In April 2025, we hosted a hybrid interdisciplinary conference on political divisions and morality. For more on that event, see here. Archived videos from that conference can be seen on the Events page.
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Dr. Cameron Talks about Empathy on Maine Calling
This summer, Dr. Cameron was invited to talk about empathy in a panel discussion on Maine Calling, a live show on Maine Public Radio. Check out the audio to listen to the wide-ranging conversation that goes into how empathy can unfold in moral, political, and social life.
Dr. Cameron Leads PRC Seminar on “Empathic Choices and Interdisciplinary Moral Psychology”
Dr. Cameron visited with the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center and gave a talk on his work on motivated empathy regulation, and also discussed the interdisciplinary vision behind the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. For more about the talk topic: https://prevention.psu.edu/event/seminar-with-daryl-cameron-ph-d.
Political Polarization Hack-a-Thon
We convened several researchers in psychology, political science, media studies, communication arts and sciences, and sociology to brainstorm new actionable ideas in political polarization and morality.
Civic Education for a Serious People
Dr. Christopher Beem (Associate Research Professor and Managing Director, McCourtney Institute for Democracy) presented in progress work related to democratic virtues and decision-making called “Civics Education for a Serious People: 2 Proposals”. This meeting built from our previous meeting, in which we convened several different researchers to discuss complementary approaches to studying political polarization, with the aim of cultivating new projects.
Consortium Meeting on Political Polarization
During this meeting, faculty and graduate students had some great discussion surrounding our multidisciplinary interests in political polarization.
We are hoping that this meeting was a valuable starting point for considering grant applications, long term projects, etc.
Highlights from Political Divisions Conference
On April 25, the Consortium hosted an interdisciplinary conference on political divisions and morality, with scholars both in person and on Zoom from around the world, from psychology, political science, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, communications, and media studies. Here are some of the photo highlights. For more about the event, see the conference program on the Events page which has details about the speakers, their titles and abstracts, and their views on the puzzles and potential for bringing together researchers across disciplines to understand political morality.
