Jinghao Zhang

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2026

As large language models(LLMs) are increasingly deployed in real-world applications, they inevitably encounter culturally sensitive scenarios that require applying cultural knowledge or values to the context in order to generate appropriate responses. However, existing research largely treats culture as static knowledge or abstract values, leaving the application of cultural norms in situated interactions underexplored. To address this gap, we first focus on the situated cultural reasoning of LLMs by proposing CuSiR, a simulation learning framework combining simulated scenario and reinforcement learning. We construct datasets covering both knowledge-based and social scenarios and conduct experiments across multiple role perspectives, instructions, settings, and models. Our results indicate that this framework effectively enhances LLMs’ ability to apply existing cultural knowledge, thereby improving their performance on tasks set in cultural scenarios. Code files are available at https://github.com/HoganZinger/Simulation_Learning