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Berry, S. et al. (including S.A. Levin). (2021, February 11). Letter regarding use of forests for bioenergy to President-Elect Biden, President von der Leyen, President Michel, Prime Minister Suga, and President Moon. To read, click here.

Carlson, A.K., Rubenstein, D.I., and S.A. Levin.  2021.  Modeling Atlantic herring fisheries as multiscalar human-natural systems.   Fisheries Research 236: 105855.  .pdf

Carlson, A.K., Young, T., Centeno, M.A., Levin, S.A., and D.I. Rubenstein. 2021. Boat to bowl: Resilience through network rewiring of a community-supported fishery amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Environmental Research Letters 16: 034054. .pdf

Choquette-Levy, N., Wildemeersch, M., Oppenheimer, M., and S.A. Levin. 2021. Risk transfer policies and climate-induced immobility among smallholder farmers. Nature Climate Change 119: 1046-1054. .pdf

Cooney, D.B., Levin, S.A., Mori, Y., and J.B. Plotkin. (15 October, 2021). Modeling natural selection at multiple levels of organization.  SIAM News Blog. To read, click here.

Folke, C. et al. (including S.A. Levin). 2021. Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere: Resilient societies and global sustainability. Ambio 50: 834-869. .pdf

Gross, L.J., Hallam, T.G., and S.A. Levin. 2021. Foreword. Infectious Diseases and Our Planet: Special Issue of Mathematics of Planet Earth, ed. M. Teboh-Ewungkem and G. Ngwa, 7-8. Springer. Note: This issue can be downloaded from here.

Haghpanah, F., Lin, G., Levin, S.A., and E. Klein. 2021. Analysis of the potential efficacy and timing of COVID-19 vaccine on morbidity and mortality. EClinicalMedicine 35: 100863. .pdf

Kalett, A., Levin, S., Pringle, R., Rubenstein, D., and C. Tarnita. 2021. Foreword to Social Butterflies, by H.S. Horn, vii-viii. Monographs in Population Biology 65. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Karatayev, V.A., Vasconcelos, V.V., Lafuite, A.-S., Levin, S.A., Bauch, C.T., and M. Anand. 2021. A well-timed switch from local to global agreements accelerates climate change mitigation. Nature Communications 12(1): 1-7. .pdf

Kawakatsu, M., Lelkes, Y., Levin, S.A., and C.E. Tarnita. 2021. Interindividual cooperation mediated by partisanship complicates Madison's cure for "mischiefs of faction." PNAS Special Feature on Political Polarization 118(50): doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2102148118. .pdf

Kempes. C.P., Follows, M.J., Smith, H., Graham, H., House, C.H., and S.A. Levin. 2021. Generalized stoichiometry and biogeochemistry for astrobiological applications. Special Issue of the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology in Honor of J.D. Murray 83: 73. .pdf
Note: Kempes, C.P. et al. paper discussed in Scientific American (July 16, 2021). To read, click here.

Laxminarayan, R., Fitzpatrick S., and S. Levin. (2020, December 9). How to build trust in COVID-19 vaccines. The Nautilus 093. Available from: http://nautilus.us/issue 93/forerunners/how-to-build-trust-incovid19-vaccines. Reprinted as: "Building trust in COVID-19 vaccines." In: 2021. The Complex Alternative: Complexity Scientists on the COVID-19 Pandemic, eds. D.C. Kraukauer and G. West, 473-479. Santa Fe, NM: The Santa Fe Institute Press.

Laxminarayan, R. Fitzpatrick S., and S. Levin. 2021. "Reflection: The non-COVID vaccinated: Reaching the reluctant." In The Complex Alternative: Complexity Scientists on the COVID-19 Pandemic, eds. D.C. Krakauer and G. West, 480-483. Santa Fe, NM: Santa Fe Institute Press.

Levin, S.A. 2021. Mathematical ecology, evolution and the social sciences. Ecology, Economy and Society: The INSEE Journal (Indian Society for Ecological Economics) 4(1): 5-12. .pdf

Levin, S.A., Anderies, J.M., Adger, N., Barrett, S., Bennett, E.M., Cardenas, J.C., Carpenter, S.R., Crepin, A.-S., Ehrlich, P., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Kautsy, N., Kling, C., Nyborg, K., Polasky, S., Scheffer, M., Segerson, K., Shogren, J., van den Bergh, J., Walker, B., Weber, E.U., and J. Wilen. 2021. Governance in the face of extreme events: Lessons from evolutionary processes for structuring interventions, and the need to go beyond. Ecosystems: doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00680-2. .pdf

Levin, S.A., and A.W. Lo, organizers. 2021. PNAS Special Feature on Evolutionary Models of Financial Markets 118(26). To read, click here.

Levin, S.A., and A.W. Lo. 2021. Introdution. PNAS Special Feature on Evolutionary Models of Financial Markets 118(26): e2104800118. .pdf

Levin, S.A., Milner, H.V., and C. Perrings, organizers. 2021. PNAS Special Feature on Political Polarization 118(50). To read, click here.

Levin, S.A. Milner, H.V., and C. Perrings. 2021. Introduction: The dynamics of political polarization. PNAS Special Feature on Political Polarization 118(50): doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116950118. .pdf

Levin, S. and A. Xepapadeas. 2021. On the coevolution of economic and ecological systems. Annual Review of Resource Economics 13: 355-377. .pdf

Morris, D.H., Rossine, F.W., Plotkin, J.B., and S.A. Levin. 2021. Optimal, near-optimal, and robust epidemic control. Communications Physics 4(1): 1-8. .pdf

Puy, A., Borgonovo, E., Lo Piano, S., Levin, S.A., and A. Saltelli. 2021. Irrigated areas drive irrigation water withdrawals. Nature Communications 12, 4525. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24508-8. .pdf

Quinlan, L., Reeves, M., Purser, D., Levin, S., and V.V. Vasconcelos. 2021. Strategies of change. The BCG Henderston Institute Website. To read, click here.

Reeves, M. and S.A. Levin. 2021. "Think biologicallly: Messy management for a complex world." In Mastering the Science of Organizational Change, eds. M. Reeves and K. Whitaker, 13-25. De Gruyter.

Reeves, M., Levin, S.A., Fuller, J., and F. Hassan. 2021. "Your change needs strategy." In Mastering the Science of Organizational Change, eds. M. Reeves and K. Whitaker, 63-76. De Gruyter.

Romano, R. and S.A. Levin. 2021. Sunsetting as an adaptive strategy.  The FinRegBlog (Global Markets Financial Center, Duke University, School of Law). To read, click here.

Romano, R. and S.A. Levin. 2021. Sunsetting as an adaptive strategy. PNAS Special Feature on Evolutionary Models of Financial Markets 118(26): e2015258118. .pdf

Saad-Roy, C.M., Grenfell, B.T., Levin, S.A., Pellis, L., Stage, H.B., van den Driessche, P., and N.S. Wingreen. 2021. Superinfection and the evolution of an initial asymptomatic stage. Royal Society Open Science 8: 202212. .pdf

Saad-Roy, C.M., Grenfell, B.T., Levin, S.A., van den Driessche, P., and N.S. Wingreen. 2021. Evolution of an asymptomatic first stage of infection in a heterogeneous population. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18(179). doi: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0175. .pdf

Saad-Roy, C.M., Morris, S.E., Metcalf, C.J.E., Mina, M.J., Baker, R.E., Farrar, J., Holmes, E.C., Pybus, O.G., Graham, A.L., Levin, S.A., Grenfell, B.T., and C.E. Wagner. 2021. Partial immunity and SARS-CoV-2 mutations: Reponse. Science 372(6540): 354-355. .pdf

Saad-Roy, C.M., Morris, S.E., Metcalf, C.J.E., Mina, M.J., Baker, R.E., Farrar, J., Homes, E.C., Pybus, O.G., Graham, A.L., Levin, S.A., Grenfell, B.T., and C.E. Wagner. 2021. Epidemiological and evolutionary considerations of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dosing regimes.  Science. doi: 10.1126/science.abg8663. .pdf

Saad-Roy, C.M., Levin, S.A., Metcalf, C.J.E., and B.T. Grenfell. 2021. Trajectory of individual immunity and vaccination required for SARS-CoV-2 community immunity: A conceptual investigation. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18: 20200683. .pdf

Sabin Aspen Vaccine Science and Policy Group (including S.A. Levin). 2021. The Sabin Aspen Vaccine Science and Policy Group Report: Powering Vaccine R&D: Opportunities for Advancement. To read and for a .pdf, click here.

Santos, F.P., Lelkes, Y., and S.A. Levin. 2021. Link recommendation algorithms and dynamics of polarization in online social networks. PNAS Special Feature on Political Polarization 118(50): doi.org/10.1073/pnas.210214118. .pdf

Santos, F.P., Levin, S.A., and V.V. Vasconcelos. 2021. Biased perceptions explain collective action deadlocks and suggest new mechanisms to prompt cooperation. iScience 24(4): 102375. .pdf

Santos, F.P., Pacheco, J.M., Santos, F.C., and S. Levin.  2021.  Dynamics of informal risk-sharing in collective index insurance.   Nature Sustainability:  doi: 10.1038/s41893-020-00667-2. .pdf

Santos, F.P., Santos, F.C., Pacheco, J.M., and S.A. Levin. 2021. Social network interventions to prevent reciprocity driven polarization. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2021), May 3-7, 2021 (Virtual). .pdf

Sridhar, A., Osman Y., Eletreby, R., Levin, S.A., Plotkin, J.B., and H. Vincent Poor. 2021. Leveraging a multiple-strain model with mutations in analyzing the spread of COVID-19. ICASSP-2021 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (Toronto, June 16- 2021): 8163-8167. To read, click here.

Sumaila, U.R. et al. (including S.A. Levin). 2021. World Trade Organization must ban fisheries subsidies. Science 374(6567): 544. To read letter, click here.

Vasconcelos, V.V., Constantino, S.M., Dannenberg, A., Lumkowsky, M., Weber, E., and S. Levin. 2021. Segregation and clustering of preferences erode socially beneficial coordination. PNAS Special Feature on Political Polarization 118(50): doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2102153118. .pdf

Xu, L., Patterson, D., Staver, A.C., Levin, S.A., and J. Wang. 2021. Unifying deterministic and stochastic ecological dynamics via a landscape-flux approach.  PNAS 118(24): e2103779118. .pdf

Wagner, C.E., Saad-Roy, C.M., Morris, S.E., Baker, R.E., Mina, M.J., Farrar, J., Holmes, E.C., Pybus, O.G., Graham, A.L., Emanuel, E.J., Levin, S.A., Metcalf, C.J.E., and B.T. Grenfell. 2021. Vaccine nationalism and the dynamics and control of SARS-CoV-2. Science: doi: 10.1126/science.anj7364. .pdf

Wagner, C.E., Prentice J.A., Saad-Roy, C.M., Yang, L., Grenfell, B.T., Levin, S.A., and R. Laxminarayan. 2020. Economic and behavioral influencers of vaccination and antimicrobial use. Frontiers in Public Health. doi.org/10.3389/pubh.2020.614113. Reprinted in: 2021. COVID Ecology and Evolution: Systemic Biosocial Dynamics, eds. M. Convertino and S.F. Pileggi, 170-267. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88971-553-6. .pdf

Yagan, O., Sridhar, A., Eletreby, R., Levin, S.A., Plotkin, J.B., and H. Vincent Poor. 2021. Modeling and analysis of the spread of COVID-19 under a multiple-strain model with mutations. Harvard Data Science Review: doi: 10.116299608f92.a11bf693. .pdf