Clémence Bergerot

I am Clémence, a PhD student with a background in computational-cognitive science and philosophy. Currently, I am affiliated with Humboldt Universität and Einstein Center for Neurosciences in Berlin, and my research is supervised by Wolfram Barfuss and Pawel Romanczuk. As part of my PhD, I am investigating the impact of so-called “cognitive biases” on collective decision-making in fluctuating environments. In particular, I am interested in the influence of optimistic vs. pessimistic decision-making on cooperation in the face of climate change. To inquire about these topics, I use tools from computational neuroscience and from complex systems science, such as reinforcement learning. In my free time, I like hiking, listening to jazz and folk music, and writing fiction.