Francesco Margoni

Francesco Margoni is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Stavanger, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Sciences. He leads the Stavanger Baby and Child Lab, focusing on infant social cognition, moral development, and socio-cultural psychology. His interdisciplinary research integrates behavioral experiments, economic games, and meta-analysis to study cognitive and moral development across the lifespan.

• 2022–Present: Associate Professor, University of Stavanger
• 2022–2024: Associate Professor (20%), University of Oslo

His research spans infant social cognition, moral development, and sex differences. Key methods include violation-of-expectation paradigms, economic games, and cross-cultural surveys. Collaborations include institutions in Oslo, Trento, Aarhus, and Exeter.

Recent publications focus on intent-based moral judgment, trust in moral testimony, and replicability in infant studies. He supervises Bachelor's and Master's theses, emphasizing hands-on empirical research or literature reviews.