Knowledge Across Frontiers

A unified scientific project studying human behavior

"Modern scientific approaches are becoming increasingly trans-disciplinary"

Sergey Gavrilets, Distinguished Professor, University of Tennessee

"Interdisciplinary institutions that manage to do things well are a dream"

Eldar Shafir, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University

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IAST Magazine #15 is out !

Is physical attractiveness objective? What makes human bodies unique compared to other animals?

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Research

On the Origin of Beauty

The Science of Sexual Attraction by Jeann Bovet

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Research

Simultaneous hermaphrodites

Research team develops new understanding of egg trading by hermaphrodite animals

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The demography of human warfare can drive sex differences in altruism

Researchers discover how warfare and migration shaped altruism in human species

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Awards

TSE/IAST new building architects win Pritzker prize

Congratulations to Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, the architects behind our impressive new building here in Toulouse. 

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Campus

IAST-TSE Summer School

Postponed

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Research

Does kin discrimination promote cooperation?

Researchers develop new mathematical model on the influence of family recognition on cooperation

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Understanding fundamental determinants of human behavior
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