Emilie Caspar

Emilie Caspar

Brussels Metropolitan Area
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I am an Associate Professor at Ghent University (Belgium), where I lead the Moral and Social Brain lab: https://moralsocialbrain.com/

I developed my main expertise on themes related to obedience to authority: How obedience to an authority changes individual cognition? Why obeying orders impacts moral behaviors? What neuro-cognitive mechanisms play a role in preventing individuals from complying with immoral orders? When approaching those themes, I started working with NGO and non-academics institutions and I started to understand that restricting myself to the WEIRD (western, educated, industrialized, rich & democratic) populations will not give me a global overview of the societal impact of my research. I thus started to initiate scientific projects in countries and populations that had never been or barely approached by neuroscientists before, such as inmates, military or perpetrators and survivors of a genocide. To learn more: https://emiliecaspar.home.blog/

I also work as a scientific consultant to offer my expertise in behavioral neuroscience for humanitarian and societal projects. I use methods from psychology and neuroscience in order to develop efficient tools to prevent blind obedience and promote peace-building. To learn more: https://bebrainconsultancy.com/

My research has been published in top-of-the-range scientific journals (e.g., Nature Communications, Current Biology, etc.) and highly covered by the media (e.g., The New York Times, BBC Reel, BBC future, VICE, El Pais, etc.).

Twitter: @CasparEmilie

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    London, Royaume-Uni

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    Collège la Fraternité

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