▁Research ▁in ▁this ▁area ▁is ▁applied ▁to ▁areas ▁such ▁as ▁organiz ational ▁w elf are , ▁public ▁health , ▁local ▁and ▁global ▁environmental ▁change . ▁The ▁emphas is ▁is ▁sh ifting ▁from ▁pure ▁labor atory ▁research ▁towards ▁research ▁testing ▁combinations ▁of ▁motiv ational , ▁strateg ic , ▁and ▁struct ural ▁solutions . ▁It ▁is ▁encourag ing ▁that ▁research ers ▁from ▁various ▁behavior al ▁sciences ▁are ▁developing ▁un ifying ▁theoretical ▁frameworks ▁to ▁study ▁social ▁d ile mm as ▁( like ▁evolution ary ▁theory ; ▁or ▁the ▁Social - E colog ical ▁Systems ▁framework ▁developed ▁by ▁El in or ▁Ost rom ▁and ▁her ▁colle agues ). ▁For ▁instance , ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁bur geon ing ▁ne uro e conom ics ▁literature ▁studying ▁brain ▁correl ates ▁of ▁decision - making ▁in ▁social ▁d ile mm as ▁with ▁neu ros cience ▁methods . ▁The ▁inter dis cipl inary ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁social ▁d ile mm as ▁does ▁not ▁fit ▁into ▁the ▁conventional ▁dist in ctions ▁between ▁fields , ▁and ▁dem ands ▁a ▁mult id is cipl inary ▁approach ▁that ▁trans c ends ▁divisions ▁between ▁econom ics , ▁political ▁science , ▁and ▁psych ology . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Collect ive ▁action ▁Co ord ination ▁game ▁Dec ision ▁theory ▁El in or ▁Ost rom ▁Game ▁theory ▁Identity ▁politics ▁Mor al ▁economy ▁Nash ▁equilibrium ▁Non - zero - sum ▁Pr ison er ' s ▁d ile m ma ▁R ational ity ▁Social ▁trap ▁Str ateg ic ▁games ▁Super im posed ▁Sch ed ules ▁of ▁Rein for cement