Scholar
Jay J. Van Bavel
Google Scholar ID: lyOMg94AAAAJ
Professor of Psychology & Neural Science, New York University; Norwegian School of Economics
Citations & Impact
Citations
24,805
H-index
66
i10-index
146
Publications
20
Co-authors
181
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published over 100 academic publications; co-authors a mentoring column, 'Letters to Young Scientists,' for Science Magazine; written for the New York Times, BBC, Scientific American, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, and Washington Post; research has appeared in the US Supreme Court and Senate; received the NYU Golden Dozen Teaching Award; awarded several prizes including the Young Investigator Award from the Society for Social Neuroscience, the Young Scholars Award from the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology, the Janet T. Spence Award from the Association for Psychological Science, and the F.J. McGuigan Early Career Investigator Prize from the American Psychological Foundation.
Research Experience
- Director of the Social Identity & Morality Lab at NYU, studying how collective concerns influence the mind, brain, and behavior using methods like neuroimaging, lesion patients, social cognitive tasks, economic tasks, cross-cultural surveys, and computational social science.
Education
- PhD from the University of Toronto; Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Ohio State University
Background
- Professor of Psychology & Neural Science at New York University, with research interests in how collective concerns such as group identities, moral values, and political beliefs shape the mind, brain, and behavior. His work addresses issues of group identity, social motivation, cooperation, implicit bias, moral judgment, decision-making, and social media.
Miscellany
- Consulted with the White House, United Nations, European Union, and World Health Organization on issues related to his research; given talks at numerous psychology departments, business schools, academic conferences, professional events, and non-academic organizations, including the World Science Festival.
