Groningen Symposium on Social Evolution
Annual Symposium
2026 Groningen Symposium on Social Evolution “Dynamics of Sociality”
Location: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Sponsors: NWO (Spinoza); KNAW Dobberke Foundation
Organizers: Carsten De Dreu (c.k.w.de.dreu@rug.nl) and Jean-Christophe Billeter (j.c.billeter@rug.nl)
The GRoSyS 2026 considered “dynamics of sociality.” We explore how and why organizing sociality emerges and dynamically changes. The symposium featured nine research talks (45 minutes) from senior scientists from across Europe with backgrounds in animal behavior, neurobiology, experimental psychology and economics, computational sociology, and evolutionary theory, and two poster sessions.
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