Will Blakey is a Research Associate at The Center for The Science of Moral Understanding.
Currently learning about the moral conflicts that keep us from understanding one another.
About
I work with Dr. Kurt Gray at the Deepest Beliefs Lab in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and will be looking to attend a graduate program in Social Psychology in the Fall of 2023.
Projects
A Review of Interventions to Reduce Partisan Animosity
A Review of Moral Character Judgments
An Empirical Investigation into the Positive Aspects of Dogmatic Beliefs (Manuscript in Preparation)
The Berate and Belong Heuristic (Manuscript in Preparation)
Moral Curiosity: The Desire to Learn about Others’ Moral Values (Manuscript in Preparation)
Public Outreach
I want to help popularize science!
I co-author a Substack Newsletter with Kurt Gray called “Moral Understanding.”
I also read lots of (mostly nonfiction) books and want to share what I learn! So I’m starting a book review called “Blakey Reviews Books.”
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Popular Press Work
I’ve been fortunate enough to elaborate on some of my work in more public-facing mediums!
Understanding Putin’s Victimhood Narrative - Op-Ed in RealClearPolicy
We’re All a Little More Like Amber and Jonny Than We’d Like to Believe - Op-Ed in Inside Sources
Podcast appearance on “A Bit More Complicated”
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