Olof Leimar

Stockholm University

Interests:

Game Theory in Biology
Reinforcement Learning
Conflict and Cooperation
Mimicry and Aposematism
Developmental Plasticity
Genetic Polymorphism
Animal Personality

I am active in the Ethology division of the Department of Zoology at Stockholm University. My research spans over a broad range, from evolutionary and game-theory modelling to animal behaviour experiments.

selected publications

article

Social bond dynamics and the evolution of helping

Olof Leimar, and Redouan Bshary

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024

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@article{LeimarBshary2024,
  author = {Leimar, Olof and Bshary, Redouan},
  title = {Social bond dynamics and the evolution of helping},
  volume = {121},
  number = {11},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  pages = {e2317736121},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.2317736121},
}

review

Game theory in biology: 50 years and onwards

Olof Leimar, and John M. McNamara

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2023

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@article{LeimarMcNamara2023,
  author = {Leimar, Olof and McNamara, John M.},
  title = {Game theory in biology: 50 years and onwards},
  journal = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  volume = {378},
  number = {1876},
  pages = {20210509},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1098/rstb.2021.0509},
}

book

Game theory in biology: Concepts and frontiers

John M. McNamara, and Olof Leimar

2020

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@book{McNamaraLeimar2020,
  author = {McNamara, John M. and Leimar, Olof},
  title = {Game theory in biology: {Concepts} and frontiers},
  edition = {First Edition},
  address = {Oxford},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  year = {2020},
  isbn = {978-0-19-881578-5},
}