Yen-Sheng ChiangAssistant Professor, Sociology |
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Research Interests |
Social Networks, Group Processes, Moral Behaviors, Simulation Modeling | |
| URL | www.socsci.uci.edu/~yenshenc | |
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Academic Distinctions |
2009 Short-term Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 2007 Best Graduate Paper, the American Sociological Association, section of Rationality and Society. 2007 Best Graduate Paper, the American Sociological Association, section of Mathematical Sociology 2005 Outstanding Performance for the Masters of Arts Degrees, Department of Sociology, University of Washington 2005 Best Paper Award, the 3rd US-Japan Joint Conference on Mathematical Sociology, Sapporo, Japan |
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| Appointments |
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany Department of Behavioral Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan |
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Research Abstract |
I use computational modeling as a tool for thought experiments and theorizing social phenomena typically in the field of group behaviors. I hold a strong belief that the social phenomena we observe at the societal level can be examined as emergence of individual behaviors at the micro level. How the behaviors emerge and what mechanism drives the emergence thus become my main research agendas. In particular, I am interested in how social networks play a role in the emergence of behaviors, such as social epidemics, cooperation, trust and fairness that have been widely discussed in the social sciences. | |
| Publications |
2008 Chiang, Yen-Sheng. “A Path towards Fairness: Preferential Association and the Evolution of Strategies in the Ultimatum Game”. Rationality and Society, 20:173-201 2007 Chiang, Yen-Sheng. “Birds of Moderately Different Feather: Bandwagon Dynamics and the Threshold Heterogeneity of Network Neighbors” Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 31 (1): 47-69. 2007 Chiang, Yen-Sheng. “The Evolution of Fairness in the Ultimatum Game” Journal of Mathematical Sociology (special issue), 31 (2): 175-186. |
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| Research Centers | Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Science | |
| Center for Organizational Research | ||
| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5667 | |
| Last updated | 10/12/2009 | |