A paramount research challenge in network and complex systems science is to understand
the dissemination of diseases, information and behaviour. The COVID-19 pandemic and the …

In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-
generation models of fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities …

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into our lives, the need for new
norms is urgent. However, AI evolves at a much faster pace than the characteristic time of …

The ability to predict when societies will replace one social norm for another can have
significant implications for welfare, especially when norms are detrimental. A popular theory …

Although ubiquitous, interactions in groups of individuals are not yet thoroughly studied.
Frequently, single groups are modeled as critical-mass dynamics, which is a widespread …

Individuals with depression are prone to maladaptive patterns of thinking, known as
cognitive distortions, whereby they think about themselves, the world, and the future in …

The use of Project Gutenberg (PG) as a text corpus has been extremely popular in statistical
analysis of language for more than 25 years. However, in contrast to other major linguistic …

Social conventions change when individuals collectively adopt an alternative over the status
quo, in a process known as social diffusion. Our repeated trials of a multi-round experiment …

How can minorities of individuals overturn social conventions? The theory of critical mass
states that when a committed minority reaches a critical size, a cascade of behavioural …

Everyday observations seem to indicate an increase in gender-inclusive language (GIL) in
Germany; however, previous research on the prevalence of GIL suggests that it is a marginal …