A Contemporary Evolutionary Approach to the Emotions – Laith Al-Shawaf

Dr Laith Al-Shawaf is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Cognitive Archaeology at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. Dr. Al-Shawaf has published dozens of scholarly papers in peer-reviewed journals, and his popular science essays have been translated into several languages. His empirical research is focused on emotions, with additional emphases on cognition, personality, and individual differences. The Association for Psychological Science (APS) has named him a Rising Star, he has been selected as a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin as well as the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, and he has won awards for both research and teaching. He is the primary editor of The Oxford Handbook of Evolution and the Emotions, coming out in early 2024.

This webinar was presented to the Evolutionary Psychiatry Section of the World Psychiatric Association.