work Stewardship of Global Collective Behavior Communication technology radically reshapes our global social network. How do we ensure these changes will lead towards a sustainable, equitable and healthy world? Wise and foolish crowds When do groups outperform individuals in cognitive tasks? Combining experiments and theory, this line of research examine fundamental principles underlying collective wisdom across human and animal groups. Animal Collectives Animal groups often have to make life or death decisions in the absence of clear leader and limited individual information. How do social animals make sense of the world and why do they live together in the first place?
