Human Cooperation to Protect the Global Commons

Projektinformationen

HUCO

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 636746

DOI 10.3030/636746

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 20 April 2015

Startdatum 1 August 2015

Enddatum 31 Januar 2021

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Gesamtkosten € 1 500 000,00

EU-Beitrag € 1 500 000,00

Koordiniert durch

UNIVERSITAET KASSEL
Germany

Ziel

The objectives of this research are to reveal the nature of large-scale human cooperation and to develop strategies for the protection of our global environment. Human activities are now the major driver of change in the biosphere, including the climate, the water cycle, and the distribution of species and biodiversity – with adverse effects that range from the local to the global scale. Since there is no world government that can enforce the protection of the global commons we have to rely on voluntary cooperation by sovereign actors. Previous findings from various disciplines have taught us important lessons about the nature of human cooperation. However, these literatures have almost exclusively focused on local or regional cooperation problems and their findings cannot be readily transferred to the international level. The research proposed here will fill this crucial gap. The methodological approach is genuinely interdisciplinary. In particular, the project will use and combine theoretical, experimental, evolutionary, and empirical methods. The interdisciplinary research team will start by analyzing case studies of international cooperation (or lack thereof). In an iterative process, the case-specific results will be explored in a rigorous context-free analysis using theoretical modeling, experiments, and simulations. With this, the project will: systematically analyze human cooperation from the local to the global scale and the differences between those scales; investigate which institutional arrangements enhance or prevent cooperative behavior at the global level; investigate whether individuals and groups are able to choose the right institutions and which factors determine their choice; synthesize the results to derive theoretical and practical insights about human cooperation and develop effective strategies for the management of the global commons; bring forward the integration of concepts and methods across disciplines for the study of human cooperation.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• social sciences › political sciences › political policies › civil society › nongovernmental organizations
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › environmental sciences › ozone depletion
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology › drainage basins
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › climatology › climatic changes
• social sciences › economics and business › business and management › commerce

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme

Thema/Themen

• ERC-StG-2014 - ERC Starting Grant

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

ERC-2014-STG

Finanzierungsplan

ERC-STG - Starting Grant

Gastgebende Einrichtung

UNIVERSITAET KASSEL

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 1 500 000,00
• Adresse: MONCHEBERGSTRASSE 19 ; 34125 Kassel ; Deutschland
• Region: Hessen › Kassel › Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: € 1 500 000,00

Begünstigte (1)

UNIVERSITAET KASSEL

Deutschland

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 1 500 000,00
• Adresse: MONCHEBERGSTRASSE 19 ; 34125 Kassel
• Region: Hessen › Kassel › Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: € 1 500 000,00