Dr. Kristin Laurin

Kristin was a graduate student at the University of Waterloo, and spent the last few months of her degree visiting the Psychology department at UBC. In her research, she seeks to investigate the emergence and maintenance of broad belief systems such as religions, political ideologies and beliefs in justice. She is also interested in the consequences of these beliefs, particularly for self-regulation.

One theme that runs through her work is that of power and control. For example, she has examined how power and control (or lack thereof) can lead people to embrace specific kinds of belief systems, and how these belief systems can in turn influence people's feelings of power and control. Related to ideas of power and control, she has also studied how people respond when they feel constrained or restricted by external forces.

Major Awards

2018: Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions, Association for Psychological Science

2018: Association for Psychological Science Fellow

2018: SAGE Young Scholar Award (from SPSP)

2017 - 2019: CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar

2017: International Social Cognition Network (ISCON) Early Career Award

2016: Association for Psychological Science Rising Star Award

2015: International Association for the Psychology of Religion Early Career Award

2014: Stanford Graduate School of Business Distinguished Service Award for PhD Advising

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After graduating, Dr. Kristin Laurin became an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Recently, she has joined the faculty at UBC as Associate Professor of Psychology. (website)