Selected Academic Publications

2023
Multilevel Cultural Evolution: From New Theory to Practical Applications
David Sloan Wilson, Guru Madhavanc, Michele J. Gelfandd, Steven C. Hayese, Paul W. B. Atkins, and Rita R. Colwellg  PNAS
2022
Rethinking the theoretical foundation of economics I: The multilevel paradigm
Dennis J. Snower and David Sloan Wilson 
2021
Reintroducing Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to modern evolutionary science
David Sloan Wilson  Religion, Brain & Behavior
2021
Groups as Organisms: Implications for Therapy and Training
David Sloan Wilson, James A. Coan  Clinical Psychology Review
2020
Core design principles for nurturing organization-level selection
David Sloan Wilson, Melvin M. Philip, Ian F. MacDonald, Paul W. B. Atkins & Kevin M. Kniffin  Nature
2020
Updating Hayek on Cultural Multilevel Selection
David Sloan Wilson and Guru Madhavan  National Academy of Egineering
2017
Grand challenges for the study of cultural evolution
J. Brewer, M. Gelfand, J. C. Jackson, I. F. MacDonald, P. N. Peregrine, P. J. Richerson, P. Turchin, H. Whitehouse and D. S. Wilson  Nature Ecology & Evolution
2016
Sacred text as cultural genome: an inheritance mechanism and method for studying cultural evolution
Yasha M. Hartberg and David Sloan Wilson  Religion, Brain, and Behavior
2016
Two Meanings of Complex Adaptive Systems
David S. Wilson and Alan Kirman  MIT Press
2015
The nature of religious diversity: a cultural ecosystem approach
David Sloan Wilson, Yasha Hartberg, Ian MacDonald, Jonathan A. Lanman & Harvey Whitehouse  Religion, Brain & Behavior
2014
Human ultrasociality and the invisible hand: foundational developments in evolutionary science alter a foundational concept in economics
David Sloan Wilson, John M. Gowdy  Journal of Bioeconomics
2014
Evolving the future: Toward a science of intentional change
David Sloan Wilson, Steven C. Hayes, Anthony Biglan, Dennis D. Embry  Behavioral and Brain Sciences
2013
Generalizing the core design principles for the efficacy of groups
David Sloan Wilson, Elinor Ostrom, Michael E. Cox  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
2013
Evolution as a general theoretical framework for economics and public policy
David Sloan Wilson, John M. Gowdy  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
2012
A tale of two classics
David Sloan Wilson  NewScientist
2011
A program for at-risk high school students informed by evolutionary science
David Sloan Wilson, Richard A. Kauffman Jr, Miriam S. Purdy  PLoS One
2011
Community perception: The ability to assess the safety of unfamiliar neighborhoods and respond adaptively
Daniel Tumminelli O’Brien and David Sloan Wilson  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
2008
Human prosociality from an evolutionary perspective: variation and correlations at a city-wide scale
David Sloan Wilson, Daniel Tumminelli O'Brien, Artura Sesma  Evolution and Human Behavior
2007
Rethinking the theoretical foundation of sociobiology
David Sloan Wilson, Edward O. Wilson  The Quarterly Review of Biology