Regular biography
Christoph Hauert is a Faculty member in the Department of Mathematics at The University of British Columbia. He obtained a PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Theoretical Physics from the University of Kiel, Germany, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Vienna, UBC, and Harvard University. He is an associate member of the Department of Zoology. His research interests include modelling evolutionary dynamics, structured populations, social networks, game theory, adaptive dynamics, evolution of cooperation, and mutualisms. He has received the 2017 Killam Research Prize and was an Early Career Scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies in 2009.
Scholar-generated biography
Christoph Hauert is a Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, specializing in evolutionary dynamics, evolutionary game theory, stochastic processes, cooperation, and social dilemmas. His research explores the mechanisms underlying the evolution of cooperation in social networks, focusing on the interplay between spatial structure, reputation, and social learning. Hauert's work includes studies on the Prisoner's Dilemma, Snowdrift game, and public goods games, examining how factors like punishment, volunteering, and phase transitions influence cooperative behavior. His contributions highlight the role of stochastic processes and coevolutionary dynamics in shaping social interactions and institutional norms.