Game theory in the classroom: low cooperative relationships identify bullying patterns in elementary schools

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Abstract

This article uses experimental game theory and social network analysis to identify low-cooperation relationships associated with bullying patterns in elementary school classrooms. The work connects classroom behavioral experiments with actionable evidence for school coexistence and prevention.

Publication
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11, 1114
Victor Landaeta
Victor Landaeta
Data Science Institute, Universidad del Desarrollo.
Cristian Candia
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.

Javier Pulgar
Javier Pulgar
Physics Department, Universidad del Bío Bío
Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
Universidad del Desarrollo.