Publications (Scholar)
Journalism:
(2020) in Medium.com Chinese collectivism and Western individualism at the time of the coronavirus outbreak. In the news.
(2018) in Medium.com The next major transition in evolution of human cooperation: the blockchains.
Scientific articles:
Li LL, He R, Pansini R, Quan RC. (2022) Prolonged proximity to humans ensures better performance of semi-captive Asian elephants at discriminating between human individuals by voice. Front. Ecol. Evol. 820 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.963052
Pansini R & Shi L. (2022) COVID-19, air pollution and One Health at the climate change turning point In Air Quality and Health edited by A E Onal IntechOpen ISBN 978-1-80355-694-9 DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.102943
Liu Y, Geng Y, Du C, Hu K, Shen C, Pansini R, Shi L. (2021) The interface of unidirectional rewards: enhanced cooperation within interdependent networks. Applied Mathematics and Computation 402 126151 DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2021.126151 PDF
Pansini R & Fornacca, D. (2021) COVID-19 higher mortality in Chinese regions with chronic exposure to lower air quality. Frontiers in Public Health. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.597753
Pansini R & Fornacca, D. (2021) Early Spread of COVID-19 in the Air-Polluted Regions of Eight Severely Affected Countries. Atmosphere 12 (6), 795 . A news report. A YouTube video explanation.
Pansini R, Campennì, M & Shi, L. (2020) Segregating socioeconomic classes leads to an unequal redistribution of wealth. Palgrave Communication DOI: 10.1057/s41599-020-0419-2
Chen X., Dessì R, Pansini R & Zhao X. (authors in alphabetical order, in prep. for an econ j.) Status and hierarchy: field evidence from vervet monkeys. SSRN 4027822 PDF
Pansini R, Kesberg R. & Shi L. (in prep.) Attainment of future carbon sequestration to curb climate change in the Chinese collectivist society.
Yang Y, Pu T, Pansini R, Huang Z, Jia T, Liu L, Li Y, Xiao W. (not submitted) Social transmission of lichenivory feeding tradition in captive Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys: foraging decisions, adaptive radiation and conservation implications. PDF
Pansini R, Campennì M & Shi L. (2018) Asymmetric use of punishment in socioeconomic segregated societies leads to an unequal distribution of wealth. SSRN Elsevier DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3108959 PDF
Pansini R, Shi L, Wang RW. (2016) Women tend to defect in a social dilemma game in Southwest China. PLOS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166101 PDF. A news report.
Gao L, Wang Z, Pansini R, Li YT, Wang RW. (2015) Collective punishment is more effective than collective reward for promoting cooperation. Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/srep1775217752 PDF
Pansini R. (2012) Hierarchical societies of primates: comments on love, war and cultures. Journal of Bioeconomics DOI: 10.1007/s10818-012-9138-0 PDF
Pansini R. (2011) Induced cooperation to access a sharable reward increases the hierarchical segregation of wild vervet monkeys. PLoS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021993 PDF
Pansini R & de Ruiter JR. (2011) Observation of tool use and modification for apparent hygiene purposes in a mandrill. Behavioural Processes DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.06.003 PDF
In the news: BBC, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, El Mundo, Folha, etc. (see a press review in PDF). And at the radio: BBC radio 4
Pansini R & Noë R. (2009) Economics and cooperation dynamics in free-ranging vervet monkeys. Folia Primatologica 80(6):376
de Roode JC, Pansini R, Cheesman SJ, Helinski MEH, Bell AS, Chan BHK, Walliker D & Read AF. (2005) Virulence and competitive ability in genetically diverse malaria infections. PNAS 102(21):7624-7628 PDF
Theses:
Pansini R. (2011) Cooperation and Economics Behaviour of Wild Vervet Monkeys: an experimental approach. Université de Strasbourg and
CNRS, France. PDF
Pansini R. (2006) La Gestione della Fauna Protetta in una Riserva Naturale: procedure di SGA per la gestione del lupo nel Parco Regionale dell'Alto Appennino Modenese. IAL Institute, Modena, Italy
Pansini R. (2006) Assessing Animal Welfare in a Captive Primate: an analysis of stress related behaviour in Mandrillus sphinx. University of Durham, UK. PDF
In the news: BBC, Reuters, Metro, ScienceDaily, etc.
Pansini R. (2003) Social Evolution of Malaria Parasites: the nature of in-host competition. University of Edinburgh, UK. PDF