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Emmylou Sophie Schädler

Emmylou Sophie Schädler is a master's student in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Mannheim, with research interests focusing on stress regulation, emotional and social aspects of (health) behavior. Emmy is passionate about bridging academic research and practical applications, and she strives to make psychological insights more accessible to a broader audience in her current and future work in clinical and social psychology. Find her here.

Brian Meier

Masaki Yuki

  Masaki Yuki, PhD, is a Professor of the Department of Behavioral Science, and the Director of Center for Experimental Research in Social Sciences, at Hokkaido University, Japan. Taking a socio-ecological perspective, his current research centers around how characteristics of our social environments (such as relational mobility) affects a broad range of individuals’ psychological and behavioral tendencies. These include self-evaluation, happiness, mental health, as well as interpersonal, intragroup, and intergroup behaviors.  

Cameron Stuart Kay

Cameron Stuart Kay is a recent graduate from the University of British Columbia with a coursework concentration in social psychology. His research interests include evolutionary psychology as a framework for the study of abnormal behaviours, the exploration of non-pharmacological methods for increasing focus, memory, and general productivity, and the role of genes and culture in decision-making processes. He currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Joe Smith

Joe was a journalist before reading Daniel Kahneman and Jonathan Haidt made him drop what he was doing and go back to school. He's now a researcher affiliated to the Wellcome Centre for Cultures of Health at the University of Exeter in the UK. Coming to psychology from philosophy, Joe is fascinated by how discoveries in cognitive science are changing our perception of big philosophical questions. For example, what neuroscience implies about personal identity, what evolution tells us about morality, and what ramifications cognitive biases have for the discipline of philosophy itself. 

Marc Cubrich

Marc Cubrich, M.A. is a current Doctoral student studying Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the University of Akron. His research interests include employee feedback seeking, cultural values, and issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Samuel Sturaro

Samuel Sturaro was an ERASMUS+ intern at the University of Surrey. He has recently been awarded a MSc in Community Psychology, Wellness Promotion and Social Change (University of Padova). His research interests are reclaiming and sexual prejudice.

Kaska Kubacka

Julia Asbrand

Prof. Dr. Julia Asbrand is Professor of Clinical Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence at the University of Jena and a licensed child and adolescent psychotherapist. Her research focuses on anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence as well as effects of societal crises on children and adolescents.

Beate Seibt

Beate Seibt is an assistant professor at the University of Oslo. Her research interests are: mimicry of emotional expressions, relational models of interpersonal relations, social cognition, intergroup relations, approach and avoidance motivations.