Edward Slingerland, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods.
Nature · 2021
Psychology as a Historical Science.
Annual review of psychology · 2021 · senior author
Coding culture: challenges and recommendations for comparative cultural databases.
Evolutionary human sciences · 2020 · first author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

The cultural evolution of moralizing religions: A quantitative historical analysis
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$43,658
Religion in the text and on the ground: the convergence of historiography and ethnography in religious studies
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$500,000

All 6 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods.

Beheim B, Atkinson QD, Bulbulia J, Gervais W, Gray RD, Henrich J, Lang M, Monroe MW, Muthukrishna M, Norenzayan A, Purzycki BG, Shariff A, Slingerland E, Spicer R, Willard AK

Nature2021

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03655-4 PMID: 34234331

02

Psychology as a Historical Science.

Muthukrishna M, Henrich J, Slingerland E

Annual review of psychology2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-082820-111436 PMID: 33049160

03

Coding culture: challenges and recommendations for comparative cultural databases.

Slingerland E, Atkinson QD, Ember CR, Sheehan O, Muthukrishna M, Bulbulia J, Gray RD

Evolutionary human sciences2020First author

DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2020.30 PMID: 37588354

04

Parochial prosocial religions: Historical and contemporary evidence for a cultural evolutionary process.

Norenzayan A, Shariff AF, Gervais WM, Willard AK, McNamara RA, Slingerland E, Henrich J

The Behavioral and brain sciences2016

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x15000655 PMID: 26948747

05

The prevalence of mind-body dualism in early China.

Slingerland E, Chudek M

Cognitive science2011First author

DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01186.x PMID: 21658101

The cultural evolution of moralizing religions: A quantitative historical analysis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Slingerland, Edward G.

Keywords: Religious studies; cultural evolution; human cooperation; big data; large-scale databases; digital humanities

$43,658

Religion in the text and on the ground: the convergence of historiography and ethnography in religious studies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Tappenden, Frederick S.

Keywords: religious studies; historiography; ethnography; digital humanities; cognitive science of religion; prosociality; cultural evolution; evolution of religion; comparative religion; social psychology; ritual

$25,000

Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Slingerland, Edward

Keywords: chinese thought, chinese religion, chinese philosophy, comparative thought, religious studies, mind-body dualism, evolution of religion, evolutionary psychology, prosociality, cognitive science, moral psychology, moral education, virtue ethics, early confucianism

$500,000

Mapping the cognitive landscape of early China

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Slingerland, Edward G.

Keywords: early China; Chinese thought; cognitive science; cognitive linguistics; comparative philosophy; comparative religion; evolutionary psychology

$103,183

Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Slingerland, Edward G.

Keywords: chinese thought; interdisciplinary humanities; cognitive science; cognitive linguistics; comparative religion

$500,000

Mind, culture and evolution

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005Strategic Research Clusters Design Grants

Principal investigators: Collard, Mark

Keywords: cluster design; evolution; Darwinian theory; anthropology; archaeology; psychology; economics; religious studies; behaviour; cognition

$24,520

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Ara Norenzayan

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Azim Shariff

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Slingerland, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods." (2021), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The cultural evolution of moralizing religions: A quantitative historical analysis" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]