Paweł Łowicki

Paweł Łowicki is a cognitive psychologist and Research Fellow at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw. He holds a Ph.D. from the same institution (2020) and conducted research as a visiting fellow at Duke University (USA). His work focuses on cognitive and socio-emotional correlates of religiosity, blending classical psychological methods with insights from the cognitive science of religion (CSR).

• Education: Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Warsaw (2020)

Research interests include understanding how personal traits like mentalization and empathy influence belief in God, and the psychological consequences of religiosity. He leads a National Science Centre-funded project on this topic. Awards include scholarships from Poland’s National Science Centre and Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

As a Principal Investigator, he manages grants exploring secularizing societies and prosocial behavior linked to religious ideology. Collaborative projects emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to religion’s psychological foundations.