Panos Mitkidis to present a TED talk entitled "Daring to Trust: Building Cooperation in a Society" on September 28th: Abstract-- People are socially dependent. Cooperation is an essential aspect of human behavior necessary for many forms of collective activity, from love and friendship to the production line. But, could we be more cooperative and therefore more successful? What happens to cooperation when there is a lack of trust, either in a group or in society at large? This talk will address whether we care enough about others and how we could start caring more. How we can increase trust and cooperation in society? And would that make for a better future? Panos’ Profile-- Cooperation is one of the most intriguing behaviours that people exhibit. It is not only interesting that we trust, coordinate and cooperate with each other, but also the quite specific and predictable ways in which we do it. But why do we cooperate? Why are we willing to engage in a joint activity that will impose personal costs and expect benefits in the future? Why, in a world of egoists, do we even care about others? And if it is beneficial, how can we enhance it? Panos Mitkidis has long been fascinated with how cognition, emotion, and cultural norms affect how people make decisions in their coordination and cooperative interaction with others, from personal decisions (like love), to market decisions (like the production line), and is trying to figure out the answers to these questions through research based on experiments that explore the nature of coordination and cooperation. Panos works at Duke University and Aarhus University, where he is aligned with three centers: the Center for Advanced Hindsight (Social Science Research Institute), the Interacting Minds Center (Department for Culture and Society) and the Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Architecture (School of Business and Social Sciences). His research lies in the multidisciplinary fields of Behavioural Economics and Organizational Psychology. He hopes that studying and understanding trust, coordination and cooperation will make the world a more caring place. He is married to Katerina Peterkova and when he has free time he likes cooking and drinking wine with his family and friends.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:28:51 +0000
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