Robert Kurzban is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as founder and Lab Director of the Penn Laboratory for Experimental Evolutionary Pscyhology (PLEEP). PLEEP conducts experimental research, informed by evolutionary considerations, and focusing largely on the nature of evolved cognitive adaptations for social life.

His research interests include group behaviour, cooperation/small group dynamics, morality, political psychology, and experimental economics/game theory.

Departmental Website; Penn Laboratory for Experimental Evolutionary Pscyhology

Selected Publications:

• Kurzban, R., Rigdon, M., & Wilson, B. J. (in press). "Iterated trust and reciprocity." Experimental Economics
• Robinson, P. H., Kurzban, R., & Jones, O. D. (in press). "The origins of shared intuitions of justice." Vanderbilt Law Review.
• Robinson, P. H., & Kurzban, R. (2007). "Concordance and conflict in intuitions of justice." Minnesota Law Review, 91, 1829-1907.
• Cosmides, L., Tooby, J. & Kurzban, R. (2003). Perceptions of race. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7(4), 173-179.
• Kurzban, R., & Leary, M. R. (2001)." Evolutionary origins of stigmatization: The functions of social exclusion." Psychological Bulletin, 127(2), 187-208.