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CEEL program in Adaptive Economic Dynamics
12th Trento Summer School
Intensive course in
Co-Directors:
Dan Friedman Santa Cruz University CA Luigi Mittone University of Trento
Guest lecturers include:
Werner Gueth, Max Planck Institute, Jena - Honorary lecturer,
Sam Bowles, Santa Fe Institute and University of Siena,
Simon Gaechter, University of Nottingham,
Ugo Pagano, University of Siena,
J. Peter Richerson, University of California Davis,
Luigi Bonatti, University of Trento,
Rosaria Conte, ISTC-CNR, Rome.
Human choices are driven not just by direct material self-interest, but also by moral sentiments such as guilt and shame, love and respect, and by the urge to help friends and to punish miscreants.
Such sentiments give traction to group norms, or moral codes---our shared understanding of proper behavior. Revealed social preferences arise from the interaction of moral sentiments and group norms.
It is crucial to understand social preferences because they undergird the institutions that have always shaped our world, from ancient
tribal gatherings, through classic city-states, down to our modern market, political and legal systems.
The 2011 Trento Summer School will trace the coevolution of moral sentiments, group norms and social institutions. Drawing on recent
insights from biology, evolutionary psychology, moral philosophy, neuroscience and anthropology as well as experimental economics and
institutional economics, the summer school lecturers will trace how
A core set of lectures will be given by the course’s directors Dan Friedman Santa Cruz University CA and Luigi Mittone (University of Trento)
and by Werner Gueth, Max Planck Institute, Jena. In addition there will be lectures from a variety of guests. Our hope is to bring many different
perspectives to bear and to engage the participants in a critical discussion of these alternative perspectives.
In addition to overview lectures in the mornings, the school will feature intensive seminar-style discussions in the afternoons of participants’ research.
Applicants therefore need to include statements about their current or projected research, along with relevant research papers, if any.
The Trento Summer Schools are intended for advanced graduate students and post-doctoral scholars. The ideal candidates for the School are students from many different backgrounds.
People interested in participating in the Summer School are encouraged to apply by submitting a curriculum vitae, a two-page essay describing their interest in evolution of social
preferences, a course transcript from their PhD program, including advanced examinations passed, two letters of recommendation, and statements about their current or projected research,
along with relevant research papers, if any.
Applications are due by 29 April 2011. Persons interested in participating in the Summer School
should follow the application procedure.
Admissions decisions will be announced by 9 May 2011. All applicants will be informed by e-mail about the results.
The sessions will be held at Hotel Villa Madruzzo, Trento, Italy,. All participants are required to stay for the entire duration of the event.
Food and accommodation will be covered by the School (except for meals during the weekend) and participants will have to cover travel expenses.
Please direct logistical questions to the
Summer School secretary (ccschool@economia.unitn.it). This is the 12th of a series
of intensive courses to be offered by the Computable and Experimental Economics Laboratory (CEEL)
with the financial support of John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, an Athens-based Foundation supporting public benefit
activities in Greece and abroad: www.latsis-foundation.org. Previous courses
were offered in Computable Economics (2000, Professor K. Vela Velupillai), Experimental Economics (2001, Professor Daniel Friedman),
Adaptive Economic Processes (2002, Professor Peter Howitt), Behavioral Economics (2003, Professors Daniel Friedman and David Laibson),
Institutional Economics (2004, Professor Richard N. Langlois), Evolutionary Economic Dynamics (2005, Ken Binmore and Larry Samuelson),
Agent-Based Computational Economics (2006, Professors Leigh Tesfatsion and Robert Axtell),
Agent-Based Finance (2007, Professors Cars Hommes and Thomas Lux), Financial Instability and Crises (2008, Professors Domenico Delli Gatti and Mauro Gallegati),
Networks and Innovation (2009, Professors John Padgett, Lee Fleming and Massimo Riccaboni) and Macroeconomics and Financial Crises (2010, Professors Peter Howitt, Daniel Heymann and Axel Leijonhufvud).
Program
Directors: Axel Leijonhufvud, UCLA and University of Trento and Enrico Zaninotto, CIFREM, University of Trento Co-Directors of the School:
Guest Lecturers: Laboratory Director:
Luigi Mittone, University of Trento Lab Technical Assistant: Marco Tecilla, University of Trento Summer School Secretary: ccschool@economia.unitn.it The course is offered by the Computable and Experimental Economics Laboratory CEEL of the University of Trento
with the financial support of John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, an Athens-based Foundation supporting public benefit
activities in Greece and abroad: www.latsis-foundation.org. Computable
and Experimental Economics Laboratory (CEEL)
More Information will be soon available
Department of Economics
via Inama, 5 I-38100 Trento tel. +39 461 282201 |
