Grant: Canada 150 Research Chairs
McMaster University
$262,500.00
Canada 150 Research Chair in Biological Dystopias
FY 2018-19
Summary
Most societies ever initiated will end in ruin. We explore what allows some societies to flourish while others wither and die. We approach this topic by engineering experimental societies with different collective attributes (demographics, compositions, architectures) and then evaluating their performance in the lab and field. We further probe the factors that promote societal resilience. We've shown that some societies can sense their forthcoming demise and deploy social adaptations to circumvent would-be extinction and bounce back from persistent, disadvantageous social states. Not unlike humans, many societies reside on the tipping point between transformative success and imminent eradication.
Program
Canada 150 Research ChairsCanada 150 Research Chairs (linked with high confidence)
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
10009000029
Name nom
JonathanNealPruitt
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
27
Institution établissement
McMaster University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2018
Competition year année de concours
0
Award amount
262500
Program id
C150
Program name en
Canada 150 Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche Canada 150
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9995
Committee name en
Canada 150 Research Chairs Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche Canada 150
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
4703
Research subject group en
Evolution and ecology
Research subject group fr
Évolution et écologie
Research subject en
Behaviour
Research subject fr
Comportement
Partie
0
Nb partie
NA
Application title
Canada 150 Research Chair in Biological Dystopias
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Most societies ever initiated will end in ruin. We explore what allows some societies to flourish while others wither and die. We approach this topic by engineering experimental societies with different collective attributes (demographics, compositions, architectures) and then evaluating their performance in the lab and field. We further probe the factors that promote societal resilience. We've shown that some societies can sense their forthcoming demise and deploy social adaptations to circumvent would-be extinction and bounce back from persistent, disadvantageous social states. Not unlike humans, many societies reside on the tipping point between transformative success and imminent eradication.
