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Azim F. Shariff is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans across social sciences, psychology, and neuroscience with a total of 42 publications in social sciences, 32 in psychology, and 25 in neuroscience.

The scientist's primary subfields of study include cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, sociology and political science, safety research, and health. Their main research topics focus on psychology of moral and emotional judgment, social and intergroup psychology, cultural differences and values, ethics and social impacts of AI, death anxiety and social exclusion, neuroethics, human enhancement and biomedical innovations, and behavioral health and interventions.

Azim F. Shariff has published multiple papers in several notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Nature (4 publications)
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology General (3 publications)
  • Nature Human Behaviour (2 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 publications)
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology (2 publications)

Recent representative papers by Azim F. Shariff include:

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Universals and variations in moral decisions made in 42 countries by 70,000 participants, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Shifting attributions for poverty motivates opposition to inequality and enhances egalitarianism, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods, 2021, Nature
  • A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19, 2023, Nature

Azim F. Shariff collaborates frequently with other scholars, including:

  • Iyad Rahwan
  • Jean-Franĉois Bonnefon
  • Paul K. Piff
  • Brett Mercier
  • Connie J. Clark

The body of their work reflects interdisciplinary approaches connecting psychological processes, social behavior, and ethics, frequently contributing to understanding moral judgment, cultural differences, and societal impacts of emerging technologies.

Best Publications

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

    Jay J. Van Bavel;Katherine Baicker;Paulo S. Boggio;Valerio Capraro

  • The Moral Machine experiment

    Edmond Awad;Sohan Dsouza;Richard Kim;Jonathan Schulz

  • The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles

    Jean-François Bonnefon;Azim F. Shariff;Iyad Rahwan

  • God Is Watching You Priming God Concepts Increases Prosocial Behavior in an Anonymous Economic Game

    Azim F. Shariff;Ara Norenzayan

  • The Origin and Evolution of Religious Prosociality

    Ara Norenzayan;Azim F. Shariff

  • Machine behaviour

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  • The cultural evolution of prosocial religions.

    Ara Norenzayan;Azim F. Shariff;Will M. Gervais;Aiyana K. Willard

  • Climate change and moral judgement

    Ezra M. Markowitz;Azim F. Shariff

  • Do you believe in atheists? Distrust is central to anti-atheist prejudice.

    Will M. Gervais;Azim F. Shariff;Ara Norenzayan

  • Religious Priming A Meta-Analysis With a Focus on Prosociality

    Azim F. Shariff;Aiyana K. Willard;Teresa Andersen;Ara Norenzayan

  • Mean Gods Make Good People: Different Views of God Predict Cheating Behavior

    Azim F. Shariff;Ara Norenzayan

  • A Naturalist’s View of Pride

    Jessica L. Tracy;Azim F. Shariff;Joey T. Cheng

  • What Are Emotion Expressions For

    Azim F. Shariff;Jessica L. Tracy

  • Psychological roadblocks to the adoption of self-driving vehicles

    Azim Shariff;Jean-François Bonnefon;Iyad Rahwan

  • Free Will and Punishment A Mechanistic View of Human Nature Reduces Retribution

    Azim F. Shariff;Joshua D. Greene;Johan C. Karremans;Jamie B. Luguri

  • Free to punish: a motivated account of free will belief.

    Cory J. Clark;Jamie B. Luguri;Peter H. Ditto;Joshua Knobe

  • Knowing who’s boss: Implicit perceptions of status from the nonverbal expression of pride.

    Azim F. Shariff;Jessica L. Tracy

  • Universals and variations in moral decisions made in 42 countries by 70,000 participants.

    Edmond Awad;Sohan Dsouza;Azim Shariff;Iyad Rahwan

  • Income Mobility Breeds Tolerance for Income Inequality Cross-National and Experimental Evidence

    Azim F. Shariff;Dylan Wiwad;Lara B. Aknin

  • Cooperating with machines.

    Jacob W. Crandall;Mayada Oudah;Tennom;Fatimah Ishowo-Oloko

  • Cross-Cultural Evidence That the Nonverbal Expression of Pride Is an Automatic Status Signal

    Jessica L. Tracy;Azim F. Shariff;Wanying Zhao;Joseph Henrich

Frequent Co-Authors

Iyad Rahwan
Iyad Rahwan Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Ara Norenzayan
Ara Norenzayan University of British Columbia
Jessica L. Tracy
Jessica L. Tracy University of British Columbia
Lara B. Aknin
Lara B. Aknin Simon Fraser University
Paul K. Piff
Paul K. Piff University of California, Irvine
Kathleen D. Vohs
Kathleen D. Vohs University of Minnesota
Roy F. Baumeister
Roy F. Baumeister University of Queensland
A.B. Cohen
A.B. Cohen Arizona State University
Jonathan W. Schooler
Jonathan W. Schooler University of California, Santa Barbara
Peter H. Ditto
Peter H. Ditto University of California, Irvine

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