Kristen Dunfield, Concordia University

Research

prosocial behaviour cooperation social cognitive development translational science

Latest funding

Better Angels: Examining the Development of Prosocial Behaviour and its Associations with Social Well-being
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$309,842
Correlates and Consequences of Prosocial Behavior with Peers: Helping, Sharing, and Comforting in Grade 1
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$78,216
Prosocial development across childhood: Towards a comprehensive mechanistic framework
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$230,332

All 5 grants and awards

Better Angels: Examining the Development of Prosocial Behaviour and its Associations with Social Well-being

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dunfield, Kristen A.

$309,842

Correlates and Consequences of Prosocial Behavior with Peers: Helping, Sharing, and Comforting in Grade 1

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dunfield, Kristen A.

Keywords: prosocial behaviour; cooperation; social cognitive development; translational science

$78,216

Prosocial development across childhood: Towards a comprehensive mechanistic framework

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Open Research Area

Principal investigators: Dunfield, Kristen A.

$230,332

Routes to early selective helping

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kuhlmeier, Valerie A.

Keywords: child development; prosocial behaviour; selective helping; social cognitive development

$202,588

Many hands make light work: A multi-method approach to understanding early prosocial behaviours

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Dunfield, Kristen

Keywords: social cognitive development; early social relationships; emotional development; prosocial behaviour; moral development; social evaluation; positive psychology; development of wellbeing and welfare; altruism; empathy

$68,144

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: prosocial behaviour Dear Professor Dunfield, 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]. Your research on prosocial behaviour 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 "Better Angels: Examining the Development of Prosocial Behaviour and its Associations with Social Well-being" (2025), 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]