The Power of Us
Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel, Center for Conflict + Coop., Yvonne Phan, Jay Van Bavel, Michael Inzlicht, Turi Munthe, Laura K Globig, Raunak Pillai, Rémi Thériault, Anni SterniskoWhy does it feel like everyone is more divided than ever? The science of identity offers a blueprint to how we can rebuild a shared sense of “us” in our workplaces, communities, and everyday lives.
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This matters because books are unusually scalable interv...
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The Power of Us Newsletter provides studies and stories to make people smarter about groups and give them the insights to improve teams, organizations, and society. We also discuss how to avoid the pitfalls of dysfunctional groups.
Conducting research on social identity, morality & politics since 2010. Our newsletter is now hosted by The Power of Us: https://www.powerofusnewsletter.com/
managing editor @powerofus ✍️ investigating intergroup contact and housing \ud83c\udfe1 policy.
Psychology Professor and Director of the Center for Conflict & Cooperation at New York University | Author of "The Power Of Us" book & newsletter @powerofus
Psychology professor at the University of Toronto studying effort, empathy, and AI. Author of Speak Now Regret Later. The ideas are mine though I sometimes collaborate with the machines I study to help me put them into words.
Just published: Why We Think What We Think https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-We-Think-What-Unexpected/dp/1529153840/
Social Psychology Postdoc, NYU Incoming Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science, Stony Brook University ('26)
Assistant Professor at the University of Quebec in Rimouski (UQAR) | Prosociality, polarization, contemplative science, open science, reproducible science, metascience
Co-director Center for Conflict and Cooperation
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