Jakub Tesař
Affiliate Researcher
Jakub Tesař is a postdoctoral researcher at Peace Research Center Prague and an assistant professor at the Institute of Political Studies, Charles University.
Research focus
In his research, Jakub Tesař connects two areas of his expertise, International Relations and Physics.
He is interested in applications of the quantum (probability) theory in the social sciences, namely quantum game theory and quantum models of reasoning and decision-making.
selected Publications
TESAŘ, J. (2020). A quantum model of strategic decision-making explains the Disjunction effect in the Prisoner’s Dilemma game. Decision, 7(1), 43–54
TESAŘ, J. (2019). How Do Social Norms and Expectations About Others Influence Individual Behavior? A Quantum Model of Self/Other-Perspective Interaction in Strategic Decision-Making. Foundations of Science (online first), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-019-09582-y
TESAŘ, J. (2018). Quantum Theory of International Relations: Modeling Strategic Interaction with Quantum Probability Theory (PhD thesis). Charles University, Prague.
BACKGROUND
Jakub Tesař studied International Relations, General and Plasma Physics, and received his Ph.D. from the Charles University. He was a visiting scholar at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies (Ohio State University), supervised by Prof Alexander Wendt.
contact
Email address: jakub.tesar@fsv.cuni.cz