We use mathematical models and computer simulations to study how
information flows through the world.
- How do living organisms acquire, store, process, and utilize information?
- How and why does communication evolve?
- How does information travel through biological or social networks?
- How do the structure of scientific institutions and the norms of scientific communication influence the questions that scientists ask and the answers that they find?
Our work on these questions leads us
through evolutionary biology, animal behavior, philosophy of biology,
network theory, epidemiology, and even into
domains of the social sciences such as economics, sociology, and bibliometrics.