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SUMMARY:Studying complex social systems with online games - Milena Tsvetko
 va (London School of Economics)
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DESCRIPTION:Controlled experiments with human subjects provide causal answ
 ers to questions that are otherwise difficult to address with observationa
 l methods. Specifically\, laboratory experiments have been crucial for imp
 roving our understanding of individual behavior. Nowadays\, online experim
 ents allow us to scale up and also study collective behavior\, group-level
  phenomena\, and complex-system dynamics such as positive feedback loops\,
  tipping points\, path dependency\, and self-organization. To demonstrate 
 the potential of this method\, I will present a project that uses an onlin
 e game to study how differently endowed individuals who interact with each
  other can produce fair outcomes. We juxtapose fairness mechanisms that in
 dividuals employ &ndash\; generosity\, reciprocity\, and inequity aversion
  &ndash\; with competing concepts of societal fairness &ndash\; meritocrac
 y\, equality of opportunity\, equality of outcomes\, and Rawls&rsquo\; the
 ory of justice. The work illuminates which interventions will work better 
 for a specific desired outcome in a company\, organization\, school\, or c
 ommunity. The game and method can be adapted to study topics as diverse as
  urban segregation\, rural development\, and immigrant integration.  <br><
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LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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