Charles Efferson

Charles Efferson

Université de Lausanne

H-index: 23

Europe-Switzerland

About Charles Efferson

Charles Efferson, With an exceptional h-index of 23 and a recent h-index of 21 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Université de Lausanne, specializes in the field of human evolutionary ecology, applied cultural evolution, gene-culture coevolution, evolution of cooperation.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Our fragile future under the cumulative cultural evolution of two technologies

Agentic processes in cultural evolution: relevance to Anthropocene sustainability

When norm change hurts

Isolating a culture of son preference among Armenian, Georgian and Azeri Parents in Soviet-era Russia

Super-additive cooperation

Identifying culture as cause: Challenges and opportunities

Green preferences sustain greenwashing: challenges in the cultural transition to a sustainable future

Activating cultural evolution for good when people differ from each other

Charles Efferson Information

University

Position

Professor Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC)

Citations(all)

6486

Citations(since 2020)

3808

Cited By

4485

hIndex(all)

23

hIndex(since 2020)

21

i10Index(all)

31

i10Index(since 2020)

25

Email

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Université de Lausanne

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Charles Efferson Skills & Research Interests

human evolutionary ecology

applied cultural evolution

gene-culture coevolution

evolution of cooperation

Top articles of Charles Efferson

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Our fragile future under the cumulative cultural evolution of two technologies

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Charles Efferson

Peter J Richerson

Vanessa P Weinberger

2024/1/1

Agentic processes in cultural evolution: relevance to Anthropocene sustainability

Peter J Richerson

Robert T Boyd

Charles Efferson

2024/1/1

When norm change hurts

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Charles Efferson

Sönke Ehret

Lukas von Flüe

Sonja Vogt

2024/3/11

Isolating a culture of son preference among Armenian, Georgian and Azeri Parents in Soviet-era Russia

Evolutionary Human Sciences

Matthias Schief

Sonja Vogt

Elena Churilova

Charles Efferson

2024/1

Super-additive cooperation

Nature

Charles Efferson

Helen Bernhard

Urs Fischbacher

Ernst Fehr

2024/2/21

Identifying culture as cause: Challenges and opportunities

Sirio Lonati

Rafael Lalive

Charles Efferson

2024/1/4

Green preferences sustain greenwashing: challenges in the cultural transition to a sustainable future

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Lukas von Flüe

Charles Efferson

Sonja Vogt

2024/1/1

Activating cultural evolution for good when people differ from each other

Charles Efferson

Sonja Vogt

Lukas von Flüe

2023/2/23

How culture shapes choices related to fertility and mortality: Causal evidence at the Swiss Language Border

Lisa Faessler

Rafael Lalive

Charles Efferson

2023

A market for integrity. The use of competition to reduce bribery in education

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Ivan Soraperra

Nils Köbis

Shaul Shalvi

Sonja Vogt

Charles Efferson

...

2023/12/1

Tipping pro-environmental norm diffusion at scale: opportunities and limitations

Behavioural Public Policy

Joël Berger

Charles Efferson

Sonja Vogt

2023/7

Pre-existing fairness concerns restrict the cultural evolution and generalization of inequitable norms in children

Evolution and Human Behavior

Joël Berger

Sonja Vogt

Charles Efferson

2022/1/1

Group identities can undermine social tipping after intervention

Nature human behaviour

Sönke Ehret

Sara M Constantino

Elke U Weber

Charles Efferson

Sonja Vogt

2022/12

Gender-specific barriers to access to Digital Agricultural Advisory Services (DAS)

Eva Marti

Charles Efferson

Sonja Vogt

2022/8/1

Group Identities Make Fragile Tipping Points

Sönke Ehret

Sara Constantino

Elke Weber

Charles Efferson

Sonja Vogt

2022

What is the extent of a frequency-dependent social learning strategy space?

Evolutionary Human Sciences

Aysha Bellamy

Ryan McKay

Sonja Vogt

Charles Efferson

2022

Leading with the (recently) successful? Performance visibility and the evolution of risk taking

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper

Sönke Ehret

Sonja Vogt

Andreas Hefti

Charles Efferson

2021/4

Promotion of behavioural change for health in a heterogeneous population

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Robin Schimmelpfennig

Sonja Vogt

Sönke Ehret

Charles Efferson

2021/11/11

Collectively jumping to conclusions: Social information amplifies the tendency to gather insufficient data.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Justin Sulik

Charles Efferson

Ryan McKay

2021/11

Investigating the structure of son bias in Armenia with novel measures of individual preferences

Demography

Matthias Schief

Sonja Vogt

Charles Efferson

2021/10/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 131
Ernst Fehr

Ernst Fehr

Universität Zürich

H-index: 130
Carel P. van Schaik

Carel P. van Schaik

Universität Zürich

H-index: 101
Joseph Henrich

Joseph Henrich

Harvard University

H-index: 88
Peter Richerson

Peter Richerson

University of California, Davis

H-index: 70
Mark Lubell

Mark Lubell

University of California, Davis

H-index: 50
Ryan McKay

Ryan McKay

Royal Holloway, University of London

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