Social Neuroscience, Field Research, & Reform: Interview with Prof. Emilie Caspar

Prof. Emilie Caspar is Associate Professor of Social & cCognitive Neuroscience at Ghent University, Belgium. Her research is concerned with moral and social behavior, using laboratory methods as well as field research across different social-cultural settings. Her innovative, adventurous approach to research goes beyond conventional academic and disciplinary boundaries. She has conducted research work with military personnel, prison inmates, and survivors and perpetrators of genocide. She has done fieldwork Rwanda and Cambodia. Since October 2022, Prof. Caspar has been an elected member of the Collegium of the Royal Academy of Belgium. In August 2023, she was celebrated as one of the top 15 scientific young talents by the Dutch New Scientist Magazine. In November 2023, she received the early career award from the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN).
Check out the Moral & Social Brain Lab: moralsocialbrain.com
Check out Prof. Caspar's blog: emiliecaspar.home.blog
Video Content:
00:00 - Introduction
01:25 - Research Interest & Training
04:00 - Starting Field Research
11:40 - Interdisciplinary Work
15:47 - Having a Broader Scope in Research
16:40 - An Unexpected Finding
20:50 - Sense of Agency in Hierarchies
22:35 - Tasks, Mechanisms, Processes, & Behavior
24:17 - Media Reception & Popularity
29:45 - Research & Politics
32:00 - Current & Future Goals
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