Reposted by Randall Harp
There's amazing work on group effects in higher-order networks, but not a lot of connections to social ontology, collective action, and group selection.
Led by @jstonge.bsky.social with expert guidance of @rharp.bsky.social we reviewed and formalized these connections.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.02758
arxiv.org
Defining and classifying models of groups: The social ontology of higher-order networks
In complex systems research, the study of higher-order interactions has exploded in recent years. Researchers have formalized various types of group interactions, such as public goods games, biologica...