Benedek Kurdi

Benedek Kurdi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois, with affiliations at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the Siebel Center for Design. His research focuses on understanding how humans adaptively respond to new information within social contexts.

• Education
  • Bachelor of Arts, Eotvos Loránd University
  • Master of Arts in Political Science, Central European University
  • Master of Arts in Psychology, Harvard University
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Harvard University

Research Interests: Kurdi's work examines social learning mechanisms through reinforcement learning, evaluative conditioning, propositional learning, and causal learning paradigms. Key themes include implicit evaluation, social group dynamics, and automatic cognitive processes related to identity-based biases.

Recent Article Trends: His publications analyze implicit bias patterns across social groups (gender, race, nationality), computational models of evaluative processing, and data ethics frameworks. Articles frequently employ cross-cultural comparisons and longitudinal data analysis.

Scientific Recognition:

• 2024: ISCON Early Career Award
• 2024: SESP Member
• 2023: Rising Star, Association for Psychological Science
• 2023: SAGE Early-Career Trajectory Award

Additional Contributions: Kurdi has developed computational tools for responsible data sharing and pioneered methods for analyzing implicit attitudes towards marginalized communities.