Keynote Speakers

Joanna is a Research Fellow in Moral Psychology at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. She is also a Fulford Fellow at Somerville College and an Honorary Member of the Department of Experimental Psychology. Her research focuses on various questions at the intersection of ethics and psychology. She uses interdisciplinary methods from analytic philosophy and empirical psychology to investigate the psychological underpinnings of moral judgments, moral concepts and moral agency, and to explore implications of this for normative questions in philosophical ethics. (from https://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-joanna-demaree-cotton)

Igor studies people and cultures, sometimes together, and often across time. He is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Waterloo, where he directs the Wisdom and Culture Lab. His interests span multiple disciplines and methods, including big data, intensive longitudinal surveys, and behavioral experiments to target complex societal issues. (from https://igorgrossmann.com/)

Justin is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Programme in the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, NZ. His research focuses on questions in philosophy of mind and philosophy of psychology. He is a practitioner of experimental philosophy and often employ empirical methods to cast light on philosophical issues. (from http://justinsytsma.com/home.html)