Welcome to our website on social dilemmas! Our aim is to inform the public about social dilemmas, and to provide an opportunity for social dilemma researchers to meet, discuss and develop new research.

What are social dilemmas?

Social dilemmas are situations in which self-interest is at odds with collective interests. Economic crisis versus welfare, environmental risks versus opportunities, peace versus friction between nations, separation versus happy relationships.  Are people good or bad?  What are the basics of trust, fairness, or human cooperation?  And ultimately, how can people be promoted to act in ways that serve all of us, now and in the future?  These topics and questions are at the heart of theory and research on social dilemmas.

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For recent review articles on social dilemmas, see:

Van Lange, P. A. M. & Rand, D. G., (2022). Human Cooperation and the Crises of Climate Change, COVID-19, and Misinformation. Annual Review of Psychology, 73, 379-402.

Van Dijk, E., & De Dreu, C. K. W. (2021). Experimental Games and Social Decision Making. Annual Review of Psychology, 72, 415-428.

Thielmann, I., Böhm, R., Ott, M., & Hilbig, B. E. (2021). Economic games: An introduction and guide for research. Collabra: Psychology, 7(1), 19004. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.19004

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