We study how people make wise decisions: in everyday life, across cultures, and over time. Our work sits at the intersection of Social & Cultural Psychology and Judgment & Decision Making, with computational methods and projects on human-AI interactions and AI value alignment.
We combine survey, behavioral, and computational approaches (modeling, NLP, and large-scale analyses), and we preregister studies, share analysis code, and document everything so others can replicate and extend our work.
Wise Judgment Consortium is a global, preregistered collaboration led by our lab to map the building blocks of wise judgment across cultures.
- 15 labs · 5 continents · ~3,500+ participants so far.
- Latest update: Preregistration and Study 1 data collection (“Life’s most difficult decisions”) complete; analyses and design of data collection underway.
- Next: data lock 2025-Q4, then analysis and write-up.
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Research Software Engineer (Applied AI/ML)
The Wisdom & Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo is seeking a Research Software Engineer to join two new interdisciplinary research programs at the intersection of artificial intelligence, reasoning, forecasting, and human-AI interaction.
Job Ad! WAC lab is searching for a Research Project Manager
Job Ad! WAC lab is searching for a Research Project Manager for Cultural Narratives, Economic Games, & Decision-making project.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cultural Psychology, Measurement, and Wise Decision-Making
Job ad! The Wisdom and Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo, directed by Igor Grossmann, invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship on the Wise Judgment Consortium, an international research initiative examining how people across cultures decide what is wise, reasonable, and effective in complex social situations.