“I use the tools of behavioral science to uncover the hidden cultural frameworks that channel our cognitions and give rise to differing worldviews and ways of life.”

Michael Morris, Professor at Columbia University

Tribal:

How the Cultural Instincts that Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together

A quick-reading work looking at how our early human tribes came about and how today we still operate from a tribal mindset. But is this a social ill or galvanizing force?

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Daniel Gilbert: "Penetrating, illuminating, and not to be missed!”

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Adam Grant: "A riveting read that will challenge you to rethink your core beliefs.”

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Daniel Gilbert: "Penetrating, illuminating, and not to be missed!” 〰️ Adam Grant: "A riveting read that will challenge you to rethink your core beliefs.” 〰️


In the media

Michael talks about tribalism and the Presidential elections.

New York Magazine, Intelligencer

Michael describes how changes in media and social media have created more partisan tribalism than existed in previous generations.

New York Magazine, Intelligencer

Michael talks about “Politics in Business and Business in Politics.”

CNN, CNN Money with Maggie Lake

Diversity, religious intolerance, and science denial

Coverage of research with Yu Ding and Gita Johar in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - nexus documents that religious intolerance arises in regions of religious homogeneity and gives rise to science denial.

Read more at Phys.org

Image credit: @monamuseum; Art: Man, 2019, Parer Studio

East Asian communication styles in the Socratic classroom

Fortune describes Michael’s research with Jackson Lu and Richard Nisbett on the “Bamboo Ceiling” in the business school and law school classrooms. Insightful comments from some Columbia MBA students who have lived the issue.

Read more at Fortune

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