Evolutionary Theories in the Social Sciences
Latest notes and announcements from the field
We are sad to announce that Richard R. Nelson, our founding board member, has passed away. Here is an obituary that the International Schumpeter Society sent out. Dear ISS members, It is with great sadness that we have to inform…
Read more →This is a wonderful introduction by Robert Nesse to the field of evolutionary psychiatry, which we have not covered to date on our site. We will post soon the talk by Professor Nesse given to the Darwin Club on 8.…
Read more →Michael Ruse in a talk to the Darwin club provides a wonderful overview of the history of biological thought that will be interesting even to scholars who are focused on the social sciences. Who would have thought that the ideas…
Read more →This is the English translation of Dortier's essay explaining why Nelson and Winter are among the top 100 economists of all time.
Read more →Richard Nelson and Sidney Winter have been listed by the French Magazine Sciences Humaines among to top 100 economists of all time. You can read here (in French) how the magazine portrays Nelson and Winter’s intellectual contributions. Nelson and Winter’s…
Read more →Ian Lustick’s Taking Evolution Seriously: Historical Institutionalism and Evolutionary Theory is an interesting article arguing that political science would benefit from using evolutionary theory more. He gives concrete examples where explanations would have become more compelling.
Read more →Sid Winter gave a lecture on what we can broadly construe the evolution of knowledge. The specific topic is the provocative question “Can research save us. Read or download Winter’s Lecture here.
Read more →Frans de Waal summarizes research on emotions in animals and human: “Uniquely human emotions don’t exist. More and more, I believe that we share all emotions with other species in the same way that we share virtually every organ in…
Read more →Sid Winter talks with Knowledge@Wharton about his new book on “history friendly evolutionary models”, which he co-authored with Franco Malerba, Richard Nelson, and Luigo Orsenigo. The book deals with the interactions between innovation and industry evolution. Winter gives a quick…
Read more →Sid Winter won the 2015 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research for “his deep empirical understanding of Schumpeterian processes of dynamic competition, generation of differential technological opportunities through appropriability conditions and the mechanisms driving dynamic capabilities in firms.” Full story. Download…
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