War and peace since life began: toward a unified evolutionary theory of intergroup relationships
September 23–24, 2021
Intergroup conflict has been proposed as one of the major forces shaping the evolution of social behaviour in biological systems, and is a pervasive and often destructive force in the life of modern humans. Yet nature also shows that peace and cooperation between distinct groups is possible, from teams of genes to human societies. An evolutionary approach has the potential to provide a coherent explanation for these patterns of war and peace at different levels biological complexity and in different human contexts. This workshop will draw together researchers working on a range of social organisms and human systems to take the first steps toward a general evolutionary theory of intergroup relationships.
Convener
Contact
Participants
Margaret C.
Crofoot
Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensbiologie
Carsten K.W.
de Dreu
Universiteit Leiden
Kevin R.
Foster
Fellow
2004/2005
University of Oxford
Luke
Glowacki
Pennsylvania State University / Harvard University
Rufus
Johnstone
University of Cambridge
Peter M.
Kappeler
Fellow
2016/2017
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Samir
Okasha
University of Bristol
Elva
Robinson
University of York
Hannes
Rusch
Maastricht University
Faye
Thompson
University of Exeter
Zegni
Triki
University of Stockholm