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Our group focuses on the interplay between culture, cognition and behavior. We are using experimental and observational methods in both lab and field studies to examine how individual differences in values, personality and non-ordinary experiences function within and between different human populations. Acknowledging the complexity of studying human behavior and cognition, we use transdisciplinary methods and theories to probe multi-level interactions between individuals, communities and ecology, with a particular focus on mental health. We believe that by improving insights into the interplay between individual and cultural dynamics over time we can help improve the wellbeing, creative potential and social connectedness of individuals within their communities.
Keywords: culture, values, non-ordinary experiences, personality, morality, evolution
EDUCATION
DPhil Social Psychology, Sussex University, United Kingdom
INVESTIGATION AREAS
Neurosciences
ADITIONAL INFORMATION
AWARDS AND HONORS
Editor, Current Directions in Ecological and Social Psychology (Elsevier) (since 2023)
PNAS Nexus (Oxford Academic), Reviewing Editor (since 2025)
2020 - 2024 President, International Association for Applied Psychology (Political Psychology Division)
2019-2024 Research Council Hong Kong, Member of General Research Fund Panel (Psychology & Linguistics), Early Career Scheme (Psychology & Linguistics), Collaborative Research Fund, Research Grants Council Research Fellow Scheme and Senior Research Fellow Scheme, Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme
Fellow of the Royal Society New Zealand & Fellow Association for Psychological Science
Fischer, R. & Pilati, R. (2024). A Psicologia do Jeitinho Brasileiro [The psychology of the Brazilian jeitinho]. Brasilia: Editora UnB.
https://livros.unb.br/index.php/portal/catalog/book/594
Bernardes, G., Bozza, B., Motta, M., Mattos, P. & Fischer, R. (2025) Semantic meaning means a lot: Exploring the role of semantics in the development of a Big Five taxonomy. Journal of Research in Personality.
doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104570
Fischer, R., & Rudnev, M. (2024). From MIsgivings to MIse-en-scène: The role of invariance in personality science. European Journal of Personality.
doi: 10.1177/08902070241283081
Fischer, R., Bailey, Y., Shankar, M., Safaeinili, N., Karl, J., Daly, A., Johnson, F. N., Winter, T., Arahanga-Doyle, H., Fox, R., & others. (2024). Cultural challenges for adapting behavioral intervention frameworks: A critical examination from a cultural psychology perspective. Clinical Psychology Review, 110:102425.
doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102425
Maraldi, E. O., Taves, A., Moll, J., Hartle, L., Moreira-de-Oliveira, M. E., Bortolini, T., & Fischer, R. (2024). Nonordinary Experiences, Well-being and Mental Health: A Systematic Review of the Evidence and Recommendations for Future Research. Journal of Religion and Health, 63(1), 410–444.
doi: 10.1007/s10943-023-01875-8
15/01/2024
