UDD highlighted classroom reciprocity and autism research
An institutional note from Universidad del Desarrollo covered research on how children form social ties in elementary classrooms.
The study combines experimental game theory and network analysis to observe reciprocity, integration, and social dynamics among peers, including the particular challenges faced by autistic students and students with special educational needs.
Cristian Candia
Associate Professor, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. Head of CRiSS-LAB.
Cristian Candia studies how societies transform information into collective relevance through attention, memory, preferences, and coordination. His work combines computational social science, network science, AI, and large-scale behavioral data to understand how groups, institutions, and societies decide what matters.