Recruiting beneficiary: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany

Internal supervisors: Dr. Chaitanya S. Gokhale, Prof. Arne Traulsen

Brief project description: Evolutionary games are never played in isolation, the advent of multiple games theory therefore begs new studies to improve our understanding of how complex interaction patterns shape the eco-evolutionary dynamics of a population. Building upon the previous work on multiplayer and multiple games, we will  include evolutionary and ecological dynamics and analyse the deterministic properties and effects of instantaneous versus delayed interactions.

Updates: In her work, Małgorzata is focusing on the effects of structure and complex interactions on eco-evolutionary dynamics. She examines the impact of social networks on human interactions and the dissemination of trust and beliefs within small populations; how age structure can serve as a proxy for time delays in multiplayer games, helping us comprehend the influence of time on interactions; and how geographical structures, such as varied dispersal paths between species, influence predator-prey dynamics.

Selected contributions: 

Fic, M., Gokhale, C.S. (2024). Catalysing cooperation: the power of collective beliefs in structured populations. npj Complex 1, 6. 

Fic, M. (2024, July 16). Kindergarten Model: Approximating Time Delays in Evolutionary Games [Talk]. 9th Conference on Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution, Vienna, Austria.

Fic, M. (2023, November 2). Catalysing Cooperation: The power of Collective Beliefs [Talk]. The Cognition, Behaviour & Evolution Network Meeting, Utrecht, Netherlands.