Dr. Kurt Gray
Areas of Expertise
- Morality
- Religion
- Politics
- Psychology of AI
- Social Cognition
Education
- BSc (Honors), University of Waterloo, 2003
- PhD, Harvard University, 2010
Kurt Gray is the incoming Weary Foundation Endowed Chair in Social Psychology. He is a social psychologist who studies our moral minds and how best to bridge political divides. Gray directs the Deepest Beliefs Lab, which explores the psychology of morality, politics, religion and AI. He also directs the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding, which explores new ways to reduce polarization. He is the author of Outraged: Why we Fight about Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground.