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Biography

My research interests lie in the evolution of social behaviour (cooperation, coordination) and social organization (hierarchy, institutions).

My PhD investigates the evolutionary origins of hierarchy, leadership and despotism in human groups. On one side, hierarchy seem imposed by leaders for their own advantage. On the other side, hierarchy appears to be a group adaptation to organize at low cost. We propose that hierarchy and its two ambiguous group effects both emerge from the evolution of individual capacities to influence. To understand the mechanisms involved, we simulate evolution of human populations and explicitly describe how individual influence affects collective decision-making. Such bottom-up approach aims to provide mechanistic explanation for the origin of hierarchy and deeper insights into its effects on human evolution.
Ultimately, this work contributes to (i) understand the evolution of human societies and (ii) to design efficient artificial societies.

The models are based on evolutionary theory and game theory, use evidence from human sciences and lead to applications in artificial life and multi-agent systems. Reflecting these aspects, I am strongly interested by interdisciplinary knowledge and projects. To cite few side projects:
- Evolution of hierarchy using mathematical and game theory models
- Online data to understand human social organisation
- Application in multi agent systems, sociotechnical systems and evolutionary robotics

Activities

Employment (3)

University of Exeter: Penryn, GB

2021-01-01 to 2023-02-01 | Associate postdoctoral researcher
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Teeside University: Middlesbrough, GB

2020-01-14 to 2020-08-14 | Postdoctoral research associate (Computing)
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Edinburgh Napier University: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2016-08-01 to 2019-10 | PhD student (School of computing)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Universite de Montpellier: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

2014-09-01 to 2016-08-01 | MS Evolutionary biology and ecology
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State University of New York at New Paltz: New Paltz, NY, US

2012-09-01 to 2013-08-01 | MS biology ecology (1st year)
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Université de Franche-Comté: Besancon, Franche-Comté, FR

2009-09-01 to 2012-08-01 | BSc biology ecology (Sciences et techniques)
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Works (4)

Modelling the role of environmental circumscription in the evolution of inequality

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-08-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Cedric Perret; Thomas E. Currie
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Playing the political game: the coevolution of institutions with group size and political inequality

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-08-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Simon T. Powers; Cedric Perret; Thomas E. Currie
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Predation shapes the impact of cancer on population dynamics and the evolution of cancer resistance

Evolutionary Applications
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Cédric Perret; Cindy Gidoin; Beata Ujvari; Frédéric Thomas; Benjamin Roche
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From disorganized equality to efficient hierarchy: how group size drives the evolution of hierarchy in human societies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2020-06-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Cedric Perret; Emma Hart; Simon T. Powers
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Peer review (4 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Journal of theoretical biology. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (3)