This article is a continuation of my article from last week introducing the practical relevance of ‘rule-governed behaviour’ for thinking about groups, relationships and collaboration. In this article, I will take a much deeper dive into the behavioural science of rule-governed behaviour and discuss why I am excited about combining this work with Elinor Ostrom’s research from a political science and economics perspective, which examines similar phenomena. I believe that, if we were able to recognise and discuss tacit rules in use at the individual, group and systemic levels, we would be much better placed to create a shared perspective on our most significant problems and find ways forward together.
@Paul I love this! Do you remember the pdf of a slideshow I sent you titled Cultural Evolution of Greenspaces? I wrote a follow-up called Building a Case For Cultural Evolution of Greenspaces which I hope explains why we need to create more community gardens within allotments. Clearly there are many aspects of our social systems which would benefit from explaining 'rule-governed behaviour' as a gardener this is the area I feel I can make a difference in my local area. Would you like me to send you Building a Case? (:
Hi Allan, Sorry for the delay and thank you for the kind words. Yes I would be interested to hear what you are thinking about so please do send it to me :-)
@Paul I love this! Do you remember the pdf of a slideshow I sent you titled Cultural Evolution of Greenspaces? I wrote a follow-up called Building a Case For Cultural Evolution of Greenspaces which I hope explains why we need to create more community gardens within allotments. Clearly there are many aspects of our social systems which would benefit from explaining 'rule-governed behaviour' as a gardener this is the area I feel I can make a difference in my local area. Would you like me to send you Building a Case? (:
Hi Allan, Sorry for the delay and thank you for the kind words. Yes I would be interested to hear what you are thinking about so please do send it to me :-)