15 February 2010
Alasdair Houston has been awarded a 5-year European Research Council grant of over 1.7m Euros. The grant will employ 3 postdoctoral researchers on a project that involves developing mathematical models of the evolution of decision-making mechanisms. The research draws on work in behavioural ecology, psychology and economics and involves collaboration with many members of the University together with various European groups working on behaviour and decision-making.See: ERC press release