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Joshua Conrad Jackson is an Assistant Professor at the Booth School of Business, where he teaches negotiation strategies and processes within the Behavioral Science department. His research explores the co-evolution of culture and psychology, focusing on how historical dynamics like migration, warfare, and urbanization have shaped human emotion, moral psychology, and religion, while contemporary trends such as algorithms, climate change, and economic inequality continue to influence beliefs and prejudices.
- PhD in Social Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- B.A. in Psychology and East Asian History, McGill University
Joshua’s work bridges cultural evolution with public policy, analyzing phenomena like the surge in political leader support during the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of populist leaders in 21st-century Europe, and the role of social media algorithms in polarization and misinformation. His research has appeared in top-tier journals such as Science, Nature Human Behavior, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, as well as public outlets like the Huffington Post and Scientific American.
- Sage Emerging Scholar Award (Society for Personality and Social Psychology)
- Dissertation Award (Society for Experimental Social Psychology)
- John and Beatrice Whiting Award for Outstanding Graduate Student (Society for Cross-Cultural Research)
Prior to joining Booth, he held a postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and visiting scholar roles at the University of Melbourne and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
