This course covers the key ideas of collective intelligence, asking when it emerges and when it fails. Students will engage with classical and contemporary research papers about how we can combine information from different individuals. They learn to understand and discuss under which conditions combining judgments and decisions of multiple individuals produces collective intelligence and when it creates the risk to run into collective madness and herding. 

After the course students can define and describe   important concepts of collective intelligence and can name and describe experimental paradigms that are used to investigate it. They will practice their ability to read and understand research papers and to critically evaluate the claims in empirical and theoretical research papers. Moreover, they can apply the concepts and ideas of collective intelligence to examples related to consumer behavior, management and their everyday lives.

All lectures, materials, and assignments are in English. The number of participants is limited. The registration will take place via the Campus portal.

Grades will be determined based on different parts, including active participation and written assignments. Details will be discussed at the beginning of the course.

Participation is limited to 20 participants. Registration via the campus portal is required for the course.  If too many students register, students in higher semesters are selected first.