Karim Baraghith @karimbaraghith.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Robert Boyd (having a huge picture of Pete Richerson behind him, who also sits in the audience) reflects on them starting the whole Cultural Evolution Thing. So amazing to hear their story, esp. since this work inspired me soo much. 072
Reposted by Karim BaraghithAlex Mesoudi @alexmesoudi.com · 12/05/2026Our host turns speaker: @matcharbonneau.bsky.social on how open-ended cumulative cultural evolution works 0185
Reposted by Karim BaraghithAndra Meneganzin @andrameneganzin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Speed-running between amazing sessions at #CES2026 and different perspectives on shared cultural evolutionary questions feels like my life now. Some highlights from day #2. 1162
Reposted by Karim BaraghithMODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026In the first talk after lunch, @juliejebeile.bsky.social proposed examining model transfer through the lens of idealizations, suggesting that what is often transferred is an idealization itself, used as a tool to transform descriptions into calculation devices and applicable across various domains 141
Karim Baraghith @karimbaraghith.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Thanks to all speakers, presenters, guests & helpers for making this event (organized by Edoardo & me) possible. I have learned so much and even more to think about. Very stimulating! 193
Reposted by Karim BaraghithMODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The workshop continues with a talk by @thomasreydon.bsky.social discussing the challenges of explanatory unification across the biological and social sciences based on evolutionary models 142
Reposted by Karim BaraghithMODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026We begin the second day of the workshop with a talk by @hanneand.bsky.social on interdisciplinary research, its forms, challenges, and role in scientific progress 153
Reposted by Karim BaraghithMODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Christine Caldwell gave a talk in which, drawing on experimental evidence. she explored limits on the applicability of models from genetic evolution to cultural transmission, depending on whether payoffs are determined primarily by external pressures or endogenous coordination benefits 151
Reposted by Karim BaraghithMODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The workshop continued with a talk by @acerbialberto.com on the cultural ecology of social media, suggesting to take into account producers’ goals when explaining social media dynamics and thus reframing debates on misinformation, radicalisation and polarisation (preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...) 162
Reposted by Karim BaraghithMODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026In this thread, we’ll be live-posting highlights from the “Scientific Progress via Model Transfer: The Case of Cultural Evolution” workshop talks. Follow along for updates 👇 1206
Reposted by Karim BaraghithMODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The workshop "Scientific Progress via Model Transfer: The Case of Cultural Evolution", organized by @karimbaraghith.bsky.social and our team member Edoardo Peruzzi (co-financed by @erc.europa.eu and @dfg.de), has just begun! #FrontierResearch #ERCStG #DFG See link below for details ⬇️ 151
Reposted by Karim BaraghithMODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026@lucasgautheron.bsky.social gave a talk, prepared with @norijacoby.bsky.social and Hannah Rubin, which examined how popularity feedback can reduce diversity and slow innovation in science, based a large-scale online experiment (see arxiv.org/abs/2602.09997). We'll continue after the lunch break! 171
Reposted by Karim BaraghithMODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026@matcharbonneau.bsky.social continued the workshop with a talk arguing that human problem-solving can be understood through cultural evolution theory, and outlining an appropriate transfer strategy between biological evolution and the evolution of problem-representation spaces 141
Reposted by Karim BaraghithCatherine Herfeld @cherfeld.bsky.social · 09/04/2026🔥 This wonderful workshop on Scientific Progress via Model Transfer perfectly organized by Karim Baraghith and our own Edoardo Peruzzi started. 2 days of talks and posters that discuss the case of cultural evolution as a case of model transfer. But is it also progressive? @modeltransfer.bsky.social 172
Reposted by Karim BaraghithMODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026www.model-transfer.uni-hannover.de/en/news-and-...model-transfer.uni-hannover.de 011
Reposted by Karim BaraghithThomas Reydon @thomasreydon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Now out: Cultural evolution and Social Ontology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Routledge), edited by Martina Valković and me. Available (with discount code below) at: www.routledge.com/Cultural-Evo... 0156
Karim Baraghith @karimbaraghith.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Check out my new paper on the explanatory strenght of network models used in evolutionary sciences. Here is the link: rdcu.be/e7ZWjrdcu.beOn networks, trees and traits: evaluating explanatory power of network models in cultural evolutionary research 0113
Reposted by Karim BaraghithInstitute of Philosophy LUH @iphilluh.bsky.social · 13/10/2025CfP for a Workshop on "Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution", April 2026 in Hannover 👇 #philsci #philsky 083
Karim Baraghith @karimbaraghith.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Check out the new paper by Christian Feldbacher-Escamilla and me, in which we demonstrate how Cultural Evolutionary Psychology (CEP) distinguishes itself from its predecessors —Evolutionary Psychology and Cultural Evolutionary Theory —and why CEP represents a distinctive generalization of both. 040
