30 – 20:00 Arne Naess Symposium (Cultural Evolution and the Welfare of Nations)
 

Friday 2 October 2015

9: 00-11:00: Wrap up lecture by David Sloan Wilson
11: 00 – 12: 30 Student presentations