Ronald Peeters

Ronald joined the University of Otago in October 2017. His research interests are best summarized as “anything that deals with coordination and cooperation (on socially desirable outcomes, including social norms) in dynamic settings of strategic interaction.” His methodological toolkit consists of game theory (dynamic games, evolutionary games), learning models (bounded rationality), social networks, computational economics, laboratory experiments and simulations. One particular topic within this broad area concerns the evolution of socially desirable behaviour within social networks. In addition, he develops mechanisms to elicit and aggregate beliefs and expectations for the purpose of predicting future events.