James Danckert @JamesDanckert UWaterloo Psychology University of Waterloo explores Paul Tillich's remark, "Boredom is rage spread thin," which implies that boredom is a hostile and uncomfortable sensation that permeates our life. FULL INSIGHT: ▶️ faculti.net/rage-spread-th… #boredom

Big congratulations to Drs. Joanne Wood and Neil Hester for their respective recognitions and outstanding awards addresses at the SPSP conference last week! ISSI Lifetime Award to Joanne, and ISCON Best Paper Award to Neil. Paper available at: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10…

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Evan Risko, one of four faculty members across the University of Waterloo who were recognized with an Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision: uwaterloo.ca/psychology/new…

The 2025 Psychology Discovery Conference (PDC), held on April 8, was a resounding success, bringing together over 150 attendees for a vibrant celebration of psychology research at UW. Congratulations to the PDC Committee and all the award winners! uwaterloo.ca/psychology/new…

Congratulations to UW Psychology's Dr. Jonathan Fugelsang, recipient of the 2025 The Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS) Mid-Career Award! Well deserved! uwaterloo.ca/psychology/new… CSBBCS/SCSCCC

Congratulations to Psychology Arts alum Katherine Hay, appointed to the Senate of Canada: uwaterloo.ca/arts/news/arts…

NEW paper out today! “Wisdom in Time” (ERSP). TL;DR: Social psychology keeps talking growth & social change — but half the evidence is frozen in time. PDFhttps://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/uy93k_v4

Congratulations to Serena McDiarmid (Ph.D. Candidate, Developmental Psychology), a recipient of the 2025 Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student (AETS). We're so happy to see your efforts awarded! uwaterloo.ca/psychology/new…

Congrats to clinical psychology grad students Jasmine Zhang, Kendra Wasson, & Monica Grove who presented an engaging and informative workshop on Stress Management for students at Waterloo Collegiate Institute. Well done! Waterloo Collegiate Monica Grove

The Department of Psychology is proud to announce that Dr. James Danckert and Dr. Marjory Phillips have been selected as recipients of 2025 Arts Awards of Excellence, for Research and Service, respectively. Congratulations to you both! uwaterloo.ca/psychology/new…

Geoffrey T. Fong, PhD, a leading social psychologist, founded the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project. ow.ly/UPhL50TG1eR Geoffrey Fong UWaterloo Psychology Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) Canadian Cancer Society ITC Project @CAHS/ACSS Stat Society / Société Stat du Canada RSC // SRC CCRAlliance Health Research Canada #GGInnovation

Congrats to 2 of our PhD students recognized by CSIOP-SCPIO at CPA last week in St. John's! Taylor Carroll won 1st place for the best EDI poster presentation, & Caitlin Belfiore received an honourable mention for the RHR-Kendall Evans best paper award.

Congratulations, Geoff!!

Last week we said farewell and thanks to Dr. Heather Henderson for her outstanding leadership over the last 6 years as Chair. Please join us in welcoming our new Psychology Department Chair, Dr. Evan Risko — we’re excited for what’s ahead! 👏

Congratulations to all 6 Inductees to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, including Psychology's Dr. Geoffrey Fong! Laureates were inducted at a ceremony on June 19th. uwaterloo.ca/psychology/new…

Wisdom & Culture Lab rocked geo-psych.com University of British Columbia! Peter Diep debuted insights on #IntellectualHumility in Africa Maksim Rudnev 🇺🇦 tracked shifting Euro values Plus, sneak peek at futurescape.uwaterloo.ca with Google Arts&Culture Exciting things ahead! #SocialScience #CultureLab

"Each year, universities support more than 400,000 jobs and contribute more than $45-billion to Canada’s economy," yet most remain ineligible for federal infrastructure funding. A timely op-ed from Universities Canada | Universités Canada on why universities should be included in Canada's infrastructure plans.

Last week, The Wisdom and Culture Lab presented at the 2nd Regional Cultural Difference Conference at the University of British Columbia! Our time at the conference was productive and exciting! Here are some highlights >

More than $32 million awarded to researchers at UW - including Psychology's Drs. Evan Risko, Wendi Adair, Hilary Bergsieker, Doug Brown, & Uzma Rehman: uwaterloo.ca/news/more-32-m…

Congratulations to Dr. Denison and her collaborators! This project, funded by Templeton World Charity Foundation aims to investigate the developmental origins of how young minds reason about & act on multiple uncertain possibilities: uwaterloo.ca/arts/news/inte…