Research Interests
I am open to PhD applications in the fields of…
- Cognitive Anthropology
- Psychology
- Experimental Philosophy
Public outreach & key achievements
Dr Paulo Sousa is Director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture (ICC) and Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Anthropology. He holds a BA and a MA in anthropology (University of Brasilia, Brazil), a MA in cognitive science (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris), and a PhD in anthropology with specialization in cognition and culture (University of Michigan, USA). He has participated in many cross-cultural projects and published numerous articles in the field of cognition and culture. He also applied an epidemiological approach to the history of ideas of anthropology that stimulated a major controversy. His current research interests focus on agency, moral psychology and inter-group conflict as well as their relation to religion. He is currently writing a book on how ordinary people conceptualize the relationship between harm and morality.
Research students
| PhD Title | Intergroup Conflict, Threat, and Radicalization: The Case of Peace Walls in Northern Ireland |
| Name | Adam Gilreath |
| Country | United States |
| Years of Study | 2015-2019 |
| PhD Title | Cognitive mechanisms underpinning supernatural explanations: the cases of misfortune, illness, and natural catastrophes |
| Name | Mathilde Hernu |
| Country | France |
| Years of Study | 2016-2019 |
| PhD Title | Iranian motherhood: a cognitive approach |
| Name | Mohaddeseh Ziyachi |
| Country | Iran |
| Years of Study | 2017-2020 |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | The sense of agency for thought |
| Name | Dr Lauren Swiney |
| Country | England |
| Years of Study |
2009-2012 |
| Current Position |
WISB Research Career Development Fellow, The University of Warwick https://www.wisb-uow.co.uk/people/lauren-swiney/ |
| PhD Title | Unconscious Vigilance: Worldview defence without adaptations for terror, uncertainty or coalition management |
| Name | Dr Colin Holbrook |
| Country | United States |
| Years of Study |
2006-2009 |
| Current Position |
Assistant professor of cognitive and information sciences, University of California, Merced http://cholbrook01.bol.ucla.edu |