• Comparison of social complexity in two independent pastoralist societies 

      Du, Juan; Thomas, Matthew; Bårdsen, Bård-Jørgen; Mace, Ruth; Næss, Marius Warg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Pastoralists rely on networks of cooperating households containing relatives and others to help with production and various other daily activities. To understand how socioecological differences and commonalities affect ...
    • The narrow gap between norms and cooperative behaviour in a reindeer herding community 

      Thomas, Matthew; Bårdsen, Bård-Jørgen; Næss, Marius Warg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Cooperation evolves on social networks and is shaped, in part, by norms: beliefs and expectations about the behaviour of others or of oneself. Networks of cooperative social partners and associated norms are vital for ...