Cédric Sueur

Cédric Sueur

Address

Evolutionary ethology
Department Ecology, Physiology and Ethology
IPHC - UMR 7178, CNRS-UDS
23 rue Becquerel
67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2
Tel : +33.3.88.10.74.52
Fax : +33.3. 88.10.74.56
e-mail : cedric.sueur(at)iphc.cnrs.fr
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Position

Maître de Conférences, Associate Professor, Strasbourg University

Profile

Since 2011 : Associate Professor, University of Strasbourg

Since 2008 : research associate, Unit of Social Ecology, free university of Brussels

2010-2011 : research fellow, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University

2009- 2010 : research associate, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University

2007-2008 : Lecturer in Ethology, Strasbourg University

2005-2008 : PhD in Ethology. Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France ; free University of Brussels, Belgium.

JSPS Alumni (2010)

Prize of the Society of Biology of Strasbourg for the best thesis (2009)

Prize « Le Monde de la Recherche universitaire » for the best thesis (2009)

Fulbright Alumni (2009)

Member of the European Doctoral College of Strasbourg (2006-2010)

Current research

Every day, millions of humans make decisions about issues of interest for the group or the community they represent. Equivalent processes have been described well by several authors for animal societies. Group members must take decisions satisfying the majority of individuals (i.e. decision accuracy) but in a relative short period (i.e. decision speed). Much time may be required to make an accurate decision between alternatives, because evaluating information may be a lengthy process. Nevertheless, empirical studies demonstrating the conflict between speed and accuracy in decision making are mostly investigations in the field of human performance and psychology. Several factors can affect this trade-off between speed and accuracy. Better information can enhance the efficiency of the decision. However, the decision efficiency also depends on the way individuals are inter-connected, that is, according to the social network. I want to assess how the information quality and social network may enhance the collective decision-making by increasing both the accuracy and the speed of the decision.