Gert Jan’s work today
Compared to how much we understand of our world and our technology, we are still naive about ourselves as social creatures. Gert Jan is on a mission to capture essential elements of our social, relational, emotional life in models. He calls it artificial sociality. See the catchwords below, or go to the page 'ongoing research' and find some publications. The most recent view will be found in my profile in google scholar.
Or check "Gert Jan's Blog" in the site menu, where BOSS = Basics Of Social Science. There, you can find brief applications of my thinking on current issues, as well as new lines of enquiry.
Artificial Sociality
Artificial Intelligence tries to create robots and virtual agents that can think. People, however, are first and foremost social, relational creatures. They do stupid things. Why? Gert Jan firmly believes that the study of artificial sociality is now urgent. His mission for the coming decade is to develop good operable models and simulations to help researchers get a GRASP of social life at its most general. This will of course include culture.
Artificial Sociality Manifesto
With a number of fellow researchers, Gert Jan wrote a bold and elaborate text that articulates why artificial sociality is important, and how it could be done. See his BOSS Blog about it, or go for the Artificial Sociality Manifesto itself.
Inaugural speech 'Artificial Sociality: modelling the social mind
On Thursday, 17 January 2019, Gert Jan delivered his inaugural public speech as professor of Artificial Sociality, in the Auditorium of Wageningen University. A good recording of the lecture and visuals is available here. You can find a PDF of the lecture here: Oratieboekje_Hofstede_Artif-Sociality 2019 01 17
Culture’s Causes: the next challenge
A well-read article in which Gert Jan unfolds his vision on practical research into culture: Culture's Causes, the next challenge, Distinguished Scholar essay, Strategic Management journal. Gert Jan briefly introduces it in the video below.