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        • RESEARCH AND RESOURCES ON COOPERATION IN APOCALYPTIC TIMES

        • How will humanity survive?

          Interdisciplinary science and scholarship is our only hope.

        • The Blog

          The disembodied voices of the Cooperation in the Apocalypse research team

          The Art of Cooperation in the Era of COVID
          August 14, 2020
          by Pamela Winfrey It’s ok to be afraid. It’s normal to feel frustrated. Anger can sometimes be a useful tool. In this time of COVID, these are the messages that artists are sending out to the world. These are the messages that artists have been sending to me through their art. They are managing...
          Cooperation and COVID-19
          June 2, 2020
          by Athena Aktipis It was only three months ago, but it feels like much longer. When we started this project, my kids' schools were still open, my work meetings took place in person, and I still greeted my friends with hugs. On one of the last 'normal' days of my life, I greeted my friend and...
        • Research

          The Cooperation in the Apocalypse research team uses science and scholarship to understand human behavior in times of crisis.

          How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting cooperation?

          Do crises bring people together or pull them apart? We collected data at 4 time points from the same cohort of 497 paid participants, starting on March 6th, before the pandemic was declared, through April 2. We found that perceived interdependence increased, but cooperation decreased by some measures and increased by others. We are collecting data on an ongoing basis which will allow us to investigate how these variables continue to change or not as the pandemic unfolds.

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          The Ik of Uganda are an exemplar of the resilience of cooperation

          Richard Dawkins held them up as a paragon of selfishness in his 1976 classic, The Selfish Gene, but new research by The Human Generosity Project shows that the Ik are actually an exemplar of the resilience of cooperation and sharing after famine and hardship.

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        • Institutional SUPPORT

          The Cooperation in the Apocalypse research team is supported by the Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative at Arizona State University, The Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Alliance and The Human Generosity Project. With additional support from the Indiana University College of Arts & Sciences.

          Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative

          Arizona State University

          The ASU Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative brings together scholars from across the disciplines who are joined by a shared interest in understanding the fundamental principles that drive cooperation.

          The Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Alliance

          Interdisciplinary network

          The goal of ZAMA is to reduce the global burden of zombification and contribute to apocalypse prevention and preparedness through interdisciplinary engagement.

          The Human Generosity Project

          Interdisciplinary network

          The Human Generosity Project is the first large-scale transdisciplinary research project to investigate the interrelationship between biological and cultural influences on human generosity.

        • TEAM

          The Cooperation in the Apocalypse Research team is grounded in psychology, but spans many universities and disciplines. More team member bios coming soon.

          Athena Aktipis

          Psychology, ASU

          Athena is the Chair of the Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Alliance, Co-Director of the Human Generosity Project and Director of the Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative. She is an Associate Professor of Psychology at ASU.

          Joe Alcock

          Emergency Medicine, UNM

          Joe has first hand experience with the zombie apocalypse as an Emergency Medicine Physician. He is an Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico and the host of the podcast Evolution Medicine.

          Jessica Ayers

          Psychology, ASU

          Jessica's apocalypse plan is a secret so don't ask. She is a graduate student in the Aktipis Lab at ASU studying how genetic conflict and fitness interdependence manifest in human behavior. 

          Lee Cronk

          Anthropology, Rutgers U

          Lee has spent years of his life in the field doing research on cooperation in small scale societies. He is a Professor at Rutgers and Co-Director of the Human Generosity Project.

          Diego Guevara Beltran

          Psychology, ASU

          Diego sports the apocalypse casual look most days. He is a graduate student in the Aktipis Lab at ASU studying empathy, fitness interdependence and food sharing.

          Peter Todd

          Psychology, Indiana U

          Peter loves Braaains...

          He is the Director of the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University and Provost Professor in Psychological and Brain Sciences

          Geoffrey Miller

          Psychology, UNM

          Geoffrey knows his existential risk. He is an Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico and the author of several books.

          Keith Tidball

          Natural Resources, Cornell U

          Keith's go bag is packed. He is the Assistant Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Program Leader of the New York State Extension Disaster Education Network.

          Pamela Winfrey

          Research curator, ASU

          Pam defies the divisions between science and art. She is the scientific research curator for the Aktipis Lab and Maley Lab, worked at the Exploratorium for decades and is also an author, playwright and director.

          Emily Zarka

          English Literature, ASU

          Emily's doctorate is in monsters. She is faculty at ASU and she is the host of the PBS show Monstrum.

          Cristina Baciu

          Project Management, ASU

          Cristina can't stop studying. She is a research program manager in the Aktipis and Maley labs at ASU and a doctoral student at NAU.

        • RESOURCES

          Other research groups and organizations studying cooperation in apocalyptic times.

          Generosity in the time of COVID-19

          Pamala Wiepking

          Wiepking is coordinating an international team of researchers to investigate changes in generosity and charitable giving during COVID-19. You can find more information about this project at the OSF page for this project.

          Compassion during times of catastrophe

          Jamil Zaki

          Zaki, the author of The War For Kindness, wrote an academic review of cooperation during times of crisis that is in press at Trends in Cognitive Science and currently available on PsyArXiv: Catastrophe compassion: Understanding and extending prosociality under crisis

          Are people selfish or cooperative in the time of COVID-19?

          Daniel Nettle & Rebecca Saxe

          Nettle & Saxe are investigating people's lay theories about cooperation and selfishness during pandemics. They are finding that people expect others to behave more selfishly in ongoing work they they have written about on this blog post.

        • Data Visualizer

          This is a prototype of our data visualizer for the cooperation in the time of COVID project.

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