Team Members
- Dec 8, 2025
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Dr. John Corbit
Dr. John Corbit is the director of the Cooperation and Social Development Lab and a researcher in developmental psychology. His work focuses on understanding how cooperation emerges in childhood and how social, cognitive, and cultural factors shape collaborative behaviour.
Dr. Corbit’s research explores three key areas:
The foundations of cooperation in infancy, examining how early learning experiences influence cooperative preferences.
The development of cooperative behaviours in childhood, studying fairness, collaboration, and helping across different cultural contexts.
Interventions to reduce in-group bias, applying research findings to real-world settings, such as fostering cooperation between refugee and host community children.
His work is supported by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
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Lab Affiliates
Kim Smith
Dr. John Corbit is the director of the Cooperation and Social Development Lab and a researcher in developmental psychology. His work focuses on understanding how cooperation emerges in childhood and how social, cognitive, and cultural factors shape collaborative behaviour.
Dr. Corbit’s research explores three key areas:
The foundations of cooperation in infancy, examining how early learning experiences influence cooperative preferences.
The development of cooperative behaviours in childhood, studying fairness, collaboration, and helping across different cultural contexts.
Interventions to reduce in-group bias, applying research findings to real-world settings, such as fostering cooperation between refugee and host community children.
His work is supported by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
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Undergraduate Research Assistants
Kim Smith '26 Kim Smith '26 Kim Smith '26
