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!

Contact

Write me an email or message me on Twitter!