- Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, University of Utah
Dr. Law is a social psychologist working at the intersection of moral psychology and ethical philosophy trying to better understand the outer limits of human cooperation and prosocial behavior. In particular, his research focuses on mapping the cognitive, affective, and moral architecture of exceptional altruism, driven by an underlying motivation to harness insights gleaned from the laboratory to help inspire real-world action.
Experience
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2026–presentAssistant Professor, University of Utah
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2025–2026Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Arizona State University
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2024–2025Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Boston College
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2020–2024Instructor, University at Albany, SUNY
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2020–2024Core Adjunct Faculty, Siena College
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2022–2022Instructor, The College of Saint Rose
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2021–2021Instructor, Vassar College
Education
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2024University at Albany, SUNY, PhD (Social and Personality Psychology)
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2021University at Albany, SUNY, MA (Psychology)
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2016State University of New York at New Paltz, BA (Psychology/Evolutionary Studies)
Publications
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2025Climate change is an intergenerational challenge that requires intergenerationally focused behavioral solutions, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
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2025Impartial intergenerational beneficence: The psychology of feeling (equal) intergenerational concern for all future generations, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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2025A future beyond ourselves: Self-oriented prospection predicts increased intergenerational responsibility, Personality and Individual Differences
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2025Cultivating multigenerational moral expansion: Interventions cultivate moral concern for future generations in boundless and zero-sum contexts, British Journal of Social Psychology
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2024Moral future-thinking: Does the moral circle stand the test of time?, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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2024Caring for present and future generations alike: Longtermism and moral regard across temporal and social distance, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
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2024Intergenerational concern relates to constructive coping and emotional reactions to climate change via increased legacy concerns and environmental cognitive alternatives, BMC Psychology
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2024The probabilistic price of life across time: Generational and probabilistic distance render a life today worth more than ten tomorrow, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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2024Increased perceived safety in day-to-day life relates to critical national identification, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
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2024The case for longtermism: concern for the far future as a catalyst for pro-climate action, Npj Climate Action
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2024Longtermist education interventions increase concern for and action to protect future generations, Social Psychological and Personality Science
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2024National differences in age and future-oriented indicators relate to environmental performance, Sustainability
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2024Artificial intelligence, existential risk and equity: The need for multigenerational bioethics, Journal of Medical Ethics
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2024Mapping the personality of (exceptional) intergenerational concern , Personality and Individual Differences
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2024Cultural tightness and its association with national levels of peace: Evidence from a cross-national investigation, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
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2024Responsibility to future generations: A strategy for combatting climate change across political divides, British Journal of Social Psychology
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2024Ethical reasoning versus empathic bias: A false dichotomy, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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2023Why do longtermists care about protecting the environment? An investigation on the underlying mechanisms of pro-climate policy support, Sustainability
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2022Biased benevolence: The perceived morality of effective altruism across social distance, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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2021Against empathy bias: The moral value of equitable empathy, Psychological Science
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2019Ego depletion: Theory and evidence, The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation
Grants and Contracts
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2025The Theory of Contextual Normative Morality: A Pilot Investigation
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
- Funding Source:
- Institution for Social Science Research
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2025Intergenerational Empathic Effort
- Role:
- Co-PI
- Funding Source:
- Consortium for Moral Decision-Making
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2023Investigating how Love can Promote Peace Across Social, Temporal and Geographic Boundaries
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- APA Division 48
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2021Universal Love: Expanding the Limits of Exceptional Care
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
- Funding Source:
- John Templeton Foundation
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2016AYURE Travel Award
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- State University of New York Research Foundation
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2015AYURE Research Grant
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- State University of New York Research Foundation
Professional Memberships
- Society for Personality and Social Psychology
- Association for Psychological Science
- American Psychological Association
- APA Division 34: Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology
Contact Kyle for
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
- Website
- BlueSky: @kyleflaw.com
- LinkedIn: kyle-fiore-law-phd-2633aa263/
- X (formerly Twitter): @law_fiore
- Article Feed
- ORCID
- Joined
