Nathan Nunn : Cultural Mismatch
DySoC / Exeter Webinar Series
Evolution and Social Systems
The Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity and Exeter is happy to announce a series of free webinars for Fall 2021 on Evolution and Social Systems. This series is a continuation of the past semester seminars: DySoC/NIMBioS Webinar Series on Cultural Evolution and DySoC/NIMBioS Webinar Series on Human Origins and Cultural Evolution.
https://www.dysoc.org/ess_webinars
Cultural Mismatch
Date: 11:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Speaker: Nathan Nunn (Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Harvard University)
Abstract: The presentation will be an overview of recent empirical research by the author on the nature of cultural persistence and change. Particular attention will be paid to the interplay between culture, institutions, and policies both historically and today and the implications of this for contemporary economic success and economic crisis.
The seminar series is funded by grants from the John Templeton Foundation and the European Research Council.
(European Research Council (ERC) funding awarded to Thomas Currie under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (The Cultural Evolution & Ecology of Institutions, grant agreement no. 716212).)