George R. Wilkes – The Conversation

Estudos mostram que entre as características psicológicas para fazer parte da resistência a regimes autoritários estão capacidade de empatia e compaixão, compromissos morais pessoais e não ter medo de correr riscos, além de autoconfiança. Jacob Lund/Shuttestock

April 8, 2025

Pesquisas revelam características de pessoas mais propensas a resistir contra regimes autoritários

Magnus Linden, Lund University and George R. Wilkes, King's College London

Os bons combatentes da resistência não têm medo de correr riscos e atendem a compromissos morais pessoais e sentimentos de empatia e compaixão pelo próximo

Female activist protesting with megaphone during a strike with group of demonstrator in background. Jacob Lund/Shuttestock

April 3, 2025

Would you join the resistance if stuck in an authoritarian regime? Here’s the psychology

Magnus Linden, Lund University and George R. Wilkes, King's College London

Good resistance fighters aren’t scared to take risks.

National memorial to the victims of the Rwandan genocide in Kigali. Oscar Espinosa/Shutterstock

October 8, 2024

Can visiting genocide memorials make you more empathic?

Magnus Linden, Lund University; Fredrik Björklund, Lund University, and George R. Wilkes, King's College London

Evidence suggests that high-school students visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau may increase their empathy towards Jewish people.

Putin has psychological control over his people. EPA-EFE

March 23, 2022

Putin: the psychology behind his destructive leadership – and how best to tackle it according to science

Magnus Linden, Lund University and George R. Wilkes, King's College London

How do you solve a problem like Putin? What is needed is a two-level game.

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