UM6P School of Collective Intelligence

08/07/2026

Dans un monde en transformation permanente, une compétence devient incontournable : savoir décider, innover et avancer ensemble.
C'est pourquoi l’UM6P School of Collective Intelligence lance son nouveau parcours certifiant en Intelligence Collective.

𝟒 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐬, 𝐚̀ 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐞. 𝐄𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐜̧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝟏.
Conçu pour explorer et appliquer des outils collaboratifs concrets, développer des compétences en leadership et facilitation et expérimenter des méthodes innovantes de prise de décision collective.

Première session : 18 et 19 septembre 2026 — Campus UM6P Rabat.
Bilingue · Places limitées · 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞́.

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25/06/2026

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐞́𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐳-𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 ?
𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐝'𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞́𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 ?

C'est le paradoxe que vivent la plupart des organisations aujourd'hui. Plus on se réunit, moins on décide. Plus il y a de personnes dans la salle, plus la décision finale appartient à une seule.

On appelle ça travailler en équipe. Mais ce n'est pas vraiment ce que c'est.
La réalité, c'est que prendre des décisions collectivement est l'une des compétences les plus difficiles à développer en entreprise. Et l'une des moins enseignées.

Alors nous vous posons la question directement :
Dans votre organisation, comment se prennent vraiment les décisions importantes ? Autour de la table, ou malgré elle ?

Répondez nous en commentaire, nous sommes curieux de savoir ce que vous vivez.

02/06/2026

𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

SCI professors recently co-edited a special theme issue on Philosophical Transactions B of the prestigious journal The Royal Society, focusing entirely on 'The Evolution of Collective Intelligence.'

The project grew out of an academic workshop at UM6P School of Collective Intelligence in Rabat. The guest editors realized that while fields like evolutionary anthropology have studied group cooperation for decades, their insights were happening in isolation from modern network research. This issue bridges that exact gap.

While science often focuses on individual brains, these papers argue that we must analyze the group level. Collective processes create emergent outcomes far greater than the sum of their individual parts. The issue includes 18 papers from specialists around the globe on this new and exciting field, from collective intelligence in other animal species such as primates, to CI in different human communities like hunter-gatherers and farming communities, to artificial intelligence.

The entire issue is currently free to read online, and you can catch the full behind-the-scenes interview with the editors on the Royal Society blog.

🔗 https://royalsociety.org/blog/2026/05/evolution-of-collective-intelligence/

Philosophical Transactions B recently published a theme issue on ‘The evolution of collective intelligence’. In this blog, Guest Editors of the issue, Cathal O’Madagain, Sarah Alami, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Edmond Seabright, José Segovia Martin, James Winters and Andrew Whiten tell us how ...

20/05/2026

✨ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

Most learning environments are built for one type of learner. The rest adapt... or they don't.

Our PhD student Abdelhadi Elbguir and Professor Fatimaezzahra BENMARRAKCHI just published research in 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 showing how personality traits shape the way learners engage with learning, and why the mismatch between learner and environment is so often mistaken for a personal failing.

This systematic review synthesizes global insights on how inherent personality profiles (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism) directly shape behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement. Their work highlights the growing necessity of integrating human psychology into modern pedagogical frameworks and learning design.

By analyzing the existing literature on this crucial intersection, this study highlights the relevance of personality dynamics as a foundational pillar for improving student success and personalizing education.

Happy reading! Here : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886926002072

20/05/2026

𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐞́𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞́𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 ?

Nous vous proposons une journée pour maîtriser les outils qui transforment vos échanges en décisions concrètes et engageantes.

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19/05/2026

🌍 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐌𝟔𝐏 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭!

What an unforgettable couple of weeks as Morocco became a global hub for evolutionary science! Both the Cultural Evolution Society ( ) and the Human Behavior and Evolution Society ( ) conferences have officially come to a successful close.

Jointly hosted by Africa Institute for Research in Economics and Social Sciences (AIRESS) and the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence, these back-to-back events brought together researchers from over 40 countries. We explored everything from cognitive constraints and Morocco’s oasis communities (at CES) to human mating, economic development, and how autism drives human invention (at HBES)—featuring world-class keynotes from Stanford, Duke, UCLA, CNRS, Cambridge, and more!

Beyond the incredible plenary sessions, the energy on campus was unmatched, from vibrant poster sessions and cross-cultural debates to local heritage highlights and networking events.

A massive thank you to everyone who made this possible, with a special shoutout to SCI professors Edmond Seabright and Sarah Alami for their flawless work behind the scenes to ensure everything ran seamlessly.

UM6P - Faculté de Gouvernance, Sciences Economiques et Sociales

04/05/2026

𝐀𝐈, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

What happens when we treat AI not just as a tool, but as a collaborator in collective ideation?

Last week at the School of Collective Intelligence, our Professor Mark Klein gave a talk on “The AIdeator Idea Generation Engine.” Drawing on his recent prototype and experimental work, he explored how large language models might fundamentally reshape how groups generate, refine, and select ideas.

While humans bring creativity, tacit knowledge, and an intuitive sense of what matters, we often struggle to navigate vast spaces of possible solutions. LLMs, on the other hand, are fast, tireless, and broadly informed, yet tend to produce conventional ideas and lack sensitivity to context and implicit goals.

The AIdeator system is designed to bridge this gap by structuring how groups explore large “idea trees”, or spaces of possible solutions that can quickly become overwhelming. One particularly compelling feature is the use of AI-generated analogies, introducing perspectives from entirely different domains. These prompts help participants reframe problems and consider approaches they might never have generated on their own. Beyond increasing the quantity of ideas, this approach reshapes how people search, reason, and collaborate within complex solution spaces.

The talk ultimately raised a deeper question: not just whether AI can improve ideation, but how it can redefine the cognitive division of labor between humans and machines.

27/04/2026

✨ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

We’re proud to share a special issue of Philosophical Transactions B of the Royal Society Publishing, the world’s oldest scientific journal dedicated to the Evolution of Collective Intelligence. All papers are open access and free to explore, covering topics from collective intelligence in non-human species to its development in humans across diverse societies, and its future as AI becomes part of our decision-making processes.

This issue is co-edited by five SCI faculty members, Sarah Alami, Cathal O'Madagain, Ed Seabright, Jose Segovia, and James Winters (now at Brunel University London), in collaboration with Andy Whiten (University of St Andrews) and Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (UC Davis), whose contributions we deeply appreciate.

Featuring 18 contributions from institutions around the world, this collection highlights the rapid growth and relevance of collective intelligence as a field of research.

Happy reading! Link here :

Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.

18/04/2026

✨ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

We’re excited to share a recent study published in Nature Human Behaviour, co-authored by our professor Rebecca Koomen, PhD, examining how political polarization shapes cooperative behavior in groups.

What happens when individuals must cooperate while holding different political identities? Rather than assuming uniform behavior, the study shows that cooperation depends strongly on group composition, with lower collective outcomes emerging in politically mixed settings.

The findings also highlight the role of “cheap talk”: even simple, non-binding communication can support cooperation, although its effects vary depending on how aligned group members are.

By bringing together identity, communication, and group structure, this work offers a clearer perspective on how cooperation emerges and sometimes breaks down in polarized environments.

Read more here : https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00062-6

Democrats cooperate more than Republicans in politically heterogeneous groups, but sharing nonbinding pledges of intended actions helps groups cooperate to sustain a shared resource, according to an online common-pool resource dilemma experiment.

15/04/2026

🧠 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 & 𝐀𝐈 – 𝐔𝐌𝟔𝐏 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

Throwback to an inspiring session at UM6P - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, hosted by UM6P School of Collective Intelligence and Faculty of Medical Sciences l UM6P

Floris de Lange opened with insights into the "Predictive Brain," while Karim Fifel explored the biological roots of cognition. The dialogue continued with Raphael Liogier from UM6P - Institute for Advanced Studies - IAS and professors Manal EL AKROUCHI and Cody Moser, who emphasized that AI must integrate sociology and ethics to truly converge with human intelligence.

This session proved that while AI is a powerful tool, the most exciting breakthroughs happen when we break down the walls between disciplines.