2021-22 Department of Psychology Colloquium Series - Jay van Bavel (New York University). Zoom.

Jay van Bavel
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science,
New York University
Director of the NYU Social Identity & Morality Lab.
Author of “The Power of Us Book.”

“For Better or Worse:
The Role of Social Identity in the Pandemic”

We are in the midst of one of the greatest global health crises in the past century. To mitigate catastrophe, the major public health response has required massive collective behavior change—especially at the national level. In this talk, I will present several recent studies on the role of social identity in the coronavirus pandemic. These studies will draw on the movement of millions of cell phones tracking human mobility and vaccination records in the US as well as an international sample of health intentions in 67 countries. This work suggests that social identity can both facilitate and impair collective action and clarifies how social identity might be leveraged effectively for global public health.

Tuesday, February 28, 2022
2:00 – 3:00pm
Zoom

Time and Location: 
2:00pm (Zoom)
Date: 
Monday, February 28, 2022