Nathan, Stavros, and Zahra present research at the Artificial Life Conference

Following on from ACSOS, Peter, Nathan and Stavros, travelled down to Kyoto for the Artificial Life Conference.

Here, Stavros presented the summary: The institution bootstrapping problem and the psychological roots of institutions at the ALIFE & SOCIETY IX special session, describing how by incorporating perception into evolutionary game theory, an unlikely solution to the institution bootstrapping problem emerges.

At the 7th International Workshop on Agent-Based Modelling of Human Behaviour (ABMHuB'25), Nathan presented co-authored work with Marieke van Otterdijk and Peter Lewis entitled Thinking Faster and Slower: An Agent’s Cognitive Repertoire. This work proposes a cognitive architecture inspired by dual processing theories that goes beyond the binary limitations, instead suggesting a continuum of parallel processes.

At the Second International Workshop on ALife in Organizations (ALife ∈ Org), Zahra presented work co-authored with Peter entitled Semiotic Legibility in Multi-Agent Organizational Messaging, and Nathan presented work co-authored with Joelma and Peter entitled From 1-to-1 to Many-to-Many: Bringing a Complex Systems Perspective to Organizational AI Adoption, both talks tackling the importance of clear, intentional and interpretable messaging in different contexts.