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Over the course of the summer-fall 2020 Dr. Grossmann asked over 50 of the world’s leading scholars in behavioral and social sciences, along with futurists and disaster/crisis management scholars to share their thoughts on what effects COVID-19 pandemic will have on our societies. The goal was to create a time capsule of scientists’ hopes and worries at this critical moment in human history. My team subsequently set up interviews on an interactive portal, guided by results of analyses of core themes and interrelationships of different themes brought up by scholars.

Dr. Grossmann discusses how psychological science can measure and nurture wisdom in a recent Aeon article.

Read the article here.

The second stage of our forecasting tournament begins on November 15^th, 2020.

You can visit our forecasting tournament website for additional information and/or fill out a short form to let us know whether you are interested in participating.

Please watch the following recruitment video for more information:

Newest lab research on the folk standards of sound judgment is scheduled to appear in Science Advances. Pre-print available here.

https://aeon.co/ideas/why-speaking-to-yourself-in-the-third-person-makes-you-wiser

"The digital in itself is not a solution to anything, but an excellent tool to bring progress in a lot of fields. But, they have to be used properly with WISDOM." ~ Tiffany Fukuma

Bringing wisdom to the digital age

Is our capacity for wise behaviour determined not just by our psychology but also by our physiology? Is there such a thing as ‘good stress’, and how might our assessment of a situation reduce the chances of us 'choking'? Find out in our latest podcast episode: Wise brains, wise bodies!!

POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Psychology

University of Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

The Wisdom and Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo, directed by Igor Grossmann, is seeking applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate, starting in Spring/Summer 2018. The postdoc is broken into two one year segments, with opportunity for renewal at one year mark assuming excellent performance.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b083p88h

Harrison Oakes received the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship! Congratulations, Harrison!!!