Interdepartmental Talk: "Am I the A-hole? A Large-Scale Investigation of Everyday Moral Dilemmas"

Daniel Yudkin is a social psychologist who studies how people decide between right and wrong, and how these decisions impact relationships, organizations, and society. They are a Senior Advisor at More in Common and a Visiting Scholar at the Wharton School. Yudkin's research has been published in scientific journals such as Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature Human Behavior.

Yudkin's work uses insights from social science to understand and bridge political divides. Their research reports (Hidden Tribes: A Study of America’s Polarized Landscape and The Perception Gap: How False Impressions are Pulling Americans Apart) have been highlighted in multiple Presidential campaigns and featured in over 1,500 news articles, including the front page of The New York Times. They have given interviews about this research on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal and BBC World News, and authored an accompanied opinion piece about the work in The New York Times entitled “The Psychology of Political Polarization.”